Success and Failure

Fear and respect are two things that never go hand in hand together. But what is most amazing about it is that although we all seem to agree with it at earlier stages in our lives, many of us start believing that instilling fear is the right way to gain respect from people, as we climb the ladder of success. Success happens to be the biggest friend as well as foe of a person It can bring you in a delusional world where you think that you are the best and you are without you the entire system will fail. Well, all of us aren’t Steve Jobs. Are we? And even if we are still it is important to realize that however important we might be for the system to function efficiently, but our departure does nothing more than give a small setback to the system and it gets back to its usual way by adapting and it would seem as if we never existed in the entire system of events and we were just meaningless. Realisation of the fact that I am just a facilitator for the system to function smoothly and nothing more is what instills humility in us. Although I completely agree to disagree that we all are replaceable, but I also disagree to agree that the entire system of which we are a part of will fail with our exit.

You see, I have always believed that there are just two reasons for the failure of the system. It is because we believe in the two rules. One, the person at the helm is always right. Two, if you think that the person at the helm is wrong, refer to rule one. The day the views and opinions of each and every person in the system in being incorporated, that day the system has the capacity to function efficiently. Easy said than done. After all the coefficient of friction can never be zero. The final decision can be by the person at the helm but the views and opinions of others ought to be valued.

Fear of the person at helm not only is harmful to the system but also to the people who fear and the people who are being feared. Whereas respect among each and every single constituent of the system is what differentiates success and failure of an entire system. There is a very thin line between fear and respect and we need to realize that just like there is between confidence and over-confidence.

In a nutshell, we need to realize that the system is above us and that it is respect more than fear that is the key to success. After all, who doesn’t wants to be successful?