Two words which haunt and attract all and sundry, day and night, are failure and success, respectively. We proposed that failure is not fate; rather, a perishing scene and success is not a destination; instead, a continuous journey. Moreover, the two wings of a successful flight of human struggle are a positive mindset and wise working approach. By following these effective attitudes, one can achieve the highest level of success i.e. good health, inner satisfaction, recognition and position.

1. Failure is Forerunner
of Success
Prepared by: Muhammad Ashhar
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2. Outlook
1) Introduction,
2) Human Struggle Routes,
3) Human Struggle Phenomenon,
4) Roadmap to Success,
5) Positive Mindset,
6) Positive Mindset Prerequisites,
7) Wise Working Approach,
8) Wise Working Approach
Prerequisites,
9) Human Struggle Dimensions &
10) Concluding emarks.
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3. Introduction
 Human nature, inevitably, at all occasions, craves for success and glory.
 Two questions which appear in everyone's’ mind are:
i. Is the concept of failure and success systematic or is it a man himself
who chooses his own destiny?
ii. How have our past role models succeeded, remarkably, that the world is
developing, day by day, and what was their roadmap for success?
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4. Human Struggle Routes
 Human struggle simply means the forceful efforts made in one’s journey to
reach the desired destination.
 During a struggle, one may achieve success, one after the other, or end up
in failure; a direct route.
 Or one may experience failures, now and again, but continue his/her journey
till success is realized; a complex route.
 The complex route manifests that failure is forerunner of success.
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5. Human Struggle Phenomenon
 During one’s struggle, the person, ineluctably, faces obstacles like:
i. Hurdles (invisible or visible, inner or outer),
ii. Distraction (through joyful amusements/horrible interventions),
iii. Natural difficulties (innate inevitabilities of life),
 These obstacles are the reasons why we fail, off and on.
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6. Roadmap to Success
 Two groups – achievers and non-achievers - face various obstacles,
from time to time, during the struggle but their way of combating
with those obstacles is different.
 How have some famous scientists, engineers, businessmen,
doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs succeeded?
 Well… the key to their success was a positive mindset and wise
working approach.
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7. Positive mindset
 Positive mindset includes two aspects:
i. Optimism (an astounding thing existing only within the
person’s mind)
ii. Positivity (expecting or looking bad)
 Research says that people with a positive mindset instantly
solution(s) to the most complex problems and have more
lifespan/achievements than others.
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8. Positive Mindset Prerequisites
 Positive mindset prerequisites are as follows:
i. Self-talk or auto-suggestion (thoughts appearing in one’s mind),
ii. Wisdom (intangible ability to make effective right decisions),
iii. Knowledge (information of any reality),
iv. Meditation (focusing deeply in silence to gain
relaxation/rehabilitation),
v. Collective life (sympathy and empathy towards fellow people) &
vi. Accompanying with positive thinkers (sharing ideas, thoughts and
information in a positive way).
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9. Wise Working Approach
 By now you might be relatively more positive.
 But to be successful, positivity is not the only tool; there
should be another ingredient in the formula.
 That ingredient is demonstrating/adopting a wise working
approach while doing a job.
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10. Wise Working Approach Prerequisites
 Wise working approach prerequisites are as follows:
i. Realizing inner tendencies (Due to imperfection, realizing our tendency
in the start is vital for success),
ii. Planning ahead (arranging a to-do list/schedule to carry out the job(s)
whether in different junctures or at one fell swoop),
iii. Managing time (using time in the most efficient and effective way)
iv. Maintaining health (health is wealth)
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11. Human Struggle Dimensions
 Four dimensions of human struggle are as follows:
i. Having no positive mindset but a wise working approach (wasted efforts),
ii. Having a positive mindset but no wise working approach (idealism),
iii. Having a positive mindset and a wise working approach (greatest success) &
iv. Having no positive mindset and no working approach (utter failure)
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Wise Working
Approach
No Wise Working
Approach
Positive Mindset Greatest Success Idealism
No Positive Mindset Wasted Efforts Utter Failure

12. Concluding Remarks
 Failures are an unavoidable part of life i.e. they appear, now and
then.
 Success can be realized even after experiencing failure(s).
 Whether one is weak or strong, trained or untrained, intelligent
or dull, experienced or inexperienced, optimistic or pessimistic,
passionate or apathetic; there is always a possibility for the
person to succeed, either low or high.
“A low possibility means it’s not zero”
~ Tokuchi Toua, in the TV show (One Outs)
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