I'll beat you the next time
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man- 29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made American Express card commercials because of it!
However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success. You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed.
A few weeks later after his failed attempt, a group in England asked him to address its members. Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary himself, did not share their view point on the matter. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. Here is what he had to say. All of a sudden in a loud voice, he said "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time! because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"
A very important lesson can be deduced from this very act. Edmund pressed and persevered until he saw his goal come to a fruitation. He never gave up. Despite unfavourable conditions. I imagine that his close relations and family didn't give him up much encouragement. Especially, after his first failed attempt. But, he never lost his focus. This brings to my mind the saying that goes thus :
"Set a goal before you, set a plan to achieve that goal. If the plan fails, change it, but never change the goal."
However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success. You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed.
A few weeks later after his failed attempt, a group in England asked him to address its members. Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary himself, did not share their view point on the matter. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. Here is what he had to say. All of a sudden in a loud voice, he said "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time! because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"
A very important lesson can be deduced from this very act. Edmund pressed and persevered until he saw his goal come to a fruitation. He never gave up. Despite unfavourable conditions. I imagine that his close relations and family didn't give him up much encouragement. Especially, after his first failed attempt. But, he never lost his focus. This brings to my mind the saying that goes thus :
"Set a goal before you, set a plan to achieve that goal. If the plan fails, change it, but never change the goal."
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