I picked up some more inspiring points from Tamil thinker Sivam’s speech.
Inferiority complex is a dirty disease. If we have a particular weakness, there’s no shame in accepting it. For example, even great leaders like Vivekananda and Gandhi made errors while speaking in English.
There was a chief minister of Tamil Nadu called OPR. He had to send a reply to the central government. While writing, he spelt “opinion” wrong. His assistant, worried about boss’s image, corrected it and brought a new draft. OPR told him, “They asked my opinion, not yours. Let them know the truth that I don’t know proper English.”
Lack of confidence can kill. A man was being punished. His eyes were shut, his hand was pricked with a pin and he was told that his blood will spill drop by drop until he dies. The sound of drops scared the man so much that he died in just 45 minutes. Actually, it was water from a vessel that was allowed to drip and not blood.
Confidence is a wonderful gift. In Paris a competition was held for clapping longest time. While many gave up in a short while, one pair of hands went on clapping for four hours. When called to the stage, two people stood up. Both had single hands.
Great stuff again Ramesh.
ReplyDeleteVery good post Ramesh. Really liked the Paris story.
ReplyDeleteyes! with confidence one can face any situation, single handedly!
ReplyDeletegreat anecdotes..very inspiring stories..an eye opener ones!
ReplyDeletewell nice quotes
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Beautiful post! I especially liked the politician's honest answer, and the last example! Awesome Ramesh!!
ReplyDeletemeaningful post!
ReplyDeletevery well said
ReplyDeleteFor motivation and inspiration i always count on your posts !Liked all the stories but Paris story is awesome .Have a nice Tuesday !
ReplyDeleteRamesh, this is one of your better posts and I have really liked it.It is an award winning post.
ReplyDeleteGood post. But, confidence just does not come naturally; it comes as a result of feeling confident about something you possess. Forget about inferiority, I feel some people are afflicted with superiority complex.
ReplyDeleteStories with messages...interesting!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Your post should motivate lot.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! Confidence is essential to survive in ahard hard world:-) Good and inspiring post!
ReplyDeleteIf we could all see the brighter side of life, not only would we be more confident, but happier as well!
ReplyDeleteDear Ramesh, good posts. The inspiration, humor and outlook you give through your writings are precious to casual writers like me.
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in malayalam thereis a writer kamaladas...i dont know whether you know her...she always says in her interview that confidence is her biggest asset...she says she became an author becuse she believed in her.....
ReplyDeletehmm...nice...posts.
ReplyDeletethis is one amazing post... the post itself oozes with confidence...
ReplyDeletefirst of all.....! HELLO dear friend. i don't know wheather or not you missed me on your posts or not but i sure did miss commenting on your posts. i was out so couldn.
ReplyDeletecoming back to the post, well its true. when i was a kid i had a severe inferiority complex and it made life hell for me back then. though i have learned a lot from it and now i m super confident and proud of who i am today.
OMG. i think my comment is gonna get longer than your post, so i'd better stop. :))
Excellent post, indeed. Especially, the part about the Paris event, that was so touching. In fact, with my kid, that is one thing I try to work on - making sure he feels confident.
ReplyDeleteGems of wisdom! I like this OPR guy!
ReplyDeleteTruly inspiring. Thanks for sharing :-)
ReplyDelete:) loved the reply given by the chief minister,
ReplyDeleteand the clapping incident KUDOS to them .. and very inspiring
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Great post and thanks for sharing the stories. btw i loved the word game with opinion.
ReplyDeletegrat stuff man!!
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