You cannot change the beginning but you can surely achieve a brand-new end

1. You cannot change the beginning but you  can surely achieve a brand-new end  All of us plan for a better future. Be it a plan about a trivial task or a job to be  accomplished or going out on a vacation or purchasing something. In spite of  our best efforts and elaborate time spent making best workable plan, still  things do not always turn out the way they were intended in the start.  Consequently, we are unable to achieve the desired result. Certainly, we must  have invested our time, effort & money and this is the reason why we feel  dejected and demoralized at failing to achieve the desired outcome, feeling  thoroughly enervated and overwhelmed with pessimistic thoughts. It is the  sense of loss that makes us feel disoriented and distraught. In this moment,  nothing seems to be working right and it appears that everyone is conspiring  against us, to defeat us. The entire world seems to have shattered to pieces.  Most of us would turn a blind eye from the reality of life and seek seclusion  from friends, family and society. Crying alone in a corner away from the gaze  of people seems to be the only thing that gives us solace and succor.   

2. Don’t fret if you cannot change the beginning to give a brand-new start, but  you can change the ways now and give it a brand-new end.​ You would agree  that the events of the past cannot be changed or expunged, however, we can  change the future by making suitable efforts in the right direction in the  present. It is best to assess your efforts and the result these bear after a  suitable interval of time. If you discover a flaw then it’s time to think calmly  about what needs to be changed or how it is to be handled differently to put  you back on course of achieving the desired goal. This means that the  situation is ever changing and dynamic. One needs to continuously remain in  control of the events that constitute achievement of ultimate success. How  does one climb a high mountain? Simple answer is ‘step by step’. In similar  manner, one should make daily progress, howsoever small, towards achieving  the goal so that each day you actually come closer to your goal. This way you  will prevent stress from developing inside you. Definition of success is  different for different people. For students, the goal could be succeeding at  the grade exams, for a salesperson, success could mean achieving the target  number of sales, for a back-office person, success means most number of  error-free processing.     

3. More often than not, you will come across hurdles and obstacles in all  spheres of your work whether personal or professional. ​It is your mindset  coupled with your skillset that determines the chances of achieving success  in a particular task. It is therefore necessary to keep a ​cool head and think  logically​about the current problem and devise ways to overcome it.​ If you are  able to keep a cool head atop your shoulders, you will be able to find a good  solution to the current problem and it will wither away in due course of time.  You will witness a new kind of sunrise the next morning that you might not  have seen in ages. When you will look back at your accomplishments, they will  give you enough reasons to be proud of, smile and bask in its glory for as long  as you live. Your achievements will serve as a source of positive energy that  fill you with optimism of the highest order. For those who buckle under the  weight of the problem, they stand to lose the opportunity to shine, revel in the  glory and a chance to turn into real gold.