The Mercedes Blogs II- Dealing with Disappointment


Hi Guys,

It’s been a while. Sorry for the delay, was caught up in too many things workwise, and even with the family. The kids had their summer vacation, so we had to spend more time with them too.

What am I going to talk about this time? Well, Mercedes released a new video, about a Google employee, who talks about how the car saved his life once. 

The video is here:

 

In a candid chat he describes how he wasn’t paying attention while driving as he approached a static car in front of him. His Mercedes’ sensors kicked into action and automatically stopped the car from hitting another car in front. You can tell from his voice that he is being genuine, and grateful that he avoided a major crash. Something about the video works; perhaps it is the real person, his family shots or the feeling that this could happen to any of us.

Like I said, I am not obligated to talk about Mercs in this blog, but I really believe this is one cool feature to have in a car.

But what touched me about the video was the fragility of life. We have a world around us – our jobs, families, aspirations and dreams, and in one moment it can all change. We spend years trying to build something, but it could be gone in seconds. A job loss, health issues, relationship break-ups – can all change everything in an instant. Has that ever happened to you?

The question then is, how does one deal with this disappointment? How does one accept a sudden, big loss? It is a question I grapple with, for even small setbacks can cause a lot of distress.

There are no easy answers. Neither am I an expert in handling disappointment. I am also learning, and would love your thoughts on how you handle setbacks in your life.

Here is what I can say based on my experiences so far. The fact is, when disaster happens, one has to struggle to cope. There is a period of suffering that cannot be avoided. It is an emotional time, and as they say in yoga, one has to ‘breathe through it’. That is to have awareness about yourself, and not trying to snap out of it. You cannot snap out of it. The only thing to note is that this is not a time to make big decisions. You have to let the emotions pass, or at least subside a little.

For eventually, the human spirit is resilient. It can handle the toughest of times. In history, humanity has suffered immensely due to natural disasters or wars. It just cannot do it in an instant. The time varies for people, but eventually, people come to terms with a situation.

Once emotions settle, one has to reflect on what happens next. One needs to make a new path, based on the new reality. Whether it is a break-up, or a job loss or you lose someone close – your life has to discover new meaning. Once you accept this reality and want the answers – they come. Slowly, life changes again. You meet new people. You find other worthwhile things to do. Life goes on.

Disappointment is one of the nastiest aspects of the human condition. Some say non-attachment is the answer. It may be true. But to live a life devoid of all attachments isn’t quite possible too. Hence, disappointment will come into your life, at regular intervals. Accept it, and it becomes a little easier to deal with.

You are welcome to put your thoughts in the comments section. Similarly, I’d invite you to read other people’s insightful comments too.

Lots of love,

Chetan Bhagat


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  1. Mani says:

    Sir,you once came to my college,but by the time u came I was a pass-out :-(
    Lovely article…..Going through one of the phases….it did motivate me.
    :) :)

  2. Nandha says:

    Every one of us dream to have a life that needs to be cherished, aggrandized with smooth and most happy moments with no downfalls and so does me. Is it wrong to dream so? Absolutely not. But as it happens, every tide has its ebb. As Chethan had said, the downfalls in life make a person get tuned to the most unseen circumstances; shape him/her to a big feat-say a mature and a pragmatic guy instead of a conventional, emotional idiot.

    It’s more usual to many of us to get accustomed to the phrase “catch 22 situations”. Ya, the phrase feel catchy to me either. One can infer from Chethan’s view that the so called downfalls in life that he had mentioned here is an absolute reference to the biggest loss (in his view). Yes, I truly accept that. Yet I negate the view in one point or the other. Rather than negating the view, I can say, I shall extend that his judgment need not be restricted to the above said big downfalls. Personally speaking, it may seem so in the eyes of the above middleclass people, but it may flunk to find its relevance with the common man, the middleclass to below middle class people, as every now and then they face similar downfalls. In short, they are the people most prone to the so called catch 22 situation so often.

