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If you can spontaneously find out a scapegoat and wriggle yourself out of the blame game
when men around have lost their cool and started propagating that it was you
If you can factor in constructive feedback. But keep trusting yourself when you can clearly see that the guy across is insecure/jealous and is indulging in negative criticism
If you can wait but also smarly decipher when its NOT working and exit without wasting any more time
On being lied around, either pay back upfront (bluntly/diplomatically) or just forget it (ensure that you don't take it to heart as you also aren't saint)
On being hated, understand the various vested interests at play and just forget it (else BP/Sugar may rise)
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: but also know how to market your efforts and create an aura of knowledge; basically don't tom tom about it ( why inspire jealously and antagonise the others on a daily basis)
If you can dream and not make dreams your master but dupe a PE/VC investor about future prospects like Flipkart does
If you can strategise well within the abundant strategic models around or hire Mckinseys/BCGs if its getting too hectic on your grey cells
If you can treat treat success/failure with equanimity but at least be able to fake sadness in front of shareholders when its been a lacklustre quarter (else hire a smart Chartered Accountant and do some legal/illegal accounting jugglery)
If you can see each word spoken by you twisted by insecure men; either get immune or start acting tough and making the morons around fall into the trap of their own words. Its simple dude: when you get on the defensive, they would get offensive and vice versa; choose what you like better
If you bear losses in the material world or even a hard disk crashing and yet chill as you realise that in the long run we are all dead and those GBs of photos/music was anways junk. For the ego satisfaction, try to retrieve but don't be too fussy
If you have a strong heart, play the leveraged games of speculation and risk it all. Buy Nifty Calls and Puts but avoid Nifty Futures as the risk is unlimited. Better apply Markowitz's Portfolio Theory and diversify ; Else check on opportunities to arbitage. If you can't , bundle the risks into exotic derivatives (CDOs and CDSs) and pass the tremors of your loss onto a third party; their prayers would work for you.Why should the rest of world alone have all the fun? :)
Its a zero sum game. If one wins, you have to lose. Don't get so emotional. Its shareholder's money which he has already written off or PSU bank's money you obtained by bribing those CXOs. They would give you a CDR once you default
If you can push beyond your perceived physical limitations, its good, you lazy bum (Bingo) but be careful also,you haven't exericsed a bit in the last umpteen years, you couch potato. take the treadmill test first
Persevere if the inner voice says that the idea is good but don't get over emotional please
If you can be humble ( or at least fake humility) while dealing with external people but also throw attitude ocassionally to show your class else they may take you for granted. If you've got an I-Phone, flaunt it. if you've been on a vacation to Europe, upload hundreds of pics on FB and keep writing " feeling awesome; its so amazing". Else why the heck did you shell out that much of money!!
Insulate yourself from the emotional melodrama when it comes to dealing with non-family members. It is a trade in emotions. Don't waste your tears on strangers.
If you can work hard yourself, its good in the initial stages till you create a reputation for yourself in the company. Once you get promoted, be a smart boss and exploit the haemoglobin of juniors. Being on stress hormones for too-long can be counter-productive. Just learn to let them do the work and take the credit.
Can't guarantee the global GDP for you but you will live a happy man. At least won't have to live on those multiple pills till you anyways would die.
A far cry from the original one by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
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