Is nadir required to show competency???

Well before I put forth my viewpoint on this, I would like all of you to tell me whether the most desperate situations drives you to give your best?...Is it an absolute necessity to show your calibre?...Is it always necessary to reach the abyss to rise like a Phoenix??...If answers to any of it is YES, then I think we all have the same mindset as most other Indians do. This is not to disparage Indians but just to reinforce our inherent lack of ambition and motivation.

Sehwag's comments afer his triple century - " I was hurt on being dropped from the national team and that triggered me to perform well ". This augurs well with what Sunil Gavaskar once said about Indian cricketers - They need to be whipped badly to make them play to their fullest potential. This shows how we usually need someone to monitor us and tell us what needs to be done. Motivation to be ahead and be the leader doesnot insitigate us to continue doing the good work. If only we can create this environment of being ruthlessly competitive in whatever we do, can we think of not being a follower much of the time. I know that swings are bound to occur but if we can be at our best most of the times, the downswing is going to last for a very short time.

Talk about Hockey - believe me its going to rise once again from this year's dismal performance but I hope it then doesnot fall again to match up to its latest trough. Sports in India has seen this phase quite often because of the lack of respect which we associate with sports and sportsmen and sportswomen. We tend to look at sports as an ancillary to our academically oriented careers. But then if we have a look at our business, we see that Indians put in a lot of efforts to stay at the top. To them, the status and leadership tags are sole motivators. Does this show that we tend to look at our name ( be it as an individual or as a business house ) to be more worthy than when we are perceived as an Indian team??

Enviable consistency is the key to be at the top.