Sadhguru Isha
A participant asks a question about fear and the role it plays in becoming successful or not. Sadhguru answers, "Do not even think of success, just enhance your capabilities." He continues to explain that by focusing on enhancing your being to its highest possible level, success will be the natural outcome.
A student asked a question about fear and the role of fear in success or failure. Sadhguru replied: "Don't even think about success, just improve your abilities." He went on to explain that by focusing on elevating your existence to the highest level, success will be a natural result.
Questioner: Please relate fear, apathy and success. How to conquer fear and apathy on the way to success? That’s all.
Questioner: Please talk about the relationship between fear, indifference and success. How to overcome fear and indifference on the road to success? That's all.
Sadhguru: Okay. Fear about, ‘Whether I will be successful or not?’ Where does apathy come in? No, your individual fear about, ‘Whether I will be successful or not?’ Is that what you're talking?
Sadhguru (Sadguru): OK. Where does the fear of "Will I succeed?" come from? No, what do you mean by your personal fear of "Will I succeed?"
See, that’s… that’s exactly what I have been telling you till now; do not even think of success, just enhance your capabilities, strive to enhance who you are, then what you can do you will anyway do, isn't it? Right now, you have an idea of success, but you don’t have the competition for that. You want to go somewhere, but you don’t have the legs to get there. Now naturally there will be fear; naturally there’ll be all kinds of unnecessary struggles and emotions. Instead of that, at this stage in your life if you just focus on seeing how to enhance this human being to the highest possible level that you can, success will be a downhill run, not an uphill task.
Look, that's...that's exactly what I've been telling you so far--don't think about success at all, just improve your abilities and work hard to improve yourself, then you will do whatever you can, no matter what, right? Now, you have a thought of success, but you are not able to do it. You want to go somewhere, but you don’t go to the legs, then you will naturally have fear, and there will naturally be all kinds of unnecessary struggles and emotions - on the contrary, at this stage of your life, if you just focus on seeing how to lift this person to the highest level you can achieve, success will be smooth sailing, not a difficult task.
So if you're going downhill, there is no fear, isn't it? Because, ‘Whether I can get there or not, whether I can get there or not.’ You're working towards somebody else’s idea of success. You're working towards somebody else’s idea of success; that is not success. Your success is, you as a human being, you found your full potential, this is Your success and that’s all you can do. Whether you stand on your head or you stand on your feet, the best that you can do; If this human being finds his fullest potential, that’s all you can do. No matter what you do, you cannot do more, isn't it?
Because "Can I get there, can I get there?" You are working towards success in the eyes of others. You are working towards success in the eyes of others, and that is not success.Your success is that you, as a person, you discover your full potential, that is your success, and that is all you can do. Whether you stand with your head or with your feet, the best you can do, if the person discovers his full potential, that is all you can do. No matter what you do, you can't do more, right?
Certain circumstances sometimes will lift us up, certain circumstances sometimes may not, but in the given circumstances if you have blossomed to your fullest level, you will do well, isn't it? Don’t think of success and be fearful about it; just see how to make this one more and more capable. If the competence and capability is there, success will come as we deserve it.
Some situations sometimes cheer us up, some sometimes don't, but in the established situation, if you have already developed to your highest level, you will do well, don't you? Don't think about success and worry about it, just look at how to make this person more and more capable. If we have the talent and ability, we will achieve the success we deserve.
