‘He went to a class on the management of time!
He left in a huff without payin a dime!
They asked him why so much anger and hate?
’cause the time management bloke himself came late!”
Everyone would have heard the saying, काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब। पल में परलय होएगी, बहुरि करेगा कब।
Somehow this saying is imprinted on my mind and body! But unfortunately this actually causes anxiety! Apparently the urge to finish a task is a common problem with Type A personalities!
Making of a list of tasks to be completed is a good thing but some people get more anxious when the list is not ticked complete!
Of course most of the time doing work in time or even before is a good thing!
In fact the defeat of one of the greatest kings Napoleon Bonaparte was because he did not follow the above rule!
Read on!
Napoleone di Buonaparte; later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
He had many major conquests and victories! In fact, once he even came back from defeat and his comeback was more strong and forceful as before!
But the battle which finally gave him the biggest defeat and final surrender was the battle of Waterloo! This when his army had more number of soldiers and more experienced!
On June 18, 1815, Napoleon led his army of some 72,000 troops against the 68,000-man British army, which had also taken up a position near Waterloo, where they were able to communicate with their Prussian allies!
It would have been an easy victory had he attacked earlier!
In a critical blunder, Napoleon waited until midday to give the command to attack in order to let the waterlogged ground dry after the previous night’s rainstorm.
The delay gave Blucher’s remaining Prussian troops, who, by some accounts, numbered more than 30,000, time to march to Waterloo and join the battle against the French later that day!
Although Napoleon’s troops mounted a vigorous attack against the British, Wellington’s position along and behind a ridge top — which had negated an early offensive bombardment by Napoleon — and the afternoon arrival of Blucher’s Prussian army turned the tide against the French!
The Prussian cavalry attacked and harried the retreating French troops long into the night. By some estimates, the French suffered almost 40,000 casualties (including dead, wounded or taken prisoner), while British and Prussian casualties numbered some 22,000. An estimated 10,800 men — most of them French soldiers — died in the Battle of Waterloo!
Ultimately, the Battle of Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon’s storied military career. He reportedly rode away from the battle in tears.
Of course when a failure happens there are a countless reasons which come up and everyone with a brain would have at the very least two opinion! So try to do things on time but do not over think if some things take time! That is actually an advice to myself! One defeat though does not take away the fact that he was a great General! Like how no one can deny the fact that birthday celebrity Amrish Puri was a great actor!
Now try to get up on time and sleep!
Shubh Ratri!
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