Why failures are important and inevitable ?

All of us face failures at some moment in our lives. Most of us feel that those moments are the most painful moments but Chanakya had a totally different view.

Let us first know something about Chanakya. He was a Professor at Ancient Nalanda University and also a chancellor of Taxila University. Chandragupta Maurya, a very poor person, was able to become king of a Great Mauryan Empire just because of the wisdom and guidance of Chanakya.
Chanakya also failed several times and when he got defeated by the mighty army of the Nanda Dynasty then he told below words to his army:
He told his army that decision is with them if they want they can live their whole life with this defeat or they can bounce back and prepare better to defeat enemy next time. He always believed that failure is temporary and we can win anytime in our life. A defeated person can anytime prepare for the victory. A person is not defeated when he lost the competition but he loses when he in his mind accept his failure. Many times people do not know how much closer they were to the victory when they had accepted the defeat. Every failure which comes in our life must be seen as an opportunity, an opportunity to improve, an opportunity to analyze our weakest points, etc.

Above mentioned points must always be remembered whenever we face failure in our life. Additionally, some more teachings of Chanakya are mentioned below:
1) Never share your failures/secrets: You should never share your failures or secrets with anyone because if you cannot hide it from others then how you can expect that others will keep it to themselves. As others will share your failures, this will make your negative image and can create a cascading effect of failure.
2) Do not joke about your insults: Never make your insult public. Whenever you make your insult public, your competitors would try to cash your failure. Additionally, your peers might not take you seriously.
3) Always plan for the future: It's OK that you faced failure but always plan for the future and be prepared for future challenges. You might hear of the saying that "God helps those who help themselves". When Chandragupta Maurya and Chanakya faced defeat from the Nanda dynasty then they had taken shelter in some lady's house. They saw this lady who served her son a Khichdi, her son dipped his hands in the middle of hot rice and started weeping. After seeing this, the woman told her boy that are you foolish like Chanakya who attacked heavyweight like the Nanda Dynasty. Eat from the circumference. After listening to this Chanakya touched the feet of a lady and left. He learned from this and started preparing again.
4) Never say die attitude: Chanakya says that we must have a never say die attitude. He showed this character by setting up the Grand Mauryan empire even after losing so many times. We can learn this quality from Thomas Elva Edison also. During his childhood, his teacher sent him with a letter to his Mom that Edison is too dumb and he can never complete school. His mother then started his homeschooling. Edison failed ten thousand times before enjoying the happiness of inventing Electric Bulb. When one reporter asked him about this, then he told that " He has not failed ten thousand times but he found ten thousand ways that won't work". In our lives when we fail even for ten times we used to give up. We must learn from Chanakya and Edison.

5) Turn anger into resolution: When Chanakya visited Dhanananda, the King of the Nanda Dynasty and told him that he must not enjoy the taxes of citizens but must protect and expand the kingdom. Dhanananda dishonored Chanakya and hit him with his foot, by this Chanakya's Shikha got open and he felt so much anger for Dhanananda. But Chanakya turned his anger into resolution and taken an oath of defeating the Nanda Dynasty. Similarly, we can plan for our victory by keeping our failures in mind.
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