    Making the ends met, solving the financial crisis and passing each day somehow- all these tend to adorn their ice cream of life. Does my writing make sense to what bhagath is inferring?, Yes I feel so. By the way the biggest losses and the ways one make up to recoup back to life need not be inclined with the weirdest loss or downfall, but for common problems that a common man faces and how best he solves his entire crisis to bring back his life to track, here lies the trick. The way he plays the game candidly, moving the coins carefully to equate the emotional, financial, physical and mental quotients in life whenever he faces a loss – big or small, will be a lesson that we have to learn to.

    Yes of course, I accept that when we face the biggest downfall say a break up, a job loss, or the loss of a close person does make reverberations in our life. We feel like we are lost out of the world and start using phrases like fish out of water and stuff. End of the day, What I come to mean here is that these losses that makes us null and void, appears to be a one another problem in a common man’s life. One need not refer to the most famous psychology books or the personal biographies of big people, to learn the recouping ways, but yes one can do so from one’s acquaintance with the common people making their livings on the roadside parchments. They have faced and they are facing the downfalls every now and then. Yet they are emotionally stronger, mentally sharper although they flunk to score so in educational front. How come they are attributed so? I think its their dream. A simple dream. Everyday they dream to be a “happy day tomorrow”. I feel that tomorrow have been and will be infinitely long, but within their reach. Won’t they reach? And don’t we need to learn from them?. The answer to both the questions…. of course.. Sure confident.. One can lock “YES”.

  3. SHARATH says:

    hey chethan
    As it is said tat the cause of every mistake is the urgency in which the work is done..
    I would just say dont worry about losing.If it is right,it happens.The main thing is not to hurry.Nothing good gets away….

  4. SHARATH says:

    hey chethan
    i just wanna say that dont worry about losing.If it is right,it happens.The main thing is not to hurry.Nothing good gets away..

  5. velayutham says:

    i did exactly wat u said chetan ji …relaxed….accepted….relieved….decided…nd reflected

  6. Rohit Yadav says:

    Hello Sir,
    Read it, then read it again. Simply spellbounding. :-)
    When i have setbacks in life i seek for things that makes me feel motivated & happy and i do it. Be it be calling a friend, talking to parents or writing a poem.

  7. bharat says:

    when you actually get too much disappointed and think you are all alone you will have two stages. one you get all drowned down thinking that you are all alone and there is nothing you can do and second your really know what you should do next and you are all charged up and get all the energy all of a sudden. I think every one has to go through the first stage for a while as that is where you get all the energy and zeal from and then get in to the second stage. look at the people around you, I am sure there are many who are in worst case than you are and are much happier than you even when they did not have any thing which you have or had. life is all about how you make it and take it.

  8. Gunjan says:

    Hi
    Great fan of yours.Disappointments are hard to deal with. Sometimes they just tear you apart.Going through a really bad phase of life.Not alone but lonely.
    Human emotions are hard to deal with.Once they are hurt it is really hard to get back to original self. Sometimes life falls short for the same.The more you get away from it harder it hurts.Life at every step teaches you a lesson.But in love you just fall n fall and never give those lessons a call.Dont knw how to deal with disappointments in relationships.They just bloody suck happiness and joy from your life.

  9. Nilay says:

    I wish there was a link here to share all your blogs on facebook.

    Nilay Patel (Chicago)

  10. Geetanjali says:

    Gunjan..I was touched by your lines…very well written.

    “Human emotions are hard to deal with.Once they are hurt it is really hard to get back to original self. Sometimes life falls short for the same…”

  11. Sumit says:

    Sometimes i wonder what works for this entire world. It’s so damn broken. I mean in every thing around you, you find something terribly wrong; surprisingly the system is still functioning. I often ponder about this and then accept everything along with it’s imperfections. It’s extremely hard to deal with emotional let downs/disappointments. For a while, “non-attachment” seems to work but then you fall into the same trap of attachment. Like someone mentioned above, at these moments you feel totally hapless on what’s next; you don’t know what to do next but still hope that things will fall in place in some near future. It’s probably the hope that keeps things going. Reminds me a quote from “Shawshank Redemption” – “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things…” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/quotes?qt=qt0470734

  12. Venki says:

    Accepting the reality, the inevitable is easier said than done.. This message was given age ago by Gautama the Buddha. But Human beings want quick fix solutions. A God to drop in and save them. The idea of God and the associated myths have done both good and bad. I wish people were happy with the answer “I DON’T KNOW” to some unanswerable Qs than having wrong answers. We have failed to see humanity as a whole and the effect the society has on individuals. This failure has lead to many problems that we face today. If we all lived this moment and for each other, the Heaven is here.

