Comments on: Leader’s fall from grace: From Belief To Pride

By: hariom sharma

hariom sharma — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:20:05 +0000

Manas I agree with the idea. There have also been number of instances when one started with fight for a cause which converted to fight for self-pride and otherwise as well.
The movie “The candidate” describes the plight in former and “Guide” in Hindi kind of describes the latter.

However, in some case, fight for one’s own dignity can also be a cause.

By: Manas

Manas — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:16:00 +0000

@Shweta - I think the amount of stimulation depends on the amount of belief you have. Whether the belief is in cause or in yourself. There are people who choose to die on war front for both the reasons (i.e. those who believe in their bravery and those who believe in patriotism).

So, the amount of effort that you as an individual put in depends on the belief and is independent of pride/cause. However, any sizeable work requires multiple people to work in unison as a single force. And that can happen only if people work for a single cause. In your day-to-day job, if your manager asks you to do something because it would benefit the customer, you’ll do it very willingly. However, if he asks you to do it because it would make him rich and famous, you wouldn’t put your 100%. That’s where the difference in cause and pride comes.

@Prashant - I think it’s important where the motivation comes from. In due course of time, you’ll face situations where you’ll have to make a choice between the cause and pride. And when you choose pride, people around you will notice and you’ll start losing the support.

By: Prashant Singh

Prashant Singh — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:50:40 +0000

Nice Post . My grandfather used to tell me one thing “Your Work is bigger than You , so Don’t be too full of your self ever. Learn from every one ,Learn from Every Opportunity, Learn from Everything which touches you in course of your work”

when it comes to pride . it has it’s role too . people often confuse pride for self believe. as long as logical premise of your project is sound i think it doesn’t matter if you draw your motivation from pride or purpose. its like fuel . Diesel or petrol . you will still reach the same place.

and just an observation I guess people supported Mahatma Gandhi.most of his follower didn’t really understood the whole Ahimsa thing .Events of “Chorri Choura” are proof of that . neither did his colleague understood the pride . Indo-Pak Partisan is a proof of that .

By: Shweta

Shweta — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:45:20 +0000

I kind of disagree with your last line, i.e., you will fail if you fight for your pride instead of fighting for your cause. Indeed, I would say that pride is generally a more stimulating motivation for a person to work hard towards the goal, than the cause. I agree that it can blind you from seeing that you are not achieving the cause in the process, or the cause isn’t worth it. But, that doubt you will have anyways, for any cause (in my opinion/experience). Your pride is what will make you sustain on it. And, sustenance is an important factor in success ultimately.