Failure is the Secret of Your Success

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career; I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over in my life. And that's why I succeed." -Michael Jordan

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it just means you haven’t succeeded yet. ~Robert Schuller

You might have read “The King and Spider story” in your childhood. The King Robert Bruce, newly crowned king of Scotland, sat shivering and hungry in a tiny hut on an Irish island in 1306. King Edward I of England, who had decided that he could rule Scotland very well himself had beaten Bruce and his men in six battles and finally driven them out of their own country.

He thought that if there ever was a time to give up then that was it, though he bitterly as he gnawed on a turnip he managed to find that day. His men had been scattered in the latest battle, and his only companion was a small spider, busily at work on her web in a corner of the hut.

He watched as she struggled to attach one of her strands to a wooden rafter. Again and again, a blustery wind would sneak through the cracks of the hut and shake the thread loose. Again and again, she would begin the task of attaching it once more.

Robert Bruce

After trying six times on seventh try she make it happens. Robert Bruce was inspired with her efforts that he returned back to Scotland and began the task of gathering his men. Finally, in 1314, he led his forces against the English at Bannockburn. The Scots were badly outnumbered, but because of their strong determination and cunning strategy they were able to overcome the English & finally succeeded. It was just one passion in mind "If at first you don't succeed, try try again."

In today’s life we have more current examples, BillGates, Steve Jobs, Micheal Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Nelson Mandela, Imran Khan, Abdul Sattar Edhi and many others.

 We all experience it. Most of us see failure as a negative thing, which makes sense; it doesn't feel good to fail. We all want to succeed and failure feels like a setback to that goal. What we don’t realize is that failure presents an opportunity to learn, grow and succeed.

How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure and Get Results Faster

1. Worst Case Scenario

 

Always ask yourself what is the worst that can happen if you fail.

For example: Whenever I get any task from my manager ,I just think what if I didn’t completed it on given time.

I think of the worst result of not doing this & eventually finish on not getting a good performance appraisal that current year. So what’s the big deal, will get a good one next year.

 This is taking calculated risk.

2. Ask Yourself This Question – Will I Die?

If you don’t die, you have no problem.

Seriously this is one of the best ideas that I ever got. I forgot whom I got this idea from but I would like to thank that person for sharing this idea.

There really isn’t any problem if you won’t die if you fail. If you fail in your business, you won’t die. Yes, you may lose money but you can earn it back. All you need to do is to get up and try again. If you fail to get win the girl you love, it doesn’t mean that you will die from it. It sucks and you may be depressed for a while but you can always try again another time. Life keeps moving forward and you will be stuck in the same place if you allow your fear of failure to stop you from taking any action.

3. Think of Failure as Feedback

There is no failure except in no longer trying. ~Elbert Hubbard

Don’t think about failing at all. Failing is an event and it is a form of feedback. If you fail to convert an opportunity into a reality, it does not mean that you had failed. It simply means that you do are not using the correct triggers (process) to close the deal.

All you need to do is to accept the feedback, learn from it and try again another time. The key is to learn from your feedback and keep trying.

Let me end this post with a quote from Samuel Beckett and I hope this quote will inspire you and let you look at your fear of failure in another light.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.  ~Samuel Beckett

Amazing Pakistan: A picture hidden from the World

The Invincible 167 Million : 6th largest Nation of the World

The invincible 167 million Pakistani’s progressing forward with high hopes and a mission holding an unquenchable thirst to be the world leader’s soon. Despit the chaos, despite the ill spilled by the western media to demoralize the nation and to uproot the patriotism from the hearts and minds of people of this country, despite the foreign funded terrorists bombing hundreds of Pakistani’s each day painting the roads red with the blood of young children, women and men. Every drop of it shouts back loud ” You can never take us down, We’ll fight back till our last breath“. 

Pakistan: World’s 9th Largest English Speaking Country:

The country that is ranked 9th in the world where English language is spoken and used as an official language.

The English may be a foreign language, but it is international in its significance. It is rightly taken as the lingua franca, the common language in all parts of the world today and Pakistan is world's 9th Largest English Speaking country.

Pakistan: World 7th largest Pool of Scientists and Engineers:

Ali Moeen Nawazish with all his degrees. 

