Not a Fairy Tale

 

Once upon a time there were at least 100,000 page views every month for this blog. No, I am not making it up or it is not a fairy tale. It really happened during 2007 and 2008.

 But after that, I lost track and stopped trying hard for this blog. And as a result, it started to lose its traffic. Today, I noticed that in the last 30 days or one month, there were 20,000 views.

 And I was very excited seeing it. I was simply surprised because for the last almost 15 or 16 years, I did not try for this blog at all. Still, 20,000 views are a lot and I could not believe my own eyes.

 Yes, some of the top 10 articles are still in Google rank and they are bringing traffic from Google and maybe from other search engines. Yes, I am very happy.

 But at the same time, I started regretting. I felt sad and bad that I did not keep on trying and if I had tried for this blog, then it would have been great. I will try to write again and even if it is just once a week, I will write a good article for this blog from now.

 This is my determination and I'm going to try my best. Actually, I don't care if my blog posts get ranked by Google or bring traffic or people write comments or do not write comments. What I care is that I want to try my best and I want to become a writer.

 This was one of my most favorite blogs because I learned a lot from it and this has helped me a lot with every way to become a successful blogger. So from now, I will start again trying and I know that it will not be possible for me to write every day a post but I surely can write more than two or three posts each week. If I can do it, then I will be very happy.

 Even if I can write just one post every week, I will be super happy because then my writing practice will take place and quality will improve. I hope that if I can keep on trying, then again this blog will become successful and many people will start reading. Maybe one day it will have 20,000 views not in a month but in a single day.

 I know how to make it happen but the reality is that I have to keep on working hard and I want to be a writer and I want to be a good writer. I want to write posts that people will not only like but they will talk about it and I know how to do it. The only thing that I need now is to spend a lot of time and just be totally dedicate for writing again.

 Now hardly anyone will read this post. Maybe just 10 or 20 or maximum 100 persons will read this post in the next one year but I dream for a time or day when at least 10,000 people will read this post and some of them will care to comment. They will get surprised or shocked that there was a time when my post was read only by 10 or 20 persons but then it would be read by at least 10,000 people.

 I am confident about it and I am hopeful. I am confident because I have noticed similar experience by trying in Facebook. The only secret of success is to work very hard and totally focus on my writing.

Happy Again

 

I feel very happy because I have been able to start writing again. I know that I missed it seriously and now again I am writing in my blogs. After many months or even after many years, now I have been writing in my blogs again.

 

I cannot even believe it. So, my dream is that I will write every day and I will write on different topics like here I am going to write about the things that encourages me and the things that I enjoy. Maybe in another blog I will write about Arsenal football team.

 

Maybe in another blog I will write about Asian business etc. But I will do it for my practice. I do not need to write quality content but I just need to write it every day.

 

What I want to do is that I want to simply go for quantity or completing something instead of quality or perfection. Dreaming of perfection is a bad habit and instead I will just focus on completion. If I can complete a task, then over time it improves and the quality improves a lot.

 

I have experienced it for many years. Now I am again going to focus on my writing and I hope that I can do very well.

Still some people come here to Read

I noticed that every day, some people come to read the blog posts. I wish that I had not stopped writing here. Instead, I should have kept on writing even if it did not have any value. I loved both and writing blogging and I moved to writing in Facebook. Yes, some decent amount of name and fame and success came there but I surely miss writing long posts in my blog.   

If I could go back to time, then I would have surely not stopped writing here but the tragedy of life is that you cannot get back the time once gone.

I wanted to be a writer, a real writer. I wanted people to read my writing and think about it. May be it is not too late.

Failure is not bad Because

We all are afraid of failures. We love success and we dream to be successful. However, life is not a bed of roses. We suffer failure regularly and we lose hope and confidence. At one stage, we give up and lose all the motivation to try even. We discover that we do not have any inspiration in our heart to do anything.

I have seen both success and failures in life a lot, more than most people. It is because I have always tried to do many exceptional tasks. I tried to prove that it is possible to study in Facebook. I was the founder president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh. In this post, I will try to prove that failure is not bad at all. You should embrace failure and learn.

