We all want to be successful in materialistically or spiritually , thus we are constantly working up to some goal on life.

To become successful we need to do work and doing work actually means taking decision , that's choosing what to do or we can say we always have to go through some dilemmas , and in simple words there is a dilema in which we need to choose between :. WRONG , BEST ( shortcut ) , RIGHT .

Let's understand them one by one :

WRONG : simply means doing something that has a bad impact or corrupt aftereffect .

Right : simply means doing something that has a good impact or wishful aftereffect .

Best : simple term but very deep meaning ,best is which comes between good and bad ,

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BEST is what I refer here to as right for sometime or sometime or temporarily or false_truth ( ie. The bad act seemed to be good , ) or we can say so called SHORTCUT .

I would like to elaborate this point { ie. shortcut , what we say or seek for ie. Shortcut to success ie. Seeking best path without traveling entire way }

By a very famous episode of ramayana in which. lord ram and Bali ( powerful king of monkey / elder brother of sugrev_friend of lord ram ) are having a conversation when lord ram shot Bali from bushes , and than    

Bali said

 my Lord you incarnated , for betterment of the society but you killed me like a tribal Hunter ( not even like a warrior in a Battle ) . 

Tell me lord why sugreev becomes your loved one , while me your enemy .

AND as per some folks tales Bali said : lord if you had come to my kingdom and asked for help I would bring mother sita back, to you from ravana where ever he had hidded her , and sugreev is not so powerful that he can kill ravan single handedly , now you had to work very hard and struggle a lot.

Lord ram gave a beautiful answer , and said 

 ' idiot ' , you Don't even know that younger Brothers wife is like sister or son's wife or daughter , 

Someone who ses's them without respect , should be killed without any further explanation . 

IE. You kidnapped your brother's wife ( ruma ) and ravan kidnapped sita you both are same , and none of you deserve any goodness , thus how can I take help from you , you may offer me a shortcut but we should boycott any such shortcut because it is simply unethical .

And right way is struggling and working hard for betterment of society and others. 

In this modern times many people may believe that lord should have taken the help and things would be easy but but what we need to understand is that lord. Ram is not just a Human being , he is a enlightened being , he is Maryada Purushottam ( righteous man ) and he knows difference between best ( temporarily best / shortcut ) and universal right . 

And this in reality there is nothing such as shortcut and one should work hard to get what they want to achieve and never take help of a sinful person , even if he can make things easy ( because in long term it would be surely bad )

So , atlast friends there is nothing such as a shortcut to success , it's just about working with full dedication and devotion and follow rightous path in life .