Twists in the tale.. − 23 July, 2008

Three sleepless nights and restless days, an endeavor with odds heavily against it but as usual I was optimistic. It could have been one of those situations in the past which turned out to be in my favor. Contrary to what people suggested, I went ahead, I proved them wrong. But a silly mistake and now there is a big question mark on the whole thing. Yet, optimists are optimists.

But the mistake has taught me some lessons. Though on professional front, I do keep track of everything and assess myself pretty well, yet when it comes to my personal life most of the things are left on its own. So I was not that professional with my personal endeavor and the result, a costly .. very costly mistake ( and for those friends who are jumping to any conclusion it has nothing to do with girls/pyaar/ishque etc.). But here are some lessons if you want to learn from other’s mistakes.

If you think that you have even a remote chance, give your hundred percent. Failure hurts, but what hurts more than the failure is knowing that a bit more effort and you would have been there.
Before you make the final move, you ensure that you have verified each and everything yourself. It is almost certain that nobody will be as meticulous as you can be, if incentives are coming to you only. Almost everyone is fallible but people who are not gaining anything out of something, they are more prone to fail, they are more prone to overlook the errors.
Deadline should always be one day earlier to the ‘deadline’. I could have written here “do not meet the deadline, beat the deadline.”, but somehow I always go for meeting the deadline.
You might not be as bad/good as you think of yourself. Reality check helps.

So those who are wondering, what mistake I committed can sense from the above things. Though mistake is big, yet I always believe almost all the mistakes can be rectified huh.. Optimists.