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With the passage of time, the pressure to succeed in all forms of life and in turn whatever you take up is piling up.

We are constantly fed with the idea that giving up on whatever you are delegated as, is the worst thing to do.

Motivational speakers come out with endless examples willing us to wear those shoes when clearly privilege and opportunities differ from case to case.

Don’t you think this idea is more of preachy and less of practical in today’s day and age?

Here are 4 reasons why never giving up is a myth: -

"There are more advantages than disadvantages for this project but there are many risks involved. Hence, we cannot step in unless we do risk analysis first. What do you say dear colleagues?" Rajesh spoke after waiting fifteen long minutes impatiently to give out his opinion in a board meeting. There were six more members in the meeting room and everyone was startled. Not because Rajesh spoke in a loud voice or mentioned something interesting. But simply because one of the board members had already said the same thing just a couple of minutes back.

"Rahul, if you study for 2 more hours every day, you might get to the top ten ranks this time", a mother suggests.

"Team, I need you all to put in more hours and speed up the delivery of software this time. Work harder guys!", a team leader tried to motivate his team.

"Hustle harder because hustling is the only way you can get to be on the top", an Instagram influencer posted. It had a thousand likes and hundreds of reposts.

A little boy once saw a caterpillar in his garden. From that day, he started observing the changes it goes through each day. He saw the caterpillar eat leaves, get plumper, and finally one day it hangs upside down from a leaf. It forms a shiny cocoon around itself. The boy was surprised at the changes that the caterpillar was going through. He spoke to his father one day and asked him, "Dad, why has the happy leaf-eating caterpillar turned to this cocoon? I see it must be struggling.

What will be our general response to any crisis or abnormal situation? We slowdown or shut our regular works, find ways and means just to survive. This is with most of us.

However, there is an interesting story of a company which has a revenue of 1000 crores now. MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Rooms) is the company and the story of their evolution and adaptability leaves us all in awe.