I concede this election, but not the fight.’, said Kamala Harris after receiving the biggest drubbing of the 21st century POTUS elections.
Even though it must have been painful for her to lose the election, Kamala Harris remained balanced in her outlook and delivered, in front of her supporters who couldn’t hold back their tears, a well-composed and reassuring speech. Even more impressive is the victory of the 78-year-old Donald Trump, which is now being hailed by some as the greatest political comeback in the history of the USA. And though Trump and Harris evoke contrasting thoughts and emotions in the minds of most people, ‘resilience’ is a quality they both share.
We may hate their guts, disagree with their opinions, and despise them for their misplaced sense of morality, but politicians are some of the most resilient and emotionally hardy people; they just dust themselves off and keep moving forward. It’s fascinating that the amount of hate and abuse politicians get doesn’t dictate their opinion of themselves one bit.
It may not be a bad idea for those of you who find yourselves struggling with the #GMAT or #GRE prep to learn some resilience from Trump and Harris. For instance, not labelling yourself a failure after one disappointing attempt may actually be a nice thing to do. If the old-man Trump can mount a winning campaign that leads him to a victory four years after suffering an embarrassing loss, you too can mount a focused and targeted prep that leads you to a stellar score and admit.
Dattatreya Swami, one of India’s most revered Spiritual Gurus, spoke about how there’s a thing or two that can be learned from everything and everyone in this existence; ‘resilience’ is that one thing we can learn from the otherwise (mostly) disliked politicians.