Evidently to achieve success and happiness one needs poise in all walks of life. But the higher you climb the ladder of success the higher degree of poise you need. If you hold a top position, there is every possibility that you will be under heavy fire.
Your opponents will employ all weapons to lash you with. They will exaggerate your minor faults. They will try to malign you even by attributing imaginary lapses to you. They will play up your alleged lack of devotion to duty. They may even go to the extent of branding you immoral. In such cricumstances if you keep your cool to take wind out of the sails of your adversaries, they can not deprive you of your success.
Bear in mind, however able a person may be, he cannot marshal his forces and do his best in an argument when he loses control of himself. In fact he is at the mercy of his opponents who can make him look ridiculous.
The late US President Cleveland did not let his opponents have a last laugh. During presidential campaign he was severely denounced, even ostracized by a certain section of the society. When he was elected everybody seemed to expect that he would be extremely disconcerted and unnerved during inaugural ceremonies at Washington as he had been under terrific fire for long. But he displayed amazing serenity.
J.J. Ingalls describes it thus: “There sat this man before me, wholly undisturbed by the multitudes, calmly waiting to perform his part in the great drama, just as an actor awaits his cue to appear on the stage.
“I looked for him to produce a manuscript but he did not; and as he progressed in clear and distinctive tones without hesitation, I was amazed. With sixty millions of people, yes with the entire civilized world looking on, this man had the courage to deliver an inaugural address, making him President of the United States as coolly and unconcernedly as if he were addressing a Board meeting.”
And here's an advice
IF YOU DON'T CHERISH YOUR MIGHT, OTHERS WOULD MOUNT YOUR RIGHT...
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