Reminding you this is the nation which has a 7th largest pool of scientists and Engineers in the World. 
Ali Moeen Nawazish of Rawalpindi has brought worldwide recognition to Pakistan by blazing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records, clearing 23 A-Level subjects and securing A Grade in 21 of them. 

A student of Roots School System, it was Ali’s “thirst for knowledge” that made him the only student in the world to appear in 23 subjects. He appeared in all examinations within 12 months.
Rarely has a Pakistani student taken up subjects that Ali opted for, like Tourism and Marine Sciences. He is also the first student in the world to have secured 21 A Grades, the previous record being 13.

No wonder his remarkable success drew the attention of major international newspapers with CNN and BBC also airing his interviews. Unfortunately authorities in Pakistan were unmoved. When Ali sat down to fill up his university application forms at home, there was barely enough space to list all his qualifications. With his talent spilling over, it was no surprise that he also achieved a top score in the US admissions test and was accepted by most Ivy League institutions, including Harvard and Yale. Apart from core science subjects, Ali is almost entirely self-taught with his extraordinary memory and amazing analytical powers.

The Might : 7th Nuclear Power of the World:

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan became the 7th nuclear power of the world giving a loud and clear message to the enemies that this nation is fully equipped and ready to defend it’s sovereignty. Pakistan has world 7th largest standing arm forces well trained possessing state of the art technology. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is the symbol of pride for the nation and a galaxy of highly trained professionals emerged in latest technological developments. The highly skilled PAF personals are renowned for their excellence and handling of aircraft and surely are the worst fear for the enemies.

Pakistan the land of oldest Civilization : Indus Valley and Mohenjo-Daro:

Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro is the province of Sindh, Pakistan and archeology trace back it exitence 5000 years ago. It provides an earliest instance of exemplary form of town planning and community organization and found to be as the world’s first planned city and one of the oldest cities known today. It is said to be the pilgrimage of ancient ruins. The splendor of Indus Valley civilization spread over a thousand mile from the high peak snowy mountains of Kashmir to the glittering sand dunes facing the Arabian Sea. One of the oldest known civilization that flourished in the Indus river Basin embraced within its fold almost the entire country now known as Pakistan.

Pakistan: Nanga Parbat 9th Highest Peak in the World:

Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat (Urdu: ننگا پربت ) is the ninth highest mountain on Earth and among the eight-thousanders with a summit elevation of 8,126 meters (26,660 ft). Nanga Parbat translates to "Naked Mountain" in English; parbat deriving from the Sanskrit word parvata meaning "mountain, rock", and nanga an Urdu word meaning "naked". Known as the "Killer Mountain", Nanga Parbat was one of the deadliest of the eight-thousanders for climbers in the first half of the twentieth century; since that time it has been less so, though still an extremely serious climb. It is also an immense, dramatic peak that rises far above its surrounding terrain.

Nanga Parbat forms the western anchor of the Himalayan Range and is the westernmost eight-thousander. It lies just south of theIndus River in the Astore District of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan administered Kashmir. Not far to the north is the western end of the Karakoram range.

Pakistan: 7th largest Standing Arm Force in the World:

The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the branch of the Pakistani Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the Pakistani military and is one of three uniformed services. The Pakistan Army came into existence after the Partition of India and the resulting independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan Army is a volunteer professional fighting force. It has an active force of 612,000 personnel.The Pakistani constitution contains a provision for conscription, but it has never been imposed.

Pakistan Air force: Air Commodore MM ALAM has a world record

of shooting down 5 Indian planes in less than a Minute 

Pakistan : The Roof Top of the World:

Pakistan: K2 the 2nd highest mountain peak in the World

Pakistan the land of grand mountain ranges, a land that holds 4 out of 14 most highest peaks in the world. K2 the second highest mountain in the world with all it’s grandeur symbolizing the pride and strength of the people of Pakistan. 

Hunza is said to be a place ” Where Time Stops and Fairy Treads“, Kalash and Chitral are the natural wonders of the world where poetic verses find their inspirations from the beauty and elegance of high peak mountains, lush green fields and the fragrant breeze singing across the poplar trees. Some of the places which are not highlighted by the media but still due to their magnitude find their places on the World record books are ; Aisa’s Highest Railway Station Kan Mehtarzai that is located 2240 meters above sea level near Quetta. 

