Overnight successes don’t happen overnight. Stories of overnight success are a myth, or greatly exaggerated. And no great thing is created suddenly. Rome wasn’t built in a day. No great thing is created suddenly Epictetus Steve Martin, the famous comedian, summarises his stand-up career in the following words: “I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. TenContinue reading “There’s No Such Thing As Overnight Success”
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Two Frogs
When I hear of never giving up, the story of two frogs that I heard in school from a Jesuit priest. Two young frogs fell into a bucket of milk. Both tried to jump to freedom, but the sides of the bucket were steep and no foundation was to be had on the surface ofContinue reading “Two Frogs”
Sia ~ Never Give Up
“Never give up” is a phrase that we hear a lot. As I scroll through LinkedIn, I see so many people desperately looking for a job as well as posts of people who finally get through after umpteen rejections. In today’s culture of instant gratification, we often tend to subconsciously assume that successful people reachedContinue reading “Sia ~ Never Give Up”
