No elevator to success

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( An excerpt from my book Failure is a knock on the door of success )

No Elevator to success, Take the stairs

People have more often asked me how to achieve success and what success means to me. I wish I could answer that. But I don?t have any easy answer nor do I have any MAGIC Formula that I can recommend for a smooth uninterrupted ride to success. However as far as I am concerned, whatever success I achieved , I have earned the hard way?with sweat, perseverance and dogged determination. I started my journey from a tiny village in Jaunpur district of UP. I wasn't born with extraordinary talent.

Nobody gave me anything on silver platter. My roots are modest. I don't have big -connections anywhere that I can boast of. And I don't receive divine prompts that would provide inspiration for my stories.

The truth is I, the small village boy coming from an average middle class family, had to start at the bottom of the stairs and walk up one step at a time. Every day I kept putting one foot in front of the other. I kept climbing upward.

Most of the days the climb was very arduous, very steep and I wanted to stop. Other days I might have taken a few steps. But overall when I turn around, and look at how far I've come, I'm amazed to realise and say it with gratitude and with a sense of elation and of course with humility that I have travelled much farther than I ever dreamed possible .

I have kept moving steadily upward, confronting roadblocks on the way, eventually making slow progress forward. But then, I only have to keep moving forward and see the steep climb that still awaits me to conquer it. I haven't arrived. Journey continues. I love this saying: There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.??

This quote perfectly sums up the process of achieving success. There are no easy ways to reach success. No fast route to being successful. No short cuts. And no pat answers to those who want advice on how to achieve successTake time to learn the skills that go with the trade and profession you are associated with. There is no other way. The skills don't just magically show up. We all have to learn.