  13. Preeti says:

    Very inspiring and true..
    but where disappointments with human nature is concerned, i believe in “having no expectations” theory….that helps me hurt less…

    One of your fans..
    Preeti.

  14. anshul says:

    Quite a though provoking and real read.
    I can totally connect with what you are trying to convey because I have seen all of this happen to me at an early stage in life. I graduated from IIT in 2008. Life was beautiful. Then comes year 2009. I was the biggest loser in real terms. I lost my dad , my first job and broke up with my bf.Wudn’t be exxagerating to say that I knew then what it is to hit rock bottom in life. That phase has taught me things none of education certificates could ever teach me . I was a professional and personal failure.
    Condisering the kinda fun loving person I am when I look back now I realize deep down there is treemendous strength in each of us. Life teaches us things for better. All of us have our share of goof ups and lucky moments. Like u said “Life goes on..”.

  15. Shyam says:

    Hari Om.

    Life is a mixture of joys and sorrows, victories and disappointments. We should try to be equanimous and focus on the Lotus feet of the Lord.this will give ud the strength to face any situation in life.

    Be it joy or sorrow we should always remember the phrase ‘This too shall pass away’

  16. Binita says:

    Sir, really true. for the last one year i have been trying accept everything happens to me.. good or bad. My disappointment is lessen. But what abt our system? It always makes disappointment and i cant accept all the happenings.

  17. Atul says:

    Hi Sir;

    Very well written blog. Few days ago i lost my mom. my biggest loss. Was going through disappointment and failures. Lost the purpose of life. Thanks for inspiring and showing reality. I donno how i will cope with this but this article and life around me certainly made me think. Thanks again. Keep writing.

    • chandhni says:

      dont worry friend .i undrstnd ur situation bt let things flow with the flow you will be placed in a safer land.
      god is keeping you in his protected arms, he is caring and loving u and beside u always ……. just feel it

  18. Hardik says:

    I am being loved by sm1 crazily, but ignore her innocently. I love a girl crazily but now she ignores me innocently..
    Mom loves me truly, but may fail to love her that deeply..
    I cracked GCET rudely, but unable to even get good in CAT..
    Just few days back i used to live a magnificent lyf with a nice gang, now am alone and prescribe my self new ways to remain cheered..
    What about you?

  19. Naresh says:

    In one of my books (The Zahir), I try to understand why people are so afraid of changing. When I was right in the middle of writing the text, I came across an odd interview with a woman who had just written a book on – guess what? – love.

    The journalist asks whether the only way a human being can become happy is to find their beloved. The woman says no:

    “Love changes, and nobody understands that. The idea that love leads to happiness is a modern invention, dating from the late 17th century. From that time on, people have learned to believe that love should last for ever and that marriage is the best way to exercise love. In the past there was not so much optimism about the longevity of passion.

    “Romeo and Juliet isn’t a happy story, it’s a tragedy. In the last few decades, expectation has grown a lot regarding marriage being the path towards personal accomplishment. Disappointment and dissatisfaction have also grown at the same time.”

    According to the magical practices of the witchdoctors in the North of Mexico, there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for our having stopped making progress. A trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, disappointment in love, even a victory that we fail to quite understand, ends up making us act cowardly and incapable of moving ahead. The witchdoctor finds and gets rid of this “accommodating point”. To do so, he has to review our life and discover where this point lies.

    Why?

    Because, according to the story that we were told, at a certain moment in our lives “we reach our limit”. There are no more changes to be made. We won’t grow any more. Both professionally and in love, we have reached the ideal point, and it’s best to leave things as they are. But the truth is that we can always go further. Love more, live more, risk more.

