Body of iron, nerves of steel

This famous quote from famous hindu Saint swami vivekanand is one of my favorite quotes. It very aptly place body and nerve in their respective importance. While iron is strong, steel is stronger. Corollary body needs to be strong, but nerves must be stronger.

Mental weakness is the first step for being preyed on by predators. It is the mentality which makes lion, lion. Alexander said:

" I'm not afraid of pride of lion led by a sheep, but herd of a sheep led by a lion ".

Problems of being a weak person mentally are manifold. But I would like to enumerate a few:

• A yes man: person who is weak mentally would never be able to aggregate adequate strength to object to anyone in his life. That person would live his life pleasing others. He will never develop self esteem which is again very important problem.

• Self esteem: lack of self esteem make a person believe that others work is always more important than his work. His live for others. This seems nice that a person is devoting his life for others but it is not because he want, but is due to the fact that he has no vision for himself. How many of us are willing to be the first in any field? How many of us are living our own dreams?

• Candle problem: I have seen many people extinguishing their lives for others. My this point may be contentious yet I will still make it. Many of us are dependent on the leader of our group to do something or our family members to do something. We don't want to stand up and sort our lives on our own. We have become use to of a candle which extinguish it's own life and light our path like our parents and teachers did for us.

• Lack of courage: mentally weak persons are not daring person. They suffer because they cling on to something for too long. Trait of a good is to take leap of faith on the very first available opportunity because nobody else would be willing to do it. Calculative risk is the fastest way to change fortune and necessary to save oneself from suffering.

These all symptoms are also the cause of mental weakness. But now how to ameliorate this all pervasive problem which exists everywhere:

• Take care of yourself: be selfish and take care of yourself. Your live can only be lived by you.

• Be kind to yourself because nobody else will.

• Keep talking and instructing yourself. Be your own teacher.

• Do hard work: come out of your comfort zone and confront the world. Exceed your expectations by working extremely hard.

• Consume what you want to become: eat healthy food to be healthy similarly access good thoughts to have calm mental setup.

• Be a hard task master: set ambitious targets. Even if you achieve them partly you will become much better version of yourself.

Always remind yourself that no one was born strong. Some people were born in strong families, yet God graced you with abundant will power to have everything you desire. Make use of it and fly above the sky. All the best.

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