“If you feel negative, act the opposite way. It will train your brain to always be a winner, no matter what is happening.”

 

There was a rich old farmer who would silently go into his field every day and work really hard. He would reach his farm every day on time no matter what and work until the sunset. Such was his dedication.

A young man in the neighborhood watched him every day and thought why must he do all of these? He need not work so hard, after all, he was rich. In fact, the whole village laughed at him thinking he was greedy to earn more money.

One day this young man asked the old farmer, "Why do you work so hard? Why can't you just take rest? You have all the money. Do you know people laugh at you thinking that you are greedy."

The farmer replied, "They judged me when I was young and had no money. They judge me when I am old and have money. They will judge me when I will be dead. If I think of their judgments, I can't focus on the contribution I want to make."

The young man was amazed at his response and asked, "what contribution are you talking about?"

"In the past 20 years, my farm has served over 25million families with quality food." replied the farmer. He then smiled and said, "If I had stopped myself fearing their judgments, I would not have reached even 25 families."

The young man asked, "How to keep yourself going and not worry about others?"

"Focus on your contribution to this world, not about judgments of few. When you do that, nothing will worry you."

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Today, ask yourself, "what am I focusing on? Other's Judgments or My Contribution?"