AFTER GREETING ALL THE KEY PERSONALITIES..

As Colin Powell, a former U.S. General, Secretary of State, and National Security
Advisor in the United States said -
"THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO SUCCESS. IT IS THE RESULT OF
PREPARATION, HARD WORK, AND LEARNING FROM FAILURE."
Today, I would like to briefly talk about three things – THESE THREE THINGS
WHICH HAVE LED ME TO BE WHERE I AM NOW.
NUMBER 1 – PREPARATION
NUMBER 2 – HARD WORK
AND NUMBER 3 – LEARNING FROM FAILURE.

BUT FIRST, ALLOW ME TO OFFER MY HEART FILLED WITH

GRATITUDE AND LIPS THAT SING SONGS OF PRAISES TO OUR LORD,
JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS THE FIRST HAND IN MAKING THIS A
REALITY.

ALSO, TO THE ONES WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND HAVE
NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF ABANDONING THE FAITH THEY HAVE IN
ME.
TO MY WIFE, (NAME)….
AND, OF COURSE, TO MY SON/DAUGHTER, (NAME)…
THANK YOU.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BESTOWED THEIR TRUST IN ME, I
MUST SAY, I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND GRATIFIED.
BUT AGAIN, THESE THINGS CAME AT A GREAT COST.
IT CAME WITH INNUMERABLE PREPARATIONS, CONSISTENT
HARDWORK, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL – LEARNING FROM
FAILURE.
DOING SOMETHING OUT OF OUR ROUTINE USUALLY BEGETS
ANXIETY AND FEAR OF CHANGE.
AS THE SAYING GOES, YOU CAN NEVER REALLY TELL YOURSELF
THAT YOU HAVE GROWN INTO A MATURED OR DIFFERENT PERSON,
A BETTER VERSION OF YOURSELF, NOT UNTIL YOU HAVE GONE OUT
OF THAT BUBBLE OF COMFORT, THAT BORDER THAT SEPARATES
YOU FROM CONTROL AND PANIC ZONES.
AND THAT IS WHY, BEING PREPARED, IN ALL YOU DO, YOU ARE
COMBATTING THE PROBABILITY OF GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT AND
FAILURE.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED YOURSELF, THE NEXT PART IS

ENDURING THE HARD WORK.
IT IS EASY TO MOUTH ABOUT HARD WORK BUT DIFFICULT TO
REALLY WORK HARD BECAUSE IT TAKES PERSEVERANCE AND TIME.
NO ONE IN TODAY’S WORLD IS PATIENT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE LONG
WINDING ROAD TO SUCCESS, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL
IN A DAY BUT LET’S NOT FORGET THE SAYING THAT “ROME WAS
NOT BUILT IN A DAY” WHICH TELLS US ABOUT THE VALUE OF HARD
WORK THAT PEOPLE KNEW IN THE PAST TIMES. 
I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE SAYING THAT
“WORKING SMARTER IS BETTER THAN WORKING HARDER”, BUT MAY
I REMIND EVERYONE THAT, “HARD WORK BEATS TALENT WHEN THE
TALENT DOES NOT WORK HARD”.
AND LASTLY, DOING EVERYTHING IN YOUR CAPACITY TO PREPARE
YOURSELF LODGED WITH YOUR STEADY EFFORTS OF HARDWORK,
YOU WILL CERTAINLY AND ABSOLUTELY REAP THE BENEFITS OF
YOUR REWARDS.
BUT, SHOULD THE UNEXPECTED HAPPEN, ALWAYS HAVE THE
EMOTIONAL TOLERANCE AND MATURITY TO ACCEPT YOUR
MISTAKES. AFTER ALL, WE ARE ALL HUMANS AND MAKING A
MISTAKE IS NOT THE SAME THING FAILING.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS:
 1. OWN YOUR MISTAKES.
2. REFRAME YOUR MISTAKES.
3. ANALYZE YOUR MISTAKES.
4. AND PUT LESSONS INTO PRACTICE.
THOSE ARE THE 3 THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF
THE VERY FOUNDATION I HAVE TODAY. AND I HOPE THAT WHAT I
HAVE LEARNED FROM DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, FROM COUNTLESS
BLUNDERS AND WRONG DECISIONS IN MY PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL
LIFE AS PEACE OFFICER HAVE SUMMED UP AND TAUGHT YOU
IMPORTANT LESSONS IN THIS 5-MINUTE SPEECH.
AGAIN, WITH ALL APPRECIATION, GRATITUDE, AND COMMITMENT…I
THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN.