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, Bill Gates, 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

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.

Mustafa Kamal (People wants you to become new Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Some days before (21^st Dec-10) I went Hussainabad (one of food street in Karachi) to get dinner for my Family. There is a person who cooking “chargha” was a bangali by cast. One of his friend asked him “Don’t you going back Bangladesh??”  He said due to facing some problem to get Passport he is unable to go but he said he will go soon. Then the friend told 85 % of Bangladeshis whom he knows are returning to their country.  Then the cook said “nothing is remained in Pakistan... Bangladesh is far better than Pakistan... at least In Bangladesh peoples got respect not like Pakistan etc”. I was just listened all this & shouted on him “Don’t say anything immoral about Pakistan if you have any problem then why are you exist in Pakistan?” some more people who present at location also criticize him and ask what is your problem from Pakistan. He just denied his statement and tells “I am not talking against Pakistan. I am talking against currant Government of Pakistan”. He said what is this government is doing? At a time we send money to our brothers live in Bangladesh now they are sending us. Once PKR (Pakistani Rupee) double than BDT (Bangladesh Taka), but now 1 BDT is equal to 1.3 PKR and may be after some time it will be double.  This government is just filling their personal accounts no one care about the public.

After listen his solid arguments every one become quite and we just say “yeah you can talk about this corrupt government but don’t say anything against Pakistan”.

After some time all of us cracking jokes like cook say “ I got prison in Pakistan 2 times” someone respond “it’s good… you just need to kill your wife may be you become president of a country”.

Then I ask A Question to all of them "whom you think the current best leader of  Pakistan" All of them tell only one name "Syed Mustafa Kamal (The Ex-Mayor of Karachi)" I realize no one is Happy with this government everyone criticize them & all of them has one Name on his mouth “Syed Mustafa Kamal ”. The all people want him to be next prime minister but this is opinion of people in Karachi, whatever they belong to any cast (Bangali, Punjabi, Pakhton, Sindhi or Urdu Speaking) not because of what he is, just because of what he did.

 Mustafa Kamal is an MBA from University of Wales in UK and under graduate from Malaysia. He became the Mayor of Karachi, largest city of Pakistan on October, 2005. Mustafa Kamal led City District Government Karachi (CDGK) completed 2,496 projects in the city during the last four years.

Below are the mentioned some of mega projects done by Mustafa Kamal.

Karachi’s 1^st Parking Plaza.

Karachi Signal free Corridor- I.

Karachi Signal free Corridor- II.

Karachi Signal free Corridor- III.

Mustafa Kamal Declared second best mayor of the world by an well known US magazine (Foreign Policy) in 2008. Magazine said the 36-year-old Mustafa Kamal governs a city that’s more often in the news for religious violence than cosmopolitan ways. But the hard-charging Kamal is looking to change all that. He’s courting foreign investment, encouraging international ties, and boosting the city’s tourism.
According to the US magazine Kamal is not shy about his goals: He has said he wants to turn Karachi into the next Dubai. His Green Karachi project aims to plant thousands of trees in the city. Kamal is not letting anything stand in the way of his grand plans. He has threatened to arrest anyone who tries to cut down the new Trees.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has included former Karachi nazim Mustafa Kamal in the 197 ‘Young Global Leaders-2010’ for his performance and executing massive development works in the metropolis. The WEF selects 200 prominent personalities annually, in recognition of their services and declares them ‘Young Global Leaders’.

I would ask people to read this blog not as a political affiliation or statement, because I haven’t any desire to make political statements. I invite readers to look at his contributions beyond his affiliations and personal preferences and be objective in evaluating that where is our country going now.

I pray we got best leaders like Syed Mustafa Kamal soon.

Thanks.

Umair Munawwer.

Visit to Interior Sindh - Pakistan (Flood Relief Activity)

Its my first ever blog so If you find any problem kindly let me know so that I can Improve it. 

On 23rd of September 2010 I have to visited some cities for provide training of GPS (Global Positioning Systems) to volunteers of KRT (Karachi Relief Trust) I start my journey at night with my company driver (Asghar), I can say he is not a driver he is a pilot.   

KRT Banner at Makli.

KRT Camps at Makli.

First we visited Makli (Near Thatta), it was 0200 PST, the volunteer at Makli location name is Asad. I provide him the training, he was a good learner. as per plan we have to stay at Hyderabad but due to avoid travel in night hours we decided to stay in Makli. So Asad arrange palang (a type of bed) in a shelter. when I try to sleep the mosquitoes didn't allow me to sleep. so we shift in our car for sleep. after take 4 hours nap and take tea at 0600 PST we moved to next destination (Sakrand).

Many families lost their house in this flood

At 1000 PST we reached at Sakrand Camp, this camp is located in a school, when I reached there I ask about the camp In-charge, Mr. Adnan Zaidi (G.M Sales- Multinet Pakistan) was the In-charge of this camp I already know him as a colleague, after a little training session Adnan bhai offers me breakfast, I told him that I already done it but he told me that these stuff is not available in our city (Karachi) just taste it, It was pure honey with desi ghee with garam roti. after just taste it I said wow. after some time I move to next destination (Morro).

Phoenix dactylifera near Sukkur

At almost 1300 PST I reached at Morro, the camp In-charge was in guest house so just provide him training there and had lunch at Morro, after this I move to next destination (Sukkur). Actually Sukkur was not my destination I need to reach Shukarpur but due to tiredness I decided to take rest in Sukkur, stayed at Red Carpet Hotal Sukkur. 

Camps @ SUKKUR

At next morning we went to Shikarpur, In Shikarpur I was amazed to see that All  volunteers on that  camp including Camp In-charge are talking in English only even with flood victims, victim comes to me and ask in typical sindhi style "Sain tum hamara sath chalo humara bhai ke khoon nikal raha hai" I ask camp In-charge to help him, camp in-charge told him " yes I m coming... where is your brother??" victim said " Sain ek to humara bhai ke choth lag gai hai or ye humain pata nahi kia kia bol raha hai" :-p. after see this type of mishaps and communication gaps I was thinking do they take care of victim according the standard but after I enter in camp area I found every thing managed. 

An Oil Tanker accident @ Highway

After Shikarpur My destination was Qamber but due to camp In-charge unavailability I got call to went Sukkur again. so I reached Sukkur and give a training session to Sukkur Camp In-charge. 

Highway Accident

In my Journey I realize some points and want to share with you all and want some comments on it also.

• In our Interior, I realize that villagers women are so strong then modern / city womens even I can say villagers men. 
• I see most of villagers men just doing smoking, sleeping, playing cards etc.
• Women are selling many Items on road, doing their house jobs taking care of their children.



Phoenix dactylifera @ sukkur

• I seen an Old women (Above 50 Years) carry bundle of woods from a mile distance (In city if any women carry her child she said I m tired)
• Counting of children are much higher then adults. 
• Seen some Highway accidents also. 
• Mostly volunteers belongs from Karachi in camps Installed in these area by any organization.
• I see some people didn't even want to work as In a camp from another Organization a person ask a young flood victim to unload the stuff from truck he said "sain hum to gareeb hai humara ghar khatam ho gaya humari madad karo hum kaam nahi kersakta".
• And Finally I realize that in any problem we are United. 

I invite your comments here so I can over come my mistakes. 

Umair Munawwer.