30 August 2014 - QA 3

Even a single failure hampers my confidence and I have faced many failures in life. How do I keep myself from getting de-motivated?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Don’t be too hard on yourself. Every failure is a step toward success. There are many successful people today, you know how much they have failed at some point in their life? There are ample examples in the world.
In a competition if you lose, you know what you should think? You’ve just made someone else win. In Art of Living I say, we believe in winning or making someone win. We don’t lose at all. Making someone else win is also a joy.
Suppose, you have won a prize and your friends have lost, are you happy about it? No. When you win you want others to share that joy with you. So think that way. If anybody wins in a competition, share the joy with them.