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“Onceuponatime,therewasakingwhohadadaughterasbeautifulasabloomingrose.Toallthesuitorswhocametotheking'spalacetoaskforthehandoftheprincess,theoldkingassignedthreetaskstobeaccomplished,eachnexttoimpossible.Oneday,intotheking'spalacecameahandsomeyoungprince..."Well,youknowtherest.Thethreetasksmaybedifferentindifferentversions,butthemainplotisalwaysthesame,withtheprinceclaimingtheprincess'shandtriumphantly.Andtheendingisalwaysthesame,finishingwiththeline"Andtheylivehappilyeveryafter."
Whyaren'twetiredofsomethingsofanciful,sounrealistic,and,Iwouldsay,sounimaginative?Howcanastorylikethatenduregenerationsofrepetition`?Because,Ithink,itisatypicalsuccessstory.Itishighlyphilosophicalandsymbolic.Byimplication,weseea4-stepdefinitionofsuccess:1)agoaltobeset.asrepresentedbythebeautifulprincess;2)challengestobemet,asrepresentedbythethreetasks;3)theprocessofsurmountingdifficulties,asrepresentedbytheordealstheyouthgoesthrough;and4)therewardofsuccess,asrepresentedbythehappymarriage.
Thestorynotonlycaterstoeveryone'sinwardyearningforsuccess,butalsoemphasizestheinseparabilityoftheprocessandtheresult.Therewardofsuccesswillbemuchamplifiedifthepathleadingtowardsitistreacherous,andviceversa.Ifapersoninheritshisfather'smillionsandleadsaneasylife,heisnotasuccessfulpersoneveninmaterialterms,becausetherearenodifficultiesinvolvedinhisachievingaffluence.Theterm"success",tobesure.willnotsitstillforeasydefinition.ButasIunderstandit,thetruemeaningofsuccessentailsacombinationofboththeprocessandthesatisfactoryresultofanendeavor.Toclarifymyview,letmegiveanotheranalogy.
Ifwechangedtherulesoffootball,greatlyenlargedthegoalandsentawayDavidSeamanoranyothergoalkeeper,sothatanotherDavid,namelyDavidBeckham,couldscoreeasily,thenscoringwouldnotgivehimthethrillofaccomplishmentandthejoythatitbrings.IfwefurtherchangedtherulesbynotallowingArsenal'sdefenderstodefend,sothatBeckhamneededonlytoliftafinger,actuallyatoe,toscore,thentherewouldbenogameatall,becausethemeaningofwinningwouldhavedisappeared.Inacceptingthechallenge,insurmountingthedifficultiesandinenduringthehardship,successacquiresitsvalue.Thesenseofattainmentvariesinproportiontothedegreeofdifficultiesonovercomes.
Theconceptofsuccessisnotconstantbutrelativebecausethenatureofdifficultyisalsorelative.Somethingyoudoeffortlesslymightposeagreatdifficultyforahandicappedperson.Inacquiringtheabilitytodothesameasyoucan,heorsheachievesuccess.That'swhywegreatlyadmireStephenHawking,because,thoughconfinedtoawheelchair,hehascontributedgreatlytothefieldofscience.
Imyself,arathershypersonbynaturewhoeasilysufferfromstagefright,hadtopluckupgreatcouragetotakepartinaspeechcontestlikethis.Icouldhavestayedawayandhadaneasytimeofitbynotenteringtheuniversitylevelcontest.ButIchosetoacceptthechallengeandtofacethedifficulties.NowhereIam.IfIcomeoutfirst,itwillbeagreatsuccessforme.IfIcomeoutlast-Ihopethiswillnotbethecase-butifIcomeoutlast,Iwillnotcallmyattemptafailure,butwillalsocelebrateitasatruesuccess,becausepartofmygoalismyowncharactertraining-todomoreassertive,tobe
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