Now and then, philosophers pay attention to the fact that men may not possess immense talent. You lose hope about their ever paying attention to people like us what with their lofty requirements of leadership and all. And then they turn their attention to you and you feel all is well with the world.
Like, in this instance, Tiru says...
Olva dharivadhu arindhadhan kanThangich chelvaarkuch chellaadhadhu il - Tirukkural
He, who knows he can do a job; knows what is needed to do it; and applies himself with determination to doing it, cannot fail in whatever he does - Loose Translation
The first requirement is that you should know what is doable for you. This does not mean that you can just give up on everything as being beyond your limits. It is just that you ought to know what you are truly incapable of doing. If you are tone-deaf, say, there is no point in your trying to master music. But if you ARE capable of mastering music, then you ought not to give up trying to become the best at it. THEN you need to identify what is needed to acquire that mastery and diligently apply yourself to it.
The point is to have the self awareness to know your insurmountable limitations and stay away from wasting your energy in endeavours where you have no way of succeeding. Then to know what is needed, by way of training or support or materials, to succeed in your choice of endeavour. And then to diligently acquire what is needed and push forward to complete that which you have taken up.
Come to think of it, it really does not seem like the aam-janta kind of thing, all this self-awareness and determination. But, then, to achieve success in whatever you seek to do is not really an aam-janta kind of thing, is it?
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