In fact, being able to control yourself is the greatest skill of a person. Let’s take the case of two students. Tomorrow is their exam. Today, the cricket match of their two favorite teams will be shown live on TV. However, if they want to do well in the exam, they should use the time to study instead of watching the game, so that the next day’s exam will be good.
One of these two students controlled himself and studied instead of watching the game. His exam was very good. The other could not control himself. As a result, his studies were not good, and therefore his exam was also not good. However, both of them aimed to do well in the exam. One controlled himself and did the right thing at the right time to achieve the goal, the other did not.
Not only in studies, if a person can control himself and do the right thing at the right time in any subject – then he will be much more successful in life. In fact, one of the biggest reasons why people do not achieve their goals is not being able to do the right thing at the right time. And the biggest reason for this inability is not having control over himself.
You must have the self-control to give up watching games or any other fun during work, otherwise you will fall behind. To be honest, it is not easy to control yourself all the time. Because we are always faced with various types of entertainment and fun things, which often make it difficult to avoid and do real work.
And because it is difficult, only 20% of the people in the world have power over the remaining 80%. These 20% of people control themselves and become successful, and then they can control others. Famous self-development trainer and best-selling author Brian Tracy wrote in his book “The Power of Self-Discipline”, that 20% of the people in the world own the remaining 80% of the money.
80% of the people in the world work for the remaining 20%. Many people blame capitalism, social conditions, etc. as the reason for this. It is true that these have some responsibility. But a large part of these 80% of people grew up completely through their own efforts and hard work. They were born in very ordinary conditions. They did not start with any identity or wealth to speak of.
People like China’s Jack Ma, famous scientist and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison, Indian billionaire Dhirubhai Ambani, or Bangladesh’s Akij Sheikh have risen from such a situation to such a place – which is hard to believe even if you see it.
Behind their amazing success, along with talent and hard work, self-control played a big role. This quality is seen in the best students in the class as well as in the best people in any field. No matter how talented and privileged a person is – if he cannot control himself at the right time and do the right thing – he will not be able to succeed. One of the conditions for achieving success in any field is to be able to keep himself under control.
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