Titrate Your Success

Dear lovely people,

I particularly loved Chemistry back in my school days. I enjoyed doing titrations in the science lab. A titration is actually a technique where a solution of known concentration is used to determine the concentration of an unknown solution. Typically, the titrant (the known solution) is added from a burette to a known quantity of the analyte (the unknown solution) until the reaction is complete. Knowing the volume of titrant added allows the determination of the concentration of the unknown. Often, an indicator is used to usually signal the end of the reaction, the endpoint. I particularly enjoyed seeing the spectacular color change signaling the exact endpoint.

Then it occurred to me that the quest for success in life operates in a like manner. You have a dream, you visualize what it will be like living that dream when you achieve it. You establish a plan to realize your dream and then you go for it. Day after day and year after year, you work tirelessly investing energy and time in the actions that will cumulatively and finally take you to your dream.

During a titration, you don’t stop adding the known solution to the unknown solution until you see the permanent color change. There are moments when you use your wash bottle filled with distilled water to rinse all concentrates of the unknown solution into the beaker to make sure all of it is in and that impurities don’t add in. In the same way, while working towards your dream, you don’t stop, never give up until you attain the expected results. Impurities in the form of discouraging messages, temporal failure, disappointments, deception, betrayal and so on might threaten the process but you use your wash bottle filled with distilled water of a positive mental attitude to fight on and on until you reach the end point – Your success.

During a titration, only the endpoint matters, all other happenings are secondary. During your quest for success, all other happenings are secondary, your primary focus should be on realizing your dream. It is your fondest dream after all.