    Immobility is never the best solution. Because everything around us changes (including love) and we must accompany that rhythm.

    I have been married to the same person for 33 years, but methaphorically speaking, the same marriage contains several “new marriages” during our relationship. Our bodies and souls changed, and we are still togeher. If we wanted to keep on as we were in 1979, I don’t think we would have come so far.

    http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/06/05/the-accommodating-point-2/

  20. ashu chadha says:

    hi all,well written. life is like ECG. many ups and downs.positive thinking helps only when things start taking shape. but when no mistake of yours pulls you down then no SHIV KHERA,no DEEPAK CHOPRA book helps u and the peer pressure of society breaks you like anything.To stand up in life after a fall becomes easy when one has the support and positive thinking of the whole society with you.And we ARE indianssssssssssss. HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN

  21. Abhishek sharma says:

    Hello, chetan sir. I read your book evolution 2020… Sir book was great, but one thing confused me a lot in the last of story gopal did that something with call girls to show arti… Sir what was that and why gopal did that…??? Please sir reply… Thank you…

  22. Vivek says:

    It can always be dealt with one way, the right way. Do it Right. Do not run away or make any extremely harmful decision that might worsen your present.
    Ever dealt with a situation when you are driving to your office to attend a very important meeting and your Tyre runs flat? Problems are exactly like that, they occur when you least expect it. At such times, what is the first thing you do?

    You stop the car.
    Get out of the car and look for the wheel that is flat. (Analyze)

    That’s exactly what you need to do. Stop your thinking and get out of the box and think for a moment, where might have I gone wrong?
    Accept the fact that you can go wrong at times and not have an arrogant attitude or a feeling of superiority over others. Anyone can make a mistake, that’s how we learn. This doesn’t mean that the world will stop revolving.

    Once you analyze all the four wheels of your car, you think whether I have the right tools to fix it myself? or
    Do I need to seek help? – Call the Mechanic.

    At times when you are going through the worse, your family members and friends are the ones who will surely help you. Don’t ever be ashamed or hesitate to ask them for help. This will never make you small. It is helpful to get others insights, a different way to solve a particular problem which you might not have seen. The aim really is to get the car fixed, not to cry or mourn over it. Crying or mourning has done no good to anyone. Don’t ever forget the aim; the brighter side of it. One has to be positive minded at such times. Tenacity and sincerity will definitely give you the right result.

  23. manish says:

    disappointments come to everyone… The best way to deal is with to know that there will always be a lot of people who have bigger disappointments than what we are facing…

  24. Ankit Sharma says:

    I agree sir. But what about something that will linger forever? I mean a decision that will change the course of life. You treat a breakup by alcohol or substitution, but what about a life that you are forced to live with? For e.g. A career line. Is it about being brave or is it about going with the flow and making a compromise?

  25. Rahul says:

    Dealing with disappointments um… Well its like a state which all of us regularly walks through. I’m in summer vacation these days and from a last few days I am sad because I can’t talk to my girlfriend and perhaps it will go like this for a months ; I’m sad because I’ve a habit of talking with her too much and sometimes this addiction makes me disappointed. Well as I’ve no ill habits of smoking , drinking etc. In such cases um… I write about the feelings which ran through my mind and when i met her i give it to her. So this is my strategy for disappointments …

  26. Kishore Janardhan says:

    Dear Chetan Sir,

    As always, the Post was Awe-inspiring sir.

    Adding to it, I would like to share some of my past experience with your books also. Sorry sir, I do know that, one has to comment only on this particular post of yours, but since its your recent post, I thought my comments won’t get un-noticed from your sight.

    I was really having a tough time at the start of this year. Sir, I don’t know how you came into my life, but I should say that some nice things do happen at the right time. You were leading in the my “Right time list”.

