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Every Underdog Has His Day

I love being underdog. It is infinitely better than being the top dog. People are always ready to tear down the most successful guys; the top singer; the top actor; the top politician; even the top criminal. Being second best always gives one energy to work harder. A company advertises itself the second best in business. It gives them not just energy but credibilityin the market. It makes them more productive. For a long time India has been the second most populous country after China: by 2050 we will litter the world as the most productive nation!
Think of one of the world's most eminent underdogs. He was terrible in mathematics. His school teachr thought he would never make it. H e struggled long and hard for the employment. His parents were worried about his learning disability. He never learnt to drive a car in his life. His name;Albert Einstein. In the league of school drop-outs was Rabindranath Tagore, who got the Nobel Prize for literature.
The psychology of the underdogs fascinates me. He has the itch for achievement and the right pitch that can hitch him to planet success. Bill Gates, now a topdog himself, is often out to recruit underdogs. During job interviews for microsoft, he often asks a potential employee,"Tell me about one of your significant failures in life" When quizzed about this, Gates says, "Unless the employee can describe his failures very clearly, he is unlikely to know all the elements of success."