ENTHUSIASM AND PERSEVERANCE
In 1782, an Englishman arrived in Glasgow with a
wooden printing press. With paltry resources he began to publish a newspaper
entitled the Glasgow Advertiser. The newspaper was later renamed the Glasgow
Herald. Two centuries later its daily circulation had risen to 200,000 copies.
What
saved John Mennons, the founder of this newspaper, from succumbing to
unfavourable and adverse circumstances was his limitless enthusiasm. His
enthusiasm compensated for his lack of resources. The newspaper is still going
strong after two centuries, in spite of serious differences between partners
which arose from time to time. It was fortunate that these could always be
settled amicably without the work being disrupted.
The
newspaper, which was started on a wooden press, is now being printed entirely
on automatic machines. The letters are neither composed nor do they undergo the
process of metal infusion: They are projected on the plates by laser beam. It
is printed and folded automatically. Then it is wrapped in polythene and taken
to the despatch department. The whole process is computerized.
It was
only because of its continued publication that it could benefit from all the
new improved techniques which were developed at different stages. If it had ceased
publication after a period of time, all the techniques would have existed, but
it would have failed to utilize them.
It shows
how the accomplishment of any great work requires two things in particular:
Limitless enthusiasm and perseverance. Obviously, great work can be brought to
fruition only with the help of boundless energy, enthusiasm and perseverance.
Without the long and arduous labour which is essential in any such enterprise,
the survival of this paper would have been impossible.
Make the
most of your experience: Don't impose suffering on yourself but when it comes,
make the most of it. A thought provoking remark of another achiever sums the
above points beautifully.
“What
about suffering?” Someone asked Bernard Malamud, the award winning American
author. “I’m against it,” he replied, “But when it occurs why waste the
experience?
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