English book · The Secret of Success

The Bigger the Better

English book, p. 201

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

where nani lived, from where the telegram was sent. When these people reached the destination, distressed, and after spending a good amount of money, they found there that nani was very much alive. They found out that the real title of the telegram was ‘Nani Reached’. But due to the mistake of the clerk it got changed to ‘Nani Expired’. (The Times of India, December 6, 1983) The telegram office was informed about this grave error. But the response of this was as printed in these words of the newspaper: The P&T department has not yet accepted the charge of inefficiency, regrets only the inconvenience, if any. (The Times of India, December 7, 1985) The above example is not only the example of the department of telegram. In fact, in the present world, it is true of most of the people. “I made a mistake” is only a sentence of four words but it is difficult in the present world to find even four people who may utter this line. The only words that exist in the dictionary of the people are “You are at fault”. Their dictionary is empty with the words “I am at fault”. People do not accept their own fault at any cost, even at the cost of truth. Therefore in trying not to acknowledge their single mistake they continue to commit lots of mistakes. The beginning of developing a positive personality is acknowledging one’s mistakes. Mistake after Mistake If a person does not accept that he has made a mistake, he very often tries to prove that others were at fault, and in that way covers up his own mistake.

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