Human is called the best creature of the Almighty God but all humans are not equal. We have differences and all of us are unique from each other. So we all have different identities and other people can isolate one from others. I think the uniqueness of us made the world interesting to us. Our talent and choice can be different from others and it's normal and for that reason, we can be good in different different things where others may not be good like us. At the same time, we may not be good where others are good. But we can try to be good at a particular thing if we dedicated and practice to do it. it's really interesting.
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As I said we all are not equally talented in each particular subject so someone can be better than us. And sometimes feeling inferior is quite a possible thing. It's not necessary we need to feel for our thoughts. Sometimes the action of some people who are good in a particular thing also gives us the feeling of inferiority.
I also have such kind of experience. And my experience is related to Rubik's cube.
It was the time when I was admitted to the XI class. So it was the time when I was new in college. I met with new faces there and I noticed one person who was solving Rubik's cube. Rubik's cube is such kind of thing which can catch anyone's attention and I was also interested in it. That classmate used to bring his Rubik's cube almost every day. I used to look at him when he was solving it and I became very interested to learn it.
So One day I said I wanted to learn it but he said it's not easy to learn and he tried to discourage me. At the last, he agrees to teach me how to solve a Rubik's cube. He promised he would make me capable to solve it within 3-4 minutes. Hearing this I was very happy but he demanded money for it and his demanded money was 10$. It was not difficult to manage the money but it wasn't easy also for me. Losing 10$ was not worthy learning it. Besides, I felt bad thinking that how a classmate can demand such kind of offer. It's not a business. It gave me a feeling of inferiority. So I stopped thinking about it.
Somedays later I noticed that one of my friends know how to solve it but he never showed his Rubik's cube in front of anyone. I have seen it in his bag. So I again expressed my desire to him. He said that ok. He said that I need to buy a Rubik's cube before learning it and I bought one good quality Rubik's cube from the market with his help and it cost me 2$. I got it at a cheap price because of the discount.
So step by step I start to learn and I am able to learn Rubik's cube. My friend really helped me a lot and he thought me the beginner method to solve it. It takes too much time approximately 5 minutes to solve it. My friend advised me to keep practicing and timing would be improved. I kept practicing and I was able to solve it approximately in one munites. Then I start to solve it using the Friedrich method which makes my timing more faster to solve it.
Because of my dedication and continuous practice, after 3 months I was able to solve Rubik's cube within 30 seconds on average. Just think how dedicated I was to it.
One day I have seen that friend (who demanded money) bluffing in front of the others saying solving the Rubik's cube is not a matter of joke and I heard it. Other students were focusing on him and one of them expressed his feeling to learn it. This time he also demanded money like he demanded from me.
But this time I directly said to him that I have doubts if he can solve the Rubik's cube or not although I knew he could solve it. I just said to tease him. I said him to show me if he can solve it. So, he solved it approximately in 3 munites. He started to feel he won already but I said "You are very slow and I have seen my cousin solve it faster than him". He tried several times but he wasn't able to solve it within 3 munites. Intentionally I provoked him. He got angry and said me to stop bluffing. He challenged me if I was capable to do it or not.
Mission accomplished 馃槀. I was actually waiting for this moment to hear this from his mouth. I took the Rubik's cube from him and solved it within 30 seconds. His eyes turned big and he was totally shocked to see this like it was hard to believe for him. He thought it was solved luckily fast in the first time so I showed him solving three times again to clear his confusion.
I can still remember his that face. I wish I could show his facial expression at that time. He lost his dignity in front of others and I give him the lecture not to do business every time. I returned him back the humiliation through my success which he had given to me in the past. After that, I promised my classmate (who wanted to learn) teach him how to solve for rescue because he wanted to learn and I fulfilled my promise later.
It was one of my experiences of an inferiority complex but in the end, because of my dedication I was able to come out from it and I turned out the table.