Quote of the day by Swami Vivekananda: ‘Take risks in your life; if you win, you can lead, if you lose, you can guide’
Swami Vivekananda was a great spiritual guru and he was a wake up call to the nation who forgot their inner strength. He has give this statement – “Take risks in your life; if you win, you can lead, if you lose, you can guide”, reveals that his philosophy was fearless and encouraged people to realize their inner strength. Let’s understand this more in detail..According to Vivekananda, there was a time, when he saw people were having self doubt, and inferiority complex and understood that the greatest obstacle in moving forward in life is the lack of confidence. People were afraid of failure and society. Through his teachings, he tried to rebuild the courage by reminding their divine strength.
“Take risks in your life”
According to him, life is full of experiences and he believed that one can only grow when they learn in life through different experiences. Avoiding risk shows the weakness but taking the risk in life can make you a strong person. In his eyes, weakness is a sin and fear is the greatest enemy as it stops you to take a bold step in life. Taking risk in life does not mean you will win but it give you experience in life.
“If You Win, You Can Lead”
Suppose if you take risk in life and one day you succeed then you will be able to lead your life in a nice way and you will become the leader of your life. Success brings clarity, confidence, discipline and duties. Leadership is not about showing your power over others but it actually give you the ability to inspire others. A leader is the one who has walked the path already and able to teach you the multiple ways to reach your goal.
“If You Lose, You Can Guide”
You can not always win the show but sometimes you have to face the failure also so in that can Vivekanand ji said that failure always humbles the ego and sharpens the perception. Whenever you lose in life, you learn what does not work and what are the disadvantages and also how it feels when you fail in something. The knowledge is valuable because failed person can become a great guide and they become superior as they understand the struggle. As per Vivekanand ji, failure is not a sufferings but it can make you a great teacher because when loss meet awareness it will turn into wisdom.
