I have always been fascinated with the stories surrounding Alexander the Great. One such story which I read somewhere long back, was quite interesting.
On one of his attacks on an island kingdom (I do not remember the name now), his troops were very tired, bruised and injured from the numerous battles they had fought and were also a little anxious because the island kingdom they were now attacking had a strong army and had never been conquered before by any army. The army of the kingdom was also much larger than Alexander's troops. In short, the odds were highly against Alexander's army to win the battle.
What did Alexander do? Once his troops landed on the island, he ordered his men to burn all the ships that they had come on. So, there was no way for them to go back or to run away if they lost the war or if their position was weak. It meant only one thing. They would either have to win the war or die.
What happened was that Alexander's army fought hard and with everything they had. They knew they had no other option than to win, if they did not they would die. Everytime they were weak, they came back with renewed energy to fight. The thought of having everything at stake and no going back, filled them with strength they had never known before. Very soon, the smaller army of Alexander had conquered the island kingdom's large army.
The story is quite inspirational. It shows how when someone has everything at stake and no options to go back to, they will give their everything and come up victorious. I loved it when I read it.
Today, when I take a new road, I am reminded of this story. There are a lot of challenges on the way and lots of self doubt. So if I put everything at stake, risk everything so that I have no option of going back, will it mean that I will be more hungry and desperate for success? Will it motivate me to keep going when the chips are down and when the going gets too tough to bear? Will it give me no other option than to never give up as I would have nowhere to go back to if I give up the fight and lose the battle?
So, should I put all I have at stake knowingly, as Alexander did, or keep some exit options open? Should I be prudent and not put all my eggs in one basket but save some resources for the time that I may fail? Will that not make failure more acceptable? But not doing it would make it much more risky and life much more unstable.
I do not know what to do. Someone advice. HELP......
On one of his attacks on an island kingdom (I do not remember the name now), his troops were very tired, bruised and injured from the numerous battles they had fought and were also a little anxious because the island kingdom they were now attacking had a strong army and had never been conquered before by any army. The army of the kingdom was also much larger than Alexander's troops. In short, the odds were highly against Alexander's army to win the battle.
What did Alexander do? Once his troops landed on the island, he ordered his men to burn all the ships that they had come on. So, there was no way for them to go back or to run away if they lost the war or if their position was weak. It meant only one thing. They would either have to win the war or die.
What happened was that Alexander's army fought hard and with everything they had. They knew they had no other option than to win, if they did not they would die. Everytime they were weak, they came back with renewed energy to fight. The thought of having everything at stake and no going back, filled them with strength they had never known before. Very soon, the smaller army of Alexander had conquered the island kingdom's large army.
The story is quite inspirational. It shows how when someone has everything at stake and no options to go back to, they will give their everything and come up victorious. I loved it when I read it.
Today, when I take a new road, I am reminded of this story. There are a lot of challenges on the way and lots of self doubt. So if I put everything at stake, risk everything so that I have no option of going back, will it mean that I will be more hungry and desperate for success? Will it motivate me to keep going when the chips are down and when the going gets too tough to bear? Will it give me no other option than to never give up as I would have nowhere to go back to if I give up the fight and lose the battle?
So, should I put all I have at stake knowingly, as Alexander did, or keep some exit options open? Should I be prudent and not put all my eggs in one basket but save some resources for the time that I may fail? Will that not make failure more acceptable? But not doing it would make it much more risky and life much more unstable.
I do not know what to do. Someone advice. HELP......
1 comment:
Alexander was alexander when he did this
Would that clear ur doubt
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