It’s a story that Harsha Bhogle, India’s most loved cricket commentator, loves to tell, over and over again. Making his debut in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, Marvan scored a duck in his first innings. And again, in his second innings.
They dropped him. So he went back to the nets for more practice. More first-class cricket. More runs. Waiting for that elusive call. And after twenty-one months, he got a second chance.
This time, he tried harder. His scores: 0 in the first innings, 1 in the second Dropped again, he went back to the grind. And scored tonnes of runs in first-class cricket. Runs that seemed inadequate to erase the painful memories of the Test failures. Well, seventeen months later, opportunity knocked yet again. Marvan got to bat in both innings of the Test. His scores: 0 and 0. Phew!
Back to the grind. Would the selectors ever give him another chance? They said he lacked big-match temperament. His technique wasn’t good enough at the highest level. Undaunted, Marvan kept trying.
Three years later, he got another chance. This time, he made runs. He came good. And in an illustrious career thereafter, Marvan went on to score over 5000 runs for Sri Lanka. That included sixteen centuries and six double hundreds. And he went on to captain his country. All this despite taking over six years to score his second run in Test cricket. Wow! What a guy!
How many of us can handle failure as well as he did? Six years of trying, and failing. He must have been tempted to pursue another career. Change his sport perhaps. Play county cricket. Or, oh well, just give up. But he didn’t. And that made the difference.
We all hear stories of talented people who gave up before their potential was realized. People who changed jobs and careers when success seemed elusive.
The next time you are staring at possible failure or rejection, think of Marvan. And remember this: If you don’t give up, if you believe in yourself, if you stay the course, the run will eventually come. What more you could even become captain some day.
NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP !
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Great ! The attitude is all that matters !
The only things you can control in trading is your entry and loss.Make sure you make as little loss as possible and experience and analysis will teach you how to exit with profit or as little loss as possible.
i remember his debut . we made fun of him.caricaturing his name spelling it in diff ways to sound funny. didnt watch the 2nd & 3rd matches , so wasn’t aware. thanks for educating.
remember his double centuries and I told my frnds the same thing what u hv mentioned in yr article.
very nice. thanks.
bramesh sir, do you teach or train people so that they can make trading their living? If yes I am interested.
Grt… learning sirji
Gr8 sir…………
Hi Ramesh,
Recently i started my trading in the share market, but seems be the same as previous years, i lost lot of money in recent past years when there was the recession. After 5 years i came back but still i’m losing money, its hurting me, losing my patience and hope or nor my luck is not supporting me. Can you suggest me what can be done. Do i need to take any course on the stock market. Could you please help me.
Thanks,
Krishna
Its always good to get a mentor who can guide you and help you in trading.
Rgds,
Bramesh
Dear bala krishna,
One small advice is always try to protect your capitol in trade and try with small risk.be confident and keep patient for your turn to earn.trading is little bit like gambling .Its not how much u r earning but how best we are earning with knowledge & informations & situation…all the best. .
The market is like “Shani Maharaj”. No mistake will be spared. Each and every mistake will be punished for.
So, find your style and stick to it…..no matter what….stick to it until you have it imbibed in you.
Thanks
Hiren
Simply Superb !!! Many Can Take Inspiration From This Story !!! Thanks A Lot For Providing continuous New Learning Things.
truly inspiring , many thanks for this classic “never to give up”, sir ji .
Great. Story similar to the story of our Great Mohinder Amarnath who won the man of the Match in 1983 world cup final in which India made history.
Awesome
excellent inspiration to the new traders