Pakistan: Lalazar often termed as most beautiful place on earth:

Lalazaar

Lalazar is situated at a distance of 21 km from Naran via Battakundi. It is at an altitude of 3200 m (10,200 ft). It is the most beautiful hill station in Kaghan Valley with its meadows and pine thickets.

Pakistan: Shundur Polo festival at the World’s highest Polo ground:

What it would feel like to play a sport that is wild, challenging and manly at the top of the world surrounded by the drumbeats and the music of the reed instrument. Yes Shandur Polo tournament is played every year at World’s highest Polo ground at Shandur, Northern Pakistan.

Karakoram Highway : Eighth Wonder of the World:

Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway runs through the northern areas connecting Pakistan with China’s Xingjiang province is often described as ” Eighth Wonder of the World” due to the marvel of civil engineering as it has taken 15 years to complete by the Pakistan Army Engineers in collaboration with China. It’s been labeled as ” World’s highest paved international Road” under world’s toughest terrain.

Gwader Pakistan: World’s Largest Deep Sea Port:

Gawadar (Pakistan)

“Gwa” means Air and “Dar” means door, and the word Gawadar means ” The door of the wind” is the world’s largest deep sea port lies in southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. The design and construction of the port is carried out in collaboration with China and it has just started it’s operation.It’s going to emerge as a world’s biggest skylinedue to it’s capacity and infrastructure of handling bulk carriers. It has been declared as a Duty Free Port and Free Economic Zone by the Pakistani government that has increased the commercial worth manifolds. It has an immense geostrategic importance as it is the entrance to the Persian Gulf and is considered to be a substitute of Dubai Port. 

Pakistan: Asia’s Highest Railway Station “Kan Mehtarzai “

Kan Mehtarzai railway station was a dream. At 2222 metres above the sea, it was the highest railway station in Pakistan.

Haleji Lake Pakistan : Asia’s largest Bird Sanctuary:

Haleji Lake

Pakistan is a land of serene beauty , a country with diverse wild life , fresh water lakes, a 1046 km coast lines. Some of the most unique species of birds are found in northern Pakistan with awe-inspiring natural wonders like Lake Saiful Maluk, Lake Shandur, Dudipatsar Lake, kutwal lake, Zalzal lake and many more. But Haleji has it’s own significance as it is Asia’s largest waterfowl reserve. During winter thousands of birds of different species fly down to Haleji from Siberian colder areas. 

Thar Desert : One amongst the largest deserts in the World:

Thar Desert (Pakistan)

Thar is a arid region in the north western part of Indian subcontinent, it lies mostly in Indian state of Rajasthan but it covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan’s Punjab province. It is amongst one of the largest deserts in the world rich multifaceted culture, heritage, traditions, folk tales, dances and music. The poetic expression of Kafi written by Sufi poets of Sindh resonates in the cold nights as the Thari musicians start singing them on sorrowing rhythmic beats. In the night the granules of the sand lit up like stars as the moonlight walks on them.

Khewra Mines Pakistan : Second Largest Salt Mine in the World:

Khewra Salt Mine located in Khewra, Jehlum Punjab, Pakistan is the second largest Salt Mine in the world and is considered to be the oldest in the subcontinent. It was said that discovery of Salt mines were not done by Alexander or his army but by their horses as they started licking the stones when they stopped here for rest. Thousand of visitors each year visit Khewra Salt mines and get fascinated by the nature’s miracle in the heart of mountains. 

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Wasted Talent of Pakistan Cricket.

From the Long time we seen old faces in Pakistan Cricket even they are not performing well but still they are part of Pakistan team whatever because of some of their relatives appointed on big post in PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) or they have some political connection. Pakistan Cricket are going down and down due to bad policies of PCB, they facing controversies, allegations, no International matches happened after the Sri Lankan cricketers came under attack in Lahore in 2009.

Even some time we witness PCB not considering new talent in Cricket team or they are wasting talent on Pakistan Cricket. They are not allow to participate these players in Pakistani Team however these crickets are playing club crickets of county cricket in England and other countries of the world not only they played they are performing well also.

Azhar Mahmood (Age 35, Currently Playing for Kent).

