WHY YOU SHOULD START FROM SOMEWHERE TO ACHIEVE ULTIMATE SUCCESS

While attending a certain motivational talk by one of the most renowned writers in Africa, I was alarmed on how his life had absolutely transformed from his past state to the current one. While giving his talk, he pointed described his journey to achieving the ultimate success, a story that he was willing to share with others and inspire them. This motivational speaker who is now a CEO of a successful company explained on how he started small and in due time, he was able to rise up the corporate ladder to become a CEO.

We are living in a modern society where there struggle is real, right? Only those who chose to overcome the impediments along the way will ultimately vanquish. The number of students who graduate each year is overly increasing each day and this may probably be inversely proportional to the ‘better opportunities’ that are available. Meanwhile, as a graduate, sometimes it is not wise to be too presumptuous to a point that you may overshadow some job positions, with the expectation of landing abruptly into a more senior position. I believe that taking one step at a time will not only enrich you with immense experience but also give you a reason to learn and understand what happens at the lower levels of an institution.

What am I actually driving at? This is the point; in whatever you want to accomplish or achieve, you absolutely have to start somewhere. For you to become the best CEO, the most successful entrepreneur, the best innovator of all times, you need to pick up from a particular point, the starting point, that will continuously help you to rise up to the pinnacle of your success. Ideas without action will always be void, isn’t it? The first bold action that you take by starting from somewhere can absolutely transform your life. Believe me on that!

Apparently, once you start to work on something, you will be surprised on how miraculously it can become a breakthrough to your success both careerwise or in business. Anthony Robbins once said “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” This action of starting from somewhere will in turn steer you to the ultimate destination that you intend to reach.

It is clear that those great people that you always wish to be like them started from somewhere; these includes the likes of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs among other entrepreneurs, innovators and other businesspeople. They actually started small, overcome the obstacles on their ways, staying committed to their purposed goals and ultimately achieved them. The first step that you take in engaging your mind and body into action, that is when great transformation comes around; the things that you have always yearned to achieve will start appearing quite achievable.

Sometimes people say that favorable opportunities do not present themselves before us. In some case, this might appear to be partially true though this should not be an excuse of not taking a step or starting somewhere. Actually, when opportunities don’t show up, it is up to you to go and get them. In most cases, that bold step will always work perfectly well. Additionally, you need to understand that using what you possess is enough to make you achieve what you want to.

Something that you don’t have should not be an inhibiting factor that can make you not to pursue your goals by not taking any action. In a simple statement, use your qualifications and experience to sell yourself out or to start an innovative product. With time you will realize that you will have a lot of stuff to learn and upgrade yourself! Clearly stating, I can say that taking an initiative of doing what you love, using the available resources and qualifications that you possess will move you to great destinations; destinations that you have never imagined of!

Dr. Stephen Covey, an American educator, keynote speaker, a businessman and an author once said, “Every human has four endowments-self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom…the power to choose, to respond, and to change.” Once you opt to change your destiny by taking a well-strategized step, your creative mind will help you choose what is best for you. As one prominent author stated that a static mind ultimately results to obsolescence, you should not let yourself edge to that point.

One thing that I clearly understand is that being at a point where you are doing absolutely nothing for your life clearly implies that you will not get to know whether you are progressing or not. Just like the man who was given a talent and opted to do nothing with it, that talent can be eventually be taken if it is not put task. This is the main point; just as you have been endowed with amazing talents and skills to improve your life, it is distinctively essential to use what you possess. This will make more blessings to come your way.

Another thing; you cannot control the natural setting which surrounds you but you can have the power to control what you were destined for. How can this be made possible? Through creating favorable situations and conditions that best suits you and start walking on your path to success. Do you know why some people always get ahead? It is simply because they choose to prompt into action and do what is required more and more each time an opportunity arises. You can also become such kind of person if you choose not to idle around but take an initiative of starting somewhere.

Let me conclude by sharing this amazing quote from Napoleon Hill, “Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as long as you go along”. It is pretty simple as that! Think over it on weekend as you strategize on how to work it out!

