Safe Harbour On Both Sides

A Floor for the Roof language, ensure there’s a readership for it. If you want to contest an election, make sure there are voters ready to support you. Without a basic foundation, no task can succeed—whether it’s personal, professional, or social. An old saying goes: “Change yourself, and your fate will change automatically.” This means the real cause of our problems is usually within ourselves, not outside. If a person reflects carefully on where their difficulties began, they will often find the root cause within their own shortcomings. If failure is due to a personal fault, how can blaming others lead to success? There’s a story of a man who opened a shop. Business didn’t do well, and he was close to bankruptcy. One day, a friend said, “Your shop isn’t running because the neighbouring shopkeeper takes away your customers.” The man replied wisely, “If he can attract my customers, why can’t I attract his?” He began to reflect. Soon, he realised the issue wasn’t his competition—it was his own behaviour. He hadn’t been speaking politely to his customers. He decided to fix that. He started making a conscious effort to speak sweetly to everyone who entered. Gradually, his tone improved— and so did his business. When he corrected the weakness