Great boxers MC Mary Kom, Paralympic stars Avni Lekhra and Suhas Yatiraj, while giving tips to school children to deal with stress as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Exam Discussion’ initiative, said that there is no success without failure and hard work always It comes in handy. The three players also advised the children to recover from failure, maintain focus and face troops.
The discussion program on the examination is being conducted from 2018 for the children going to take the examination of the board. Two -time Paralympic champion shooter Lekhra said, “People say that success is an opposite of failure.” But I believe that failure is the biggest part of success. There is never success without failure. ”
Generally, the discussion program on the examination to be held in the Town Hall format was held this time in Sundar Nursery in Delhi. Prime Minister Modi called well -known celebrities from various fields to answer the questions of school children. He started it on 10 February. Six -time world champion and London Olympic bronze medalist boxer Mary Kom talked about the challenges during the boxing career.
He said, “Boxing is not a game of women. I accepted this challenge because I wanted to prove myself and told all the women of the country that we can do and I became a world champion many times. “He said,” Even if you are a challenge in your life If you want to face, you have to be strong from within. Initially I faced many choices. Many times I used to get discouraged because the challenges were enough. ”
Mary Kom said, “Every field is difficult. There is no shortcut. You have to work hard. If I can not, why don’t you. “Two -time Paralympic silver medalist badminton star and IAS officer Suhas said,” Good things are not available easily. The journey should go on. If you want to shine like the sun, you have to be ready to burn. ”
The children asked many questions related to pressure, apprehension, restlessness and disorientation. Suhas told how eradicating the fear of failure helped him win a gold medal in the Asian Championship.
He said, “Your mind is your greatest friend and enemy. I represented India at the Asian Championship in 2016. I was so scared that the first match was lost and was following the second. Then during the 30 -second break, I told myself that when you have come so far, the worst can be that you will lose. Recover from fear of defeat and show your natural game. ”
Suhas said, “I not only won the match but not only six matches and became the first non -seeded player to win a gold medal in the Asian Championship in China. The lesson is to overcome the fear of defeat, give your best without thinking about who is in front.