WHY YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOUR ACTIONS TODAY

“I would wish to have a great career accomplishment, a good family, a tremendous mansion with a Bugatti parked at its parking lot with a serene environment around my vicinity…” These were the words I actually heard from an ambitious friend of mine who was trying to envision what he actually aspired to achieve. Apparently, everyone actually deserves that kind of life, right?  I read somewhere even a lazy person yearns to live a good life! But what brings the difference?  The deeds or the empty words. Are you the kind of person who is like an empty ‘debe’ (can) that makes loudest noise or are you that person who let your actions speak for you? This is an intriguing question that needs to induce an upsurge within you and make your mind sink into a state of contemplation.

 The Holy Scriptures vividly points out that action speaks louder than words. Essentially, people will always judge you in relation to what you have done; the actions that you have taken to change your situation rather than basing on your vague words. Being overly verbose and blubbering words without deeds will not help in changing your situation. I personally believe that one deed can have a lasting implication due to the fact that the ultimate action will be seen and applauded by many. You may be having good intentions on how you want to undertake a particular action, right? That is a good idea. Now, what you just require is just to interconnect your intention properly with the intended action. That would be way much better!

You might be perplex to discover that quite a number of people tend to focus too much on what is right for them to do. Unfortunately, once they get the chance, they seem not to find some time to perfectly undertake the action required. This is really disappointing. What you need to understand is that the story of your life will be written with regard to the actions that you decided to take. Get into some actions today and change the course of your life. Apparently, doing nothing is one of the things that will make you obsolete. Your mind will be static and this would derail you from the path of career accomplishment.

Another thing; do you know that the element of fear plays a great role in inhibiting you from taking a particular action? Now you know! Once you allow yourself to be subdued by fear, then this ultimately results to a mental shift that will make you fail to take an action or even move a step further. This is what you need to understand; you have been bestowed the power and capability to completely overcome your fears.

Once you opt to challenge your fears, you are deemed for greatness. Don’t let fear to be the impediment that will prevent you from crossing over to the other better side. Facing your fears will make you create a great confidence within you and you will realize that ultimately the ‘fear’ will lose grip on you. This will be a door-opener to your personal freedom; free from any shackles, controls or even restrictions.

We are living in a deranged and repressed society that sometimes you can’t just wait to be motivated for you to take an action. It all starts with you. Sometimes all you need is to prompt yourself into action so that you can ultimately feel motivated to press on. Don’t let yourself to succumb to laziness. This is what I have always kept saying, “a little sleep, and a little slumber. A little folding of arms and poverty will creep into your life like an armed robber”.

Do you know what a lazy person relies upon is just expectation? A lazy person finds it hard to take an informed step of action. This makes one to wait and wait and wait. With time, all that will be encroaching is abject poverty. If you are wise enough as I deem you to be, then you should never allow yourself to reach that point. Get into action, work hard and reap the fruits of the land; even if it means starting from somewhere small rather than just idling around. Have mercy for your precious time!

It is stark truth that for you to create a formidable or an indomitable reputation, this can only and only starts if you take action first. The fact that ancient Rome still remain as historical sites with amazing sculpture emanate from the actions that those ancient people took in creating strong and lasting structures. Do you have dreams of creating a lasting legacy that people will remember you many years to come? Then, what you will just require is a clearly-defined strategy of the intended action you are bound to take to make it a reality. It is only by taking a step of action that you will discover how many great things you can highly achieve. Don’t waste the person you are by only dreaming without taking actions. Spring into action now and wake your senses up ready for greatness!

WHY YOU SHOULD NOT COMPARE YOUR SUCCESS TO THAT OF OTHERS

I remember when we were kids; there was great emphasis on comparison especially in relation to our performance in our lower grade classes.  I could hear my classmate mom (who were residing close to our vicinity) always pointing out loud, “Johnny what is wrong with you! Your performance is ever deteriorating and there is no sign of improvement. Why can’t you be like Selina (who always topping in our class and still lived close to us) who is always working so hard and becoming the best student in your class? I really don’t understand what kind of person you are!”  She would utter such sentiments with rage making Johnny to completely ‘sink’ into a state of abjection.

From the story above, this brings the big question; is there any essence or satisfaction achieved from comparing yourself with another person? I totally disagree with that act! You are completely a unique set of yourself. I read from a quote somewhere in Instagram that the odds of you being born are about 1 in 400 trillion! This can be compared to the probability of 100,000 people all winning a particular jackpot (which is exactly the same) in a lottery drawing. This is something that can barely happen; actually I guess it is almost impossible! What am I driving at?  You are completely different from any other person. The skills you possess, the experience you have gained, the aspirations that you have are completely different from what another person has.

Let’s get to the issue of success. There are great individuals out there who have made it great, right? But the real truth is that you cannot try to compare your success with what they possess. It is never right to do that. You might never know the paths and the struggle they passed through to reach there. Once you have your own definition of success, follow it; it will lead you to the right paths and destination. Comparison will make you lose focus and even try to use the tactic of “getting rich quick”, an aspect that will completely destroy your path to success.

Though you can always seek and borrow the right reference from those who have made it in life, but you cannot start comparing and imitating their lifestyles, posh cars (to the extent of even borrowing!). Ultimately, you will discover that you can’t be just like them; you are different from them. It would be wise if you can enhance your own personal growth. There is an adage that goes, ‘you have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather is”. After all, it is for your own goodness. Don’t waste that energy comparing yourself to others; it is a great inhibition for your consistent growth.

There is this example that I can try to bring about; let’s say you have this great cognitive idea that you have just formulated in your mind. You are envisioning it as a breakthrough to your success once it becomes a reality. So, what you do, you decide to share it with some of your friends, colleagues, family and even your close partners. You have great expectation that they are going to endorse this idea and even support you. But what is the response? They say your idea is insanely-defined, it doesn’t seem to be possible and it is just a waste of time trying to implement it!

How do you need to take it? If you truly believe that it can really work, don’t allow yourself to be succumbed to their opinion; just move ahead and they will later discover how credible the idea was, when you have implemented it. Actually, some even come later to say that they saw some potential in it (yet they didn’t express it at that time!) but they were a bit reluctant to concur with you.

Martin Luther King Jr. once said it is wise for every person to do his own believing rather than comparing himself or herself with others. Comparison creates a lesser person within you which would ultimately result to frustrations, dejection and even a despondent state in you.

It becomes interesting and fun when all you can focus on relies on your own real scores rather than fully shifting your attention to others. For instance, if you are in a sporting event (either a race or football) and you keep on looking at your rival’s scorecard, you might end up losing the focus to achieve what you really need to. Within you lay the greatest aspect of success or failure and it does not depend on what the other person is actually doing.

It is time for you to decide; either if you are self-driven or mass-motivated! Make an informed choice of what you would actually want to be rather than what another person wants you to be. You have to create something new for yourself; let your plans shift on creating rather than comparison. You will discover than in due time, you will create your own self and achieve that happiness you have always yearned. Get started now! If not now, when?

DOES YOUR SUCCESS RELIES ON ANOTHER PERSON'S HELP?

“Listen keenly to the words of the wise and you will go a step far; in relation to your career, family, and even success”. These were strong sentiments that were uttered by a renowned clergy when I attended a one Sunday sermon. (Sometimes spiritual nourishment is an essential component that can really rejuvenate our energy and bring great composure to our own being, right). The clergy further echoed his statements by stating “Get someone wiser than you, who can hold your hand and lead you to the right direction, the direction that is bound to make you reach your intended destination. Ultimately you will discover that you are achieving what you aspire to…”

 

After the service, my mind went into a state of contemplation as I tried to ‘decrypt’ the meaning of what the clergy was trying to drive at. Does this imply that for you to be successful you must be helped by another person? Do you require a strong motivational drive that will give you a great passion to achieve your dreams? What about doing it all alone; is there probability you can perfectly reach your intended destination? With all these series of mind-blowing questions crisscrossing in my mind in a concocted manner, I concluded that it is stark truth that man was not made an island; he was interact with other people, get something vital from them in order to boost his consequential success or achievement.

You will discover that in this deranged society, you actually have no capability of achieving your dreams solely by yourself. For example, if we take the leadership