One needs to mingle blood and sweat together to accomplish something in life and there is no substitute to hard work
It is a platitude that hard work is the key to success. This platitude is in no way random and fanciful. It certainly holds much water in it. It is open to multiple interpretations and explanations. In common parlance, it implies that it is impossible for any person to shine and succeed in any field without dedication and hard work. It is an obvious fact that success is diametrically proportionate to diligence and industry. For example, students who remain focused and determined in their studies surely touch successful heights. They surely carve a niche, stamp an everlasting mark and consequently win a lot of accolades. Similarly, for those students who fritter away their time on wayward paths and no good acts, success for them remains a distant and unaccomplished dream.
Hard work, assiduity, perseverance and diligence undoubtedly earn a badge and hallmark of success for a hardworking person in a field which he is pursuing so determinedly. Achieving excellence, sublime positions and high-profile seats in any field need huge hard work, frenzied focus and defined determination because it is said that you cannot make an omelet without breaking an egg. If you desire to make an omelet, an egg has to be broken. An egg will break only when any force is applied to it. This force is in you and only you can apply it to the egg. A certain process will finally shape the egg into an omelet. Likewise, focused hard work may surely help you to emerge successful in every field. Be it academics, be it civil service preparations or for that matter be it any lucrative business that fetches huge dividends. Whichever field interests you, you should strive hard to master that.
Immanuel Kant, the famous and high-ranking philosopher of German origin has given the concept of the ‘Categorical Imperative,’ in order to expatiate upon how ends or goals are to be accomplished. In simple terms, it means in order to achieve something it is imperative to work tooth and nail for it, e.g. in order to quench one’s thirst it is necessary to drink water. Without drinking water thirst can never go away and quench. Similarly, for being successful in any field it is necessary must to stick to the Kantian concept of the ‘Categorical Imperative.’ Business tycoons and magnates like Bill Gates etc. who are ranked among the richest people have not been successful overnight by sitting idly in the cozy and comfortable corners of their bungalows. Instead, they did the drudgery day in and day out for a long time and emerged successful. Similarly, the scientific inventions that revolutionized and transformed the world from darkness to light have not been done by scientists in comfortable cocoons. They did rigorous and rigid experimental processes in order to bring out the final results. It is because of the continuously daunting hard work by the scientists in different fields that we humans at present are living our lives in secure and luxuriant style. Scientists have toiled without a stop to find out the causes of lethal maladies in order to make a corresponding medicine for life-consuming diseases like cancer, diabetes, etc.
Great efforts bring great results. Artistes who are presently ruling the roost and calling the shots on every platform have worked hard in order to make a mark in the evolving and competitive world. Artistes like Shahrukh Khan and others who are at present ruling the roost and calling the shots everywhere have reached this station after years of perseverance and perspiration. They faced many hardships and rejection at the initial stages but they did not give up. Had they given up, they would not have reached the successful pinnacles. When we look back at history, it also teaches us that struggle and consistency coupled with a determination to win counts as well as matters. World famous leaders like M.K Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and others have won against all odds because of their persistence and will to win. Had Mandela not remained firm in his stand, he would not have been able to free blacks from the colonial yoke. Similarly, Gandhi was able to free India from British domination only because of his willpower and his firmness. Had he wavered a bit, the scenario would have been differently shabby.
In the initial stages of hard work, hurdles will surely come your way, but you should surpass those hurdles and psychological fears by being dedicated and robust. You should strongly buffet the fearful waves of failure and emerge victorious against all odds. It is pertinent to mention that the main cause of our failure is that we always begin in the end when we have but to begin in the beginning. In order to avoid failure we should always begin in the beginning. Beginning, in the beginning, will surely fetch dignified and lucrative dividends. Whether you are struggling in academics or in any competitive field stick to it strongly and try every which way to get through. Complex procedures of accomplishing something should not dither you from your chosen path. Efforts have to be applied to put success in your kitty for in this fast-changing and ever-evolving world nothing is given to anybody on a platter and it is said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Work ethics have to be kept in mind like the hard-working Americans who follow the core characteristics of their ‘American Dream’ in letter and spirit. Had Americans not worked hard, they would not have gained the badge of ‘super power’ for the country.
It is grit and determination that earns one a crown of success. For example, the recent NEET qualifiers in our country who have emerged successful, certainly have toiled hard to include themselves in the coterie of qualifiers for their better future. This success has not been doled out to them as some misinformed people usually allege so. One needs to mingle one’s blood and sweat together to accomplish something in life. One must bear in mind that there is no substitute to hard work. If you won’t exert yourself, you cannot accomplish. If you lack willpower, you are dead inside and it is a fact that dead people do not dream instead they rot for good. So, one must be strong, consistent, and hard-working in order to succeed in one’s life. It has aptly been said by Long Fellow that ‘the heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.’ Thereby hangs a tale!
The writer is working as a Lecturer (English) in SED (J&K). He has qualified for UGC-NET and JKSET in English. He did his MPhil and PhD in English from AMU. He can be mailed at:bi***********@***il.com