It’s now nearly a week since the World Cup debacle hit the ‘Men in Blue’ and left the billion fans in and outside the stunned ‘Motera’ stadium in ‘cricket moaning’ as if struck by ‘bolts from the blue’ and a ‘leap of faith’ interrupted !Expectedly there were countless theories and takes on why and how the Indian team ‘Lost the Plot’(Cup) !Still one cannot help but laud the lion-hearted winning spree of our boys through the entire league matches.That the PM himself reached out to pat and reassure them after the match was quite heartening,whichhas however, been interpreted in many ways !
That also reminds us of our days when we would be at the receiving end of flak from the Higher Authorities for not achieving the desired goals (targets) and in the worst case scenario, the concerned Zonal Chief or some Corporate Office bigwig would visit the Branch/Office uninvited to express his displeasure. It’s said by Management Gurus that you must praise a worker/manager in public but chastise in private (and not in entire view of the staff) for it can adversely affect the team’s morale and future efforts.
However, these niceties were often put aside as the Boss, having received firing from his Superiors for not attainingdesired results,in turn unleashed fury on the cowering staff led by an even sorrier looking leader. Failure to achieve goals was never looked upon kindly and whether the branch/office had strived laudably but that the set targets were too unrealistic, weren’t considered to be in the realm of reasonable possibilities !
Coming back to Cricket, Captain Rohit Sharma had candidly stated even before the Finals, that one loss while transform me into a poor leader so I’m not getting carried away by the laurels being showered on me. Despite the lessons taught by those who’ve tasted success – treat failures as stepping stones to learn from mistakes and to make the necessary changes, the perception that ‘nothing fails like failure’ is all too evident.
But changes in attitude take place slowly and suddenly, the low-key Vikrant Massey film ’12th Fail’has become a big sleeper-hit not only for its cinematic qualities but it having inspired, specially the youth, to approach failures in life differently, as did the film’s protagonist. The stories of insurmountable struggles of most of the achievers in world of sports, business, entertainment etc have walked the ‘Fail to Rise Again’talk !
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