Never underestimate Others

Once upon a time, there was a Shopkeeper named Tarun, who used to sell a variety of things related to cosmetics, accessories, departments etc. He was a trusted shopkeeper and very loyal to his customers and everyone nearby the shop used to buy their daily things there and also everyone respected him a lot. His shop was located near the main road and the shop was a Stand Alone Shop. He used to earn money and run his family with that shop. With the moving time, everyone had heard that in front of Tarun's Shop, there will be built a huge Shopping Mall as there was a huge open field on the other side of the road. The people living in that area gossipped that soon Tarun's Shop will be closed or else he has to move his shop from that place to another place. Some were happy with the construction of the Shopping Mall while some were unhappy thinking of Tarun's Departure. But Tarun, about whom we are talking who is the main character was totally unaffected by hearing the news and gossip. He was completely ready for all kinds of circumstances, situations and challenges he was going to face in the future. He had never learnt to be afraid of the worst situations or challenges and run away from them showing his back, not that he was lazy enough to leave that place and go or he could not find other areas where he could shift his shop or else he could find any nearby areas which will make him comfortable. If he had wished, he could have left that place and also he could have got new customers but he chose to stay at that place and sell items as before. In two years, a shopping Mall was built whose owner was very envious and a very egoistic person. He wanted to capture the whole area and its people. He did not want any of the people to go to any other shops or buy items from any other shops. Therefore, he wanted to remove all types of small shops from his area and gain all their profits.

So, his first target was Tarun and his Shop because his shop was standing in front of the Shopping Mall. Slowly, with a growing time span, Tarun faced losses and was losing customers and this made the Shopping Mall owner very happy. But in this growing time period, Tarun had completely understood the mindset of that Shopping Mall owner who envied everyone and had a competitive mind. So, once when he bought some items for his shop to buy he pasted a banner in front of his shop and mentioned the items which he was selling at less price as compared to the Market Rate. That day he got many new customers as well as his old customers and also gained much profit. Seeing this, the Shopping Mall Owner was very angry as this was a sharp turn in his business. So, he checked out the items in Tarun's banner and reduced their price as compared to Tarun's price. And again for a few days, there was a rush to Tarun's Shop at first and then to the Shopping Mall. Again Tarun pasted a new Banner reducing the prices of the same items and along with that added a few more items to the discount list this time he even reduced the price as compared to Shopping Mall's prices.

And seeing this and the rush of the customers to Tarun's Shop, the Shopping Mall owner again reduced the pricelist of the same items and seeing this Shopping Mall Owner removed the price of those items and sold them free of cost. This invisible competition seemed to be visible to the customers of the two, the Shop as well as the Shopping Mall. And people again came to the conclusion that Tarun will lose everything as he had challenged the wrong person. So, keeping this idea in mind that soon Tarun will lose everything a well-wisher of Tarun once advised Tarun that he should not compete with that owner as he is very rich and he will not be affected in any case by this competition. And the one who is going to be affected and lose everything is Tarun who has no other jobs to run his family. To This Advice, Tarun replied that he is not competing with anyone and just trying to improve his own business. The well-wisher was surprised to hear that, he said that in this way he can only ruin his business career. How can he improve his business in this manner? To this question, Tarun replied that he only posted those items on the list and gave discounts that he never had in his shop. All those items which he gave discount or made free of cost were never there in his shop or he never used to buy or sell those items. But those all items were being sold in the Shopping Mall. And in this competition, the Shopping Mall Owner and his staff faced huge losses, their profit was NIL in almost all items and he was paying off his own cash. Soon, due to these huge losses, the owner had to close his Shopping Mall and remove it from that area. Soon, it was like before that there was only a Stand Alone Shop and all the people living nearby used to buy their daily use items and needy things from that shop. This way, Tarun faced the whole critical situation without being afraid and at last won over the situation. 

So, from this we learn that we should never show our back and run from any situation, we should face it without being afraid. . Never say or complain that you could not move on for any reason rather than see that same reason as a Golden Opportunity as the turning point of your life. Therefore, it is said that every situation has a better side as well as a worse side. And, this also says that whatever happens in life, every small incident happens for the betterment of the people although the start may be good or bad, in the end, you learn another truth from life. And the last one is to never think your opponent to be weaker than you. This is the biggest mistake of your life.