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we live in today. And towards these end friends, Gujarat has
spared no effort in charting a course that pursues a path of
integration in the global village setup.
What are the determinants of success? First, explore what
success means to you. Then you should take control of your
life by developing self-motivation, self-confidence, and
greater sense of personal control. Develop a personal mission
for you, set goals in major areas of your life, understand your
values; then align your mission, goals and these values.
Develop courage and persistence by overcoming self imposed
limitations such as fear. Develop resilience. If you have clear
sense of purpose and goals then you will be better focused
and will be able to concentrate, and the more responsibility
you are capable of taking the more self esteem, confidence
and personal pride will grow. And if you dream and pray in
the process, you would succeed.
Let us dream and pray with the great poet Rabindranath
Tagore when he says:
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high,
Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by
narrow domestic walls,
Where words come out from the depth of truth,
