A
man and his son went for a morning walk one day and while they were walking suddenly,
the man stopped and looked at his son Mark, he asked do u want to be
successful? And Mark answered and said, yes Dad. Then they continued walking,
after some distance covered again he asked, Mark!!! (Now he was more serious
and looked him eye ball to eye ball), do u really want to be successful? Considering
the fact that you have no college degree; you are a single parent and presently
jobless, do you really think you want to be successful? Now the young man went
silence.
This is the attitude we all display, when confronted with all of d
challenges of life. When people remind us of our past/limitations, we tend to
believe we cannot be great. We become slave to our fears. The truth is, “there
are no limits to what a man can accomplish except, the limits he placed on his
own Imaginations” (Brian Tracy quote). You know what? I see greatness within U.
Lots of people like to be successful but do not desire to be successful. Other
peoples’ opinion of you does not have to become your reality. Lots of people
live their lives based on other peoples’ opinions of them, who they say they
are. If you want to be successful and live beyond your limits, here are what
you must do;
First, you must find your area of Interest (talent, skills, Idea etc.) and develop it. Read about
people who are successful in your chosen field, what they did and how did they
do it? Follow same path. Develop yourself “if you want to achieve what you have
never achieved before, you have to become someone you have never been before”. “Hunt”
was asked the secret of success and he said 2 things are the keys to success;
1. You have to identify and be sure of what you want to do, write them down. 2.
Identify the price you have to pay, to achieve your goal and start paying.
To
be successful in life secondly, you have to be responsible. Take Responsibility for your Life. Stop blaming people
for your situation and starts taking responsibility. If you have a problem,
identify the source of your problem and find a solution to it and move on. If
it is low pay (salary) identify why you earn so low whereby, you need to learn
or upgrade your skill do it. Take charge of your life. You are the President,
CEO of your life.
Thirdly, Think Big
“If you must think, think big” (Donald J. Trump quote) have a big picture of
yourself, see yourself as living that life you desire and the more you do that,
the more your perception to live changes and you begin to attracts only those
things you require to get to that level in
life. The bible says “As a man Thinketh so is he”.
Fourthly, Set Goal(s). Set goal(s) of what you want to achieve in
short term as well as long term. How do you set goal? Get a piece of paper and
write things you want to accomplish, list as many as you wants and after that,
critically look at each of what you have written and thick one that is most
important of all, that when you achieve it you will feel more successful and
circle it. Then on the flip side of the paper, begin to write all you need to
do to accomplish your goal. After, every morning, pick up the paper and read
your goal and the things you need to do and begin to do them daily, at the end
of each week review what you have do and see have far you have gone.
Fifthly, Have Courage develops your courage,
that you can achieve whatever, you desire to achieve. It does not matter what
come your way, be determined to continue the journey to your success.
Sixthly, Never be afraid of failure. Guess how
many times people try before they give up? Just once. Lots of people never
tried before they give up. They like to succeed but when they considered the
cost of getting there, they cannot just continue as such, they give up. The difference
between a successful man and Unsuccessful man is; a successful when he fail due
to a decision he makes, he study the situation and learn why he failed and keep
the lesson for future purpose. While the unsuccessful man dwell on his pasts, the
mistake he made and spend time worrying on mistake, he can never correct and
failed to move on.
Finally, we live in a world of possibilities; if you
can see it, you can achieve it……remember
if you don’t live your dream, someone else will live it for you…..
Author:
Adeyemo Abiodun.
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