Failure is the pillar of success a cliché?

It is an often quoted lesson by almost everyone- failure is the pillar of success. We have to memorize it in our school life and write about it. Many of us consider it as a cliché but there is all the wisdom of human civilization contained here. Just imagine our ancient human race. They had no skill of lighting a fire. They needed it to fight against cold, drive away fierce animals from attacking them and cook food. But for thousands of years, they did not have this skill. They saw fire but could not control it.

Giving up is bad not Failure

Even after finding a way to ignite fire early humans could not do much. But they did not give. They kept on trying. Today, we use fire or energy in almost every aspect of life. Fire is behind electricity production and anything related to the consumption of electricity. Just imagine, if early humans gave up on trying to control fire then we would not have any kind of modern civilization, comfort and luxury of today.

Failure takes us to be better

I have been trying to write in this blog again and I failed but then I realized that now, I can easily write here. I can real improvement in my writing. The improvement has happened because I am doing the same thing regularly- writing posts. At first, it was very difficult to write a blog after many years. Now, it is possible and easy. I have realized that my main mistake was that I tired to write the introduction part first and thus, I could not move beyond that in most of the days. Now, I do the opposite. I just make some points and then write about them randomly and finally, go back to the introduction part and finish it.

Your comfort zone defines your failures

We all have our comfort zone and anything beyond that is scary. You see, I studied English Literature and I was a blogger. So, writing was never a difficult issue for me. However, for many years, I wrote mostly in Bangla language in Facebook and you know that 99% of Facebook posts are very short in length. So, now, I am finding it cahlleging to write a long post of 500+ words. So, my comfort zone is writing 100 word long posts in Bangla language. So, I find it really painful to write a post of more than 1K words in English. It is really painful. However, with this post, I have been able to move out of my comfort zone at long last.

Pain is not always bad

Well, pain is not always bad. Any form of exercise gives us a lot of pain at first but after a few days of tyring, it removes the pain from our body and mind. I know that if I can practice and try for 100 days then writing 1000-word long posts will be within my comfort zone.

Some Tips

So, here are some tips or advice for you:

1. Try to research about the thing you want to do. You want to have good grades and in exam- search in Google and YouTube about it. If possible spend 10-20 hours and you will feel more confident.

2. Say to yourself everyday that failure is not bad but not trying or giving up is dangerus and destructive.

3. Talk to yourself about your comfort zone. You see we always feel strong and confident about any task within our comfort zone. So, you have to expand it.

4. Pain is not always bad.

5. Many successful and legendary people have failed more than once.

Some real life examples

Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, suffered defeat at the hands of England for 6 times and he almost lost hope. Then, he saw a spider trying to weave its house and despite falling kept on trying. He got inspired from it and then again tried and won against England.

Thomas Alva Edison inveted many devices that we still use today. He failed a lot in his life. His famous quote: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." He always kept on going, moving and trying.

Finally, I would like you to watch a movie called Groundhog Day. It is not a real life example but I am sure that you will get the same advice, if you try every day then at first you may fail but then you will achieve success and perfection.

Final Words

Finally, I would like to tell you that failure is not bad at all. Instead, think about the reasons or causes behind your failure. Remind yourself that if you keep on trying on any aspect of life, it is bound to improve. This is rule of life, law of nature- not exception. You see, I have been able to write this post that contains 1,000 words in English language. Now, if I keep on trying then it will become a part of my comfort zone and over time, the quality will improve a lot.

Failure is not bad if you are serious about Success

 

We all love success only and hate failure but the reality is that we fail a lot. We feel that successful people never fail and we are jealous of their success. The reality is quite the opposite. Successful people fail more than average people but they do not lose hope and they do not stop or quit. They just keep on trying and moving forward.

They fail a lot, they fall a lot but they never stop. So, if you are serious about becoming successful then you must keep on trying. You have to remind yourself that success does not come overnight. It takes determination and continuous effort.

I have learnt a very important lesson in my life. Instead of trying to be perfect, we have to complete a task. The more we can complete tasks the better we become and at one stage, we become better than perfect. So, forget perfection and just try to do the task.