We are living in a competitive world, where result-oriented work is a must for survival. To cope up with the need to obtain results, many-a-times we resort to sleight of hand in order to make our voices heard. There is a belief that the shortest way is the best way. But, the longer the duration of your solid effort, the greater the ability to build your stamina, strength and staying power.  It should not matter if you go the long hard way, because it is the long hard way that leads us to endurance and power. The emphasis should not be for quick results, but for enduring self-sustenance, built up on the quantum of your effort and the amount of substance. Straight-forward, simple tasks builds in ourselves the ability to stay firm and solid. Also, in order to win over others we tend to stray away from the fundamentals, into the realm of deviation from reality.

 However, if we seek to make small but substantial gains, the best way out is to build a strong foundation, a solid base from where to consolidate with hard work, honesty and integrity. Winning in the short term by resorting to deception seems to be like a short-cut to success and is transient, but building up on a strong base with consistent real time achievement is a recipe for the ability to pile up on the initial strong rock like solidity. Even in a world where complex logic prevails, your unwavering integrity makes it the bedrock for your ability to understand and perceive complexities with subtle nuances.

 Instead of departure from the solid truth, the better way would be to achieve following by building tiny bits by tiny bits of substance which do not deviate from the truth and which are infallible. Men and women of strong character are those who cultivate abilities brick by brick and one step at a time. An old Chinese proverb goes as follows: The mantis preys the cicada, unaware of the yellow bird behind. This proverb encapsulates the strong belief that you should not take advantage of those who are susceptible but that you continue to do what is right, because you become responsible for your own actions taken against those who you think may not be strong enough and that you are ultimately brought to justice, if you willfully prey on others. This proverb clearly cautions those who take advantage of others.

So the next time you find that a laggard is finally a winner, acknowledge his or her trials and tribulations.