IF by Rudyard Kipling (A Life Changing Poem) Voiced by Dr Soha

Rudyard Kipling’s iconic poem "If—", first published in 1910, is more than a masterpiece of verse — it’s a blueprint for character, resilience, and quiet heroism. With elegant rhythm and profound wisdom, Kipling crafts a father’s advice to his son, offering guidance on how to navigate life’s trials with courage, humility, and integrity. From triumph and disaster to self-belief and patience, the poem speaks to the inner strength required to become a true leader — and a complete human being. Revered across generations, "If—"* remains a literary lighthouse, illuminating the path to personal greatness. This is not just a poem — it’s a life philosophy in 16 unforgettable lines.
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
If you can keep your head, then all about you
are losing theirs and blaming it on you. If you
can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make
allowance for the doubting. If you can wait.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
And not be tired by waiting or being live about.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Don't steal in lives or being hated.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Don't give weight to haiden, and yet don't look too
good or doctor wise.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
If you can drink and not make dreams your masters.
If you can think and not quick dots your aim.
If you can meet with track and disaster and treat
those two impostors just to say.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
If you can bed and hear the truth you have
spoken twisted by natives, to make.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
A track of boots, or watch the things you gave
your lives.

Speaker 4 (01:24):
To broken and soup, and build them up with one
of toots. If you can make one heap of all
your innings and risk it on.

Speaker 5 (01:35):
One ton of pitch.

Speaker 6 (01:36):
And toss.

Speaker 7 (01:40):
And lose, and start again at your winess, and.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Never read a d about your last. If you can
post your heart and love, then sine to solve your
tone long after they are gone.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
And so hold on.

Speaker 4 (01:57):
And there is nothing in you except bill, which says
to them, hold on.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue.

Speaker 7 (02:07):
It, or work with kings, nor lose the common talks.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
If neither folks.

Speaker 7 (02:15):
Nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men come
with you, but none too much, if you can.

Speaker 6 (02:25):
Fill the ends for giving management sixty seconds worth of
distance run Yours.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Is the earth.

Speaker 5 (02:35):
And everything that's in it that we're just prove she'll
be a man.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
My