Role. Al-Rounder

Batting Style: Right handed

Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast medium.

Last Match: 17^th March 2007 v/s Ireland (ODI)

Azhar made his One-Day International debut against India in 1996. He joined the Pakistani team primarily as a medium pacer but he has surprised many by his batting prowess. His hard hitting but orthodox batting skills have also been extremely useful in the one-day game. Unlike most Pakistani pacers who are swing bowlers, he is a useful English-style seam bowler, who can chip in with wickets in time of need.

Azhar has played county cricket for Surrey and in November 2007 signed a two year deal to play for Kent.

Recently he has received British citizenship, thus allowing him to play for Kent as an English-qualified player.

Recently he came to Pakistan for playing RBS T20 & Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and he even performed good but surprisingly PCB unable to see his performance and didn’t select him for S.A & Newzeland Tour.

Saqlain Mustaq (Age 34, Currently Spin bowling coach of Somerset County Cricket Club).

Role. Spin Bowler

Batting Style: Right handed Batsman

Bowling Style: Right arm Off-break

Last Match : 1 April 2004 v India (Test)

Saqlain made his international debut in September 1995 playing against Sri Lanka at Peshawar. He picked up four wickets at an average of 26.75 in the first test of the series. The highlight of his Test career came in the away series against India in January/February 1999, where he achieved his first ten wicket haul in a test match. In the first test, with India needing only 17 runs to win, Saqlain effectively sealed Pakistan's win by taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 136. He ended the series with excellent figures, taking twenty wickets at an average of 20.15, which earned him the Man of the Series award.

Saqlain is credited with the invention of the "doosra", an off-spinner's delivery which is bowled with an action very similar to that of an off-break. However, it spins in the opposite direction (i.e. from the leg side to the off side), easily confusing batsmen, making it a very effective weapon. Saqlain became well-known for this variation ball, which was integral to his success,

His other variation was the arm-ball, which again uses a similar action to the off-break, but causes the ball to go straight on without turning.

During his time at Surrey, Saqlain worked on developing new deliveries which he calls the "teesra" and the "chotha". However little else is known about these deliveries.

Saqlain signed up to play for Lahore Badshahs in the Indian Cricket League during which in a match against the Chennai Superstars he introduced what is known in South Asia as 'jalebi' and in the rest of the world as the 'teesra'. The delivery in when and off-spinner grips the bowl like he normally does, he bowls the deliver and it looks like it's going to spin a mile but it doesn't spin at all. This makes the batsman more confused as they will become puzzled in which to think will the ball spin or not. It is just like a leg-spinner when they bowl a Flipper. The name teesra came because Saqlain had already invented the doosra which means the other one and that the teesra means the third one. The name Jalebi was used initially by commentators during the ICL and know it has became widespread.

Asim Kamal (Age 31, Currently playing for Karachi).

Role: Middle order batsman.

Batting Style:  Left-Hand Bat

 

A gritty left handed middle order batsman who has been a firm favourite with Pakistani fans but not the selectors. Not exactly eye catching but nonetheless very effective. A very fine driver of the ball who represented Pakistan in 12 tests and averaged just over 37.

Perhaps the fact that Asim failed to score a century in any of his 20 test innings counted against him. On debut against South Africa he made 99 and showed what an excellent temperament he had. Asim showed time and again what a good player he was batting with the tail enders but sadly he has been out of favour since 2005 and these days struggles to even make his domestic team of Habib Bank.

Sadly harshly treated by the selectors and now another player lost to the wilderness.

Anwar Ali (Age 23 Currently Playing for Karachi Blues) .

Batting Style: Right-hand bat

Bowling Style: Right-arm medium-fast

Anwar Ali is a fast bowler out of the typical Pakistani cricket player, having great ability to of swinging the ball, both old and new, in a unique way. He wondered the world with his a brief glimpse of his talents with a destructive display in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup final against India, in Colombo, He took five wickets including Rohit Sharma with an in-swinger that bowled him. He also took the wicket of Ravinder Jadeja. Amazingly both of these players are currently playing the Indian Premier League. His early efforts in first-class cricket also brought some success and not only with the ball as an unbeaten century showed that he is more than able to contribute down the order. He was pushed a closer to a full international opportunity shortly after his 20th birthday (belated compared to some Pakistan players) when he was named in a training squad ahead of the one-day series against Zimbabwe early in 2008. An impressive tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya with the Academy team - he took 29 wickets at 16.31.

Danish Kaneria (Age30 Currently playing for Habib Bank) .

Batting Style: Right-hand bat

Bowling Style: Leg-Spinner 

Danish Kaneria has matured into one of world cricket’s leading bowlers and is already emulating Pakistani leg-spinning predecessors Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed as one of the most potent bowlers of his era, among the twirlers. Although he initially made his mark by destroying Bangladesh (12 for 94 at Multan in 2001), he has also led victories against South Africa, India and the West Indies. He especially came of age with 19 wickets in the drawn three-match series in India in 2005; impressing with his stamina to bowl long spells in draining conditions and also with his variety – his googly regularly deceived Indian batsmen accustomed to hitting spinners out of the attack.

Kaneria, only the second Hindu to play for Pakistan, has many admirable traits, many necessary to make a good legspinner. His height purchases good bounce - though not always flight - and he can turn the ball significantly. Though the googly is overexposed, Richie Benaud once reckoned it to be among the best-disguised he had seen. Above all he has perseverance, and right or wrong, has served often as shock and stock bowler.

But something has been missing, the unknown that makes great leggies great. It is not so much in the tools, but in the persona and a peculiar lack of guile, especially if he is to be compared to countrymen such as Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed; both had a wonderful presence. In turn he has also lacked a good captain, or always good supporting bowlers at the other end. Latterly he has suffered the lack of even an able wicketkeeper.

He has been an ever-present in the Test side since 2004 and his best period was in the years that followed immediately; critical spells came around the world, against Sri Lanka, England and West Indies and lionhearted ones against Australia and India. But he hasn't kicked on since. Often he will turn an innings, bowling as brightly as Pakistan has always hoped. But mostly he is a reliable run-controller and his strike rate has expanded alarmingly over the years. Tellingly, perhaps, he hasn't been part of Pakistan's limited-overs thinking at all for years. 

Hasan Raza Age 28 Currently Playing for Habib Bank (As Captain)

Batting Style: Right hand Bat

Bowling Style: Right arm off-break.

The dozen years of his stay in the Pakistani test, ODI and first class cricket have been perplexing to say the least. On one hand the boy was considered good enough to play test cricket for Pakistan at the tender age of 14 or 15 (his actual birthday isn’t confirmed) and with out any first class experience yet the same boy (now a man) wasn’t considered good enough for the Pakistani team despite scoring 10,000+ runs in domestic cricket.

On October 24 1996 when this Karachi boy made his test debut against Zimbabwe at Faisalabad he was one of the youngest if not the youngest cricketer to ever play international cricket. In his first innings he seem fairly competent yet was dropped after just one test but two years later he was picked against the same team and once again he played a solitary test before being dropped. Four years later he once again came back to the Pakistani team and this time he looked like the real deal as he was the only Pakistani batsman to show any signs of resistance against the rampant Aussies and ended up scoring two half centuries in the same game.. Raza’s last test match was against England in 2005 where he failed to perform and once again was dropped after one game Only.

Being discontent with the PCB and his lack of chances in the Pakistan Team, Raza joined the “rebel” ICL and was banned from first class cricket. In the first season he played for the Lahore Badshahs and had a fairly decent tournament which included a brilliant 98* which was the highest score by any ICL player at the time. In the next season he played for the Mumbai Champs but his performance wasn’t as good as it was with the Baadshahs. Hasan Raza eventually joined a list of others and broke ties with the rebel league. Having recently returned to the PCB setup Hasan Raza will be hoping he can continue with his highly illustrious first class career and perhaps get another chance to play for Pakistan. With some good knocks in domestic cricket,

These are some names of Wasted Talent like them you can easily find more name like Asif Mujtaba, Mohammad Wasim, Faisal Iqbal & Many more.

Asif Mujtaba

Mohammad Wasim.

We just can hope for any great chairman & Selection Board of (PCB) Pakistan Cricket Board.  Who can able to provide chance to cricketers on merit basis.

I Invited you all to comments on this blog and share your views as well.

Thanks.

Umair Munawwer.