SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE
Prove your
haters wrong by working against their evil wishes. The best way to pay back
your haters in a positive way is doing better than they ever expected. It’s
funny how most of us take our hater’s words seriously and let them destroy us.
In so doing, we achieve and prove nothing. The first instinct that should
engulf you the moment someone belittles you, thinks lowly of you or openly
discredits your opinion should be proving them how right you were. Let’s take
the story of the renowned entrepreneur and industrialist Ferruccio Lamborghini,
for instance.
An inborn desire to change the world
Born in
1916 to farmers in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini spent a better part of his
childhood doing farming. Having shown an overwhelming interest in engines from
a tender age, he had joined the army during the 2nd World War where he learnt
how to repair broken and damaged vehicles. Later in life, when he returned to
his home as a civilian, he decided to advance in his childhood fantasy of
inventing better engines. With an increasing demand for farming tractors, he
decided to convert military cars into tractors for his farming community. The
demand for tractors kept exploding and his business kept picking each and every
day.
The game changer
After his
tractor business thrived, Ferruccio Lamborghini decided to buy himself a
luxurious and most prestigious car of his time and probably one of the most
prestigious cars to date, “Ferrari”. He was, however, disappointed by some of
the features of this car. The noisy gearbox and those inferior clutches got on
his nerves. He had an idea and decided to give his two cents on the matter to
the owner of Ferrari “Enzo Ferrari”. He gave his suggestions on some of the
features he felt would have been better with a little refinement but the
response he got is what changed the face of luxury cars to date. In fact, I’d
say that the response was the game changer for luxury cars to date. Enzo
blatantly and openly dismissed Ferruccio’s ideas terming them inappropriate
especially from a tractor owner.
His reaction
What would
you do if you were him, give up? Well, that’s what most of us would do.
However, Ferruccio Lamborghini took the insult and decided to prove Enzo
Ferrari that his idea was noble and not ill-advised as he had claimed. He
decided to create a V12 engine by using some help from one, Giampaolo Dallara
who was a skilled engineer. That marked the beginning of what is now the most
prestigious luxury car, Lamborghini. And the rest is history.
The lesson
What would
have happened if Ferruccio Lamborghini had decided to let the words of Enzo
Ferrari hold him down? We wouldn’t have had the luxury cars from him today,
right? That’s how life is. If you are strong or consider yourself strong, never
let words destroy you. Take those words and work hard to prove those who
intimidated you wrong. After all, the only way you get can get people to
respect you. Especially when they think lowly of you, is by proving them wrong.
It’s all
upon you to decide whether to let people hold the same opinion of you or prove
them wrong. And yes, you should strive to prove that you have what it takes.
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