Recently during one of our project meetings with my prof, I learnt a big lesson of life. We were supposed to show some results and discuss the status of our project that afternoon and in spite of all the work we (me n my team-mate) had done, we didnt have a result to show up. We couldnt show results, but we tried to defend ourselves that we had worked for it. Pat came a reply from the prof, which changed I started to think about life. She said, "There's either a Yes or a No. Tell me whether you have got any results or you have not. What ever is in between is immaterial, as people will not bother how hard you've tried or if you havent. Its the result that matters; the hard-work is recognized only then...."
There was some more gyan though, but what she initially said was so perfectly said that I realized how I had to alter my thinking. This also reminded me of a dialogue Sean Connery says in The Rock to Nicholas Cage who says he'll do his best - "Your 'best'? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f**k the prom queen."
It doesnt really matter whether you've tried or how hard you've tried... all that matters is, have you got it or have you not! No matter what it is, the world goes by the binary digit rule. Its either "1" or its "0". There's nothing in between!!!
