5 Lessons Every Blogger Must Learn From Mahabharata

Writing a blog is a piece of cake but getting successful in blogging is a tedious task. To make your blog successful and become a pro blogger, you definitely need to develop certain skills. Being an ardent follower of Mahabharata, I thought to write an article on blogging lessons from Mahabharata. This sounds crazy, right?

But the Mahabharata story has so much to teach us. There are a lot of skills and lessons we can learn from Mahabharata characters. Not only they will be helpful in blogging but other aspects of life as well.

* Quality Over Quantity

One of the important blogging lessons from Mahabharata will be that always choose quality over quantity. Before the war, both the Pandavas and Kauravas had reached to Dwarka to seek help from Yadavas. Krishna had clearly mentioned that he will not use weapons in this war. Duryodhana (from Kauravas) and Arjuna (from Pandavas) were asked to choose between Krishna (weapon-less) and powerful Narayani Sena (Krishna army). Arjuna had chosen Krishna and Duryodhana chose Narayani Sena considering that they are huge in numbers which will help him to win the Mahabharata war. But as the war progressed, it turned out to be a wrong decision for Duryodhana. Krishna, without even using weapons, led the Pandavas to the victory.

So, it is always advisable to go for quality and not quantity. This lesson holds for many things related to your blog. One such instance will be when you try to write a number of articles on your blog without offering much quality. The keynote here is even if you write one article a week and is of great quality, it can outnumber a bunch of low-quality articles. Not only your audience will love to read that in-depth single post but it can also help you in getting higher ranking in SERPs. You would have heard from many professional bloggers that ‘Content is King’. I know it is a cliche but worth mentioning here.

* Learning Never Ends

Another important lesson Mahabharata teaches us is that learning is a never-ending process. We should keep learning whatever comes in our way at any phase of life at any time. Pandavas and Kauravas started their learning from Guru Drona in Gurukul in their teenage and learned many skills. But once they returned to Hastinapura, Kauravs hardly learned anything else. But at the same time, Pandavas continued to learn new things and improve their skills. Arjuna worshipped Lord Shiva and learned Pashupatastra. He even got divine weapons from Indra. Bheema (one of the Pandavas) also worshipped Lord Hanuman and found new ways to increase his strength and other important lessons. Their learnings helped Pandavas win the Mahabharata war.

Similarly, you should never stop learning. Keep on learning new technologies or tools which can help you in improving your blog. You never know when a small thing can do a big change and can open new doors of opportunities.

* Networking is Power

Networking is very important for any business model. Having good and loyal friends/allies can help you win anywhere. Kauravas had extreme power and a prosper kingdom – Hastinapura (greatest empire of the time). But Pandavas had no wealth, no power and no kingdom. Before the Mahabharata battle, both the sides reached out to various other kingdoms to have allies with them.

On one hand, Kauravas could manage a few allies from old relations like Gandhara (Shakuni), Sindhu (Jayadrath) and Shalya (by deceiving him). On the other hand, despite having nothing, Pandavas got many powerful allies – Panchala (through Marriage with Draupadi), Dwarka (through marriage with Arjuna and Subhadra), Matsya (through the marriage of Abhimanyu and Uttara) and The Rakshasas (through the marriage of Bhima and Hidimba). It was the loyal networking power which helped Pandavas in Mahabharata yudh. The take away here is a network with the right people and expand your reach. Connect with people who share a similar cause. Networking is one of the ultimate blogging lessons from Mahabharata. If you are finding it difficult to network with people, join online communities related to your blog niche and help fellow bloggers and connect with them. You can also achieve this by doing guest blogging on other bloggers and allowing other bloggers to post on your blog. Use social media to find people with the same interest as yours and connect with them.

* Half Knowledge Is Dangerous

This is a very popular saying. In the Mahabharata also, we come across this example. Duryodhana was very adamant about killing Arjuna’s son – Abhimanyu so Kauravas plotted the Chakravyuh (an invincible army formation which is deadly enough to finish the war in one day) to kill him in absence of Arjuna. Arjuna knew how to tackle the vyuh but he was not available in Kurukshetra as he had to go and fight with the army approaching towards Matsya kingdom (one of the Pandavas’ allies). Abhimanyu only knew how to enter the Chakravyuha, but he didn’t know how to come out of it. Had Abhimanyu not gone inside the vyuh, Kauravas had defeated the Pandavas army and won the battle. Hence, Abhimanyu decided to break the vyuh knowing that he will have to face the wrath of Kauravas Maharathis (likes of Karna, Guru Drona, Duryodhana, Ashwathama, Dushasana, and Shakuni) alone. His death at the hands of six great warriors was one of the more tragic and unrighteous acts committed in the Mahabharata war. He was brave and courageous which show his great character but half knowledge cost him his life.

This story gives us the lesson that if you want to be successful you need to be well prepared for the task at hand. Be careful when you try new things such as buying services related to your blogs, spending money on advertisements (most of them are a rip-off) and practicing major changes in your blog in the real-time.

* Passion Always Find Success

Karna, being passionate about learning the archery skills, taught us that if you are passionate to do something, you will always find a way to success. From the birth itself, he had to face many challenges – was abandoned by his mother Kunti (Pandavas mother; Karna was elder brother of Pandavas but was kept as secret by Kunti), fought discriminations all his life, rejected by society, discarded by Guru Drona, insulted by Draupadi by calling him Suta-Putra (son of lower caste) and refusing to marry him in the swayamwara. Being born in the lower caste, he was refused to learn archery and other skills by saying that these skills were only for Kshatriyas (higher caste) and not for Suta (lower caste). But his passion to learn led him to Lord Parashurama who taught him the archery and other divine skills. He became a great warrior (equivalent or even more powerful than Arjuna).In conclusion, he almost became a puppet in the hands of fate but was a perfect example of how one can fulfill one’s passion despite all the hurdles and challenges life throws at us. He inspires us to work towards our goal no matter how much difficult situation we come across in our life. If we are honest and dedicated to our goal, we will conquer all the difficulties and will eventually reach the goal. So, if you are passionate about blogging, you can certainly take your blog to newer heights. There should be no excuses. Keep experimenting with your blog or tools or strategies and you will definitely see results for all efforts you made.