    I was visiting my Sister’s home in Bangalore in the early 2012, that’s when I got your book “3 mistakes of my life” to read from my cousins home. I was little depressed during that time, But later when I started reading it, I begin to feel i got a best companion on my row.
    This book was so close to me because I have to say that many of the things resembled my own life incidents like 3 friends, business, and their characteristics & lot more made me to relate myself to the entire narration of yours. As you have mentioned in this blog, I have understood from reading the book, that Life gives us many disappointments at regular intervals, where one needs to be patient enough in dealing with it to attract awaiting happiness.

    After that, I said a big good bye to my worries and Next thing I did was to buy all your other books.

    I read every book of yours now and the last book i read was your ‘Revolutionary 2020′. Yesterday only I had completed that book with the few drops of tears after you ended the story by saying “You are a Good person” to Gopal. Really he is Sir, because Most of the Men in this world lives either for a Women or for “Money/Fame (politics)”. The person who has voluntarily left this to someone when he had the opportunity to have both, can rightly be called as the real human being.

    I never read your books in rush, because whenever i read your books, i feel like you are sitting next to me and reading each & every stanza to me. Its my wish that I don’t want to miss you so soon from my place, so I keep reading your books at a closer pace. But unfortunately I got finished of your revolutionary 2020 in excitement of knowing what’s next.

    Now look sir, I have added myself to the list of millions who awaits your new book release.

    Yours most Passionate Reader,
    Kishore Janardhan

  27. I didnt still read your blog…….but i could surely say your blog is great….coz a diamond iz always a diamond…….it never loses its shine…..and u r the diamond for us……really u are and will be….as a writer u would surely understand what i m trying to say….got nothing more 2 say…i will surely read ur blog…..but after the comment….so after reading i could even comment better……

  28. harsh says:

    hi chetan,
    here you are talking about the emotions and the efforts for its settlement in our life.
    you are telling us to move on,correct ?

    but i have read in “2 states” that u were not feeling well when your girl`s parents and your parents had not find good match at the hotel and fought.

    even you were not having breakfast and put that into your bag when your mom was not there,just because of mourning..and you did not make possible to move over it….how to deal with such situations … whats your views on that?

  29. Merin J.P says:

    really touching one sir… i had a break up in my relationship…and one of my sweetest brother is now helping me to overcome it… realy loved the article…expect more from u…
    lots of love
    Merin

  30. vaidy says:

    I can relate this ad with my personal experience driving on my car during last Christmas. Minor concentration change has resulted in a major accident (I could have avoided if i had a merc) but i was on my santro xing. My wife, myself and my son all survived with minor injuries.

    we realized how close we were to death and it was only few minutes of distraction during driving.

    Nice article above and nice blog chetan

    • Rajesh says:

      , the downfalls in life make a peorsn get tuned to the most unseen circumstances; shape him/her to a big feat-say a mature and a pragmatic guy instead of a conventional, emotional idiot. It’s more usual to many of us to get accustomed to the phrase “catch 22 situations”. Ya, the phrase feel catchy to me either. One can infer from Chethan’s view that the so called downfalls in life that he had mentioned here is an absolute reference to the biggest loss (in his view). Yes, I truly accept that. Yet I negate the view in one point or the other. Rather than negating the view, I can say, I shall extend that his judgment need not be restricted to the above said big downfalls. Personally speaking, it may seem so in the eyes of the above middleclass people, but it may flunk to find its relevance with the common man, the middleclass to below middle class people, as every now and then they face similar downfalls. In short, they are the people most prone to the so called catch 22 situation so often. Making the ends met, solving the financial crisis and passing each day somehow- all these tend to adorn their ice cream of life. Does my writing make sense to what bhagath is inferring?, Yes I feel so. By the way the biggest losses and the ways one make up to recoup back to life need not be inclined with the weirdest loss or downfall, but for common problems that a common man faces and how best he solves his entire crisis to bring back his life to track, here lies the trick. The way he plays the game candidly, moving the coins carefully to equate the emotional, financial, physical and mental quotients in life whenever he faces a loss big or small, will be a lesson that we have to learn to. Yes of course, I accept that when we face the biggest downfall say a break up, a job loss, or the loss of a close peorsn does make reverberations in our life. We feel like we are lost out of the world and start using phrases like fish out of water and stuff. End of the day, What I come to mean here is that these losses that makes us null and void, appears to be a one another problem in a common man’s life. One need not refer to the most famous psychology books or the peorsnal biographies of big people, to learn the recouping ways, but yes one can do so from one’s acquaintance with the common people making their livings on the roadside parchments. They have faced and they are facing the downfalls every now and then. Yet they are emotionally stronger, mentally sharper although they flunk to score so in educational front. How come they are attributed so? I think its their dream. A simple dream. Everyday they dream to be a “happy day tomorrow”. I feel that tomorrow have been and will be infinitely long, but within their reach. Won’t they reach? And don’t we need to learn from them?. The answer to both the questions…. of course.. Sure confident.. One can lock “YES”.

  31. aishwarya says:

    beautiful article!!:)
    in my view the best way to deal with such situation is to let time play its role and alsohave the WILL to stay happy, caus half the time it is us who create the problems for us. Life is very simple we need to stop complicating it:)

  32. Aaditya Malhotra says:

    Sir, I am a great, great fan of yours. So do all my friends are. Recently one of my friends on http://www.itoall.com suggested me to read One Night @ the Call Center. I read that novel and then all other novels by you.

    I must say that say that I just can’t get over “The Three Mistakes Of My life” as it very rightfully portrays thought process of young minds and to top that it beautifully flaunts the local culture, events.

  33. sagar says:

    you r a genius sir….after reading this wonderful artice of urs, a song from the film ‘Agneepath’ came to my mind which was ‘abhi mujhme kahin’…i think the song says it all

  34. jatin says:

    see i understand what u r trying to project here , nd u r somewhat right too. problems , misshappenings they do happen in life nd they break u to d core , no matter how determined u r it will grow stonger on u nd to that level that ul be questioning ur own thinking.. but its one thing u need to develop in u nd dats talking , i dont mean tellinng every second person wat ur going through cause nobody means NOBODY gives a shit abt u nd ur problems , wat i meant by talking is talk to ur self , u knw wat ur going through but still tell ur self dat , unfold evry bit of that , u knw i often hear d saying dat u a nit having to loose anything makes u strong , well guess wat it really does.. once u develop this habit of talking to ur self makes u aware abt ur self nd it creates an undefined confidense in ur self , but that aint the end , thats where u shud start building up agn but with a slow pace , take small decisions , think logically , spend time with ur close ones , all this helps a lot nd no matter hw lame it may sound but it makes u feel good..nd i guess thats all one want “a good feeling”..
    try talk to me if sumbody feels like..

    adios.

  35. Roshni says:

    Hi Chetan…nice piece…yes, life is so fragile, wish we could have mercs! Nah…i’m pretty darn sure Lady Di would’ve met her maker had she been in a handcart…its all about timing! I’m at work and theres a nice email floating around making all us working women smile…its your take on independent career women advising guys to make the right choice! Ha! you’ve missed one imporant point…there are guys who do make the right choice…they choose a lady who will bring home the pay packet and then sit back and relax. Its like they’ve done the hard work of choosing and now they reap the benefis. Worse, they will still yearn for their phulkas. Its like burning the candle at both ends with no enlightenment. It sucks. : (

    • local_yokel says:

      bike to work. it’s healthier. and you can maim those gold-diggers w/o really killing them .. and to hell with the phulkas. there’s a reason why i say no to cake.

  36. Sekhar says:

    This write-up is a simple message but a powerful one to drive the point that life will have a mix of good and bad things – ups and downs. Lack of preparedness for a rainy day or for emergencies is a big weakness that people ignore.

    Saving for bad times, preparing for uncertainties are inevitable today….you have news of layoffs, salary cuts, visa frauds, scams, etc. all around. Added to this we have high inflation, lifestyle problems, relationship issues and the list is endless. Being prepared for eventualities as well as the ability to take good and bad things with emotional maturity will help deal with life and help in sailing through successfully.

  37. sanjay dhiman says:

    I Liked your aricle on disappointments and how to handle them but the slogan ‘let go’ is indeed applicable in such circumstances because sometimes u cannot have control over all the things so let nature take its own course.Whats ur take on this

  38. Maria says:

    Hi Sir,

    Thanks a lot for your books, really inspiring. Please write more :)

    As for disappointments i feel a little depressed now. But this happanned many times before then were more happy lines and now some sad mood again…

    As Ashu Chadha wrote life is like ECG. I think dissappointments is an inherent part and feature of life. Like snow is cold, water is wet, life has lots of disappointment.

    I think, rather i’ve read that this is so in order we do not attach to this life too much and in order we remember about God and our immortal home…

    Many thanks and kindest regards to all

  39. Dipti says:

    Hello Chetan,

    Nice article! Thank You. Yes,we need the direction for such difficult times we face in life.

    Coz dealing with disappointment is tough. But a part and parcel of human lives.
    I had a break up last year and i was under a state of depression for one long year..I also cut down all my social contacts to a great extent.
    But i looked back and I realized i could have done many more things in that period rather than crying for a thing which was no longer mine….

    I decided , concentrated on my career and landed a great job..also i got a very good friend who is now my best friend with whom i can share everything..life was full of happiness again..

    God manages the accounts for happiness and sadness.. God only credits happiness and sorrows in that and we are no one to interfere.. We just need to accept and move on!!! That life..

    Again, thank You Chetan for the difference you have made in our lives through your writings..

    Regards,
    Dipti

  40. isac daniel says:

    Hi Bro,
    For the first time in my life i m reading someone’s blog.The reason that i am here on this page is the kind of motivation you induce into the younger generation.And luckily i have become a part of it.I have read all of your books with “Revolution 2020″ being my all time favourite.Brother,Trust me,I haven’t adapted the character of your protagonist completely within me,but to a certain extent i have become successful in grabbing a job abroad.I have changed myself,my approach towards people,my confidence level has got boosted and now i can say that i have overcome my failures in my life.

  41. Bijan Chakraborty says:

    Nice. I have learnt a lot from someone who is half … no 3/4th my age.Looking forward to go through your book REVOLUTION 2020.

  42. agreed…with what u said above…
    to add…if we do not make any mistake in our like but there are some situations where others mistake can harm or hurt us.

  43. Shaik Rahil Waheed says:

    Motivating Article.I do like add upon one thing here,

    When Things Go Wrong!!
    Your don’t Go Wrong along with them!!!

  44. ashu says:

    ohhh but some times yours fans waiting for your messages egrly dear.so please contact as soon as you get the sufficent time.so please be in touch.
    i am a very big fan .every one asked me that you are a very big star and you don’t care about your fans mail but if you reply them they feel happy and keep rocking write as similar novels ….love you… take care…:)

  45. kanchan says:

    sir,i am a big fan of you, sir i have a strong desire and that can only be fulfilled by you…sir you have visited to lots of lots of places rather i would say many educational institutions, u have made a speech etc etc can u pls visit our college too, vivekananda institute of professional studies,its in delhi.. its my humble request sir…kindly accept

  46. manisha says:

    [sir. i think disappointment or failures is like salt,without it life would be tasteless,but too much of it is also not good

  47. manisha says:

    [sir. i think disappointment or failures is like salt,without it life would be tasteless,but too much of it is also not good.....its too much philoshophycal. anyway i am reading your latest book and i agree that this is what young india wants

  48. Suman Thota says:

    Good to read this post, which is one of my favourite topic how humans deal with ups and downs.
    This makes me ponder over several things that happened to me and to the people I know.
    I learnt over period of time that any situation would seems far better than what it had initially been. Our heart learns to deal with it.
    I believe humans beings have the inbuilt ability to deal with ebb and flow of life.
    Its just that they have to realize they have this ability.

  49. sudakshin says:

    I heartfully thank u for sharing such wonderful thoughts, yes disappointments are harder to deal with than any thing else in life. From experience i can safely say that when the going is bad, the best get going :)

  50. Ruchi says:

    Sir, i am a big fan of you , thnx for sharing such valuable thoughts on one of the most common issue which almost every human is going through or once have gone through.
    Surely this will be helpful to many people

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