How Mike tyson was defeated?

How big your WHY is ?

.. Buster Douglas got knocked out by none other than Mike Tyson.

Well, nobody ever after getting knocked out by Mike Tyson had got back ‘up and standing’ again till then.
At least, Until then….

Buster Douglas was flat out in the ring with referees counting 4,3,2,1……It was that close.

He wobbles to his corner, the whole world around him goes dark. He should also have gone to oblivion, like countless opponents of Mike Tyson.

Because the moment he comes around, big Mike would go after him like – “I got him. I got this kid up against the rope.”

So When life has got you up against the rope, I need you to do what Buster Douglas did.

“Buster Douglas started fighting back ! And the world was shocked..”

Because nobody has got that far till then.

They went to Douglas, asked him in amazement – What happened?

And Buster Douglas shrugged: – ‘It’s real simple. Two days before the fight my mother had died. But before her death she had told the whole world that- I was gonna beat Mike Tyson. That’s WHY…”

Buster Douglas had a big WHY to fight for, to die for. It was his dead mother’s words..
He could’ve died with his mother or he could bring his dead mother alive.. It was a real big WHY..

So he just knocked Mike Tyson out in front of the whole world. The whole world stood up to his mother’s last words.
… … well that’s the fact.

His WHY on that day was too big for Mike’s all the punches. His WHY was more than a mere boxing duel. It was his dead mother’s words and the whole world against it.

And yes, if you don’t know ‘what your WHY is’ or ‘your WHY isn’t strong enough’ you’re going to get knocked out every single day!

Published by Dr. Ramakanta

Pediatrician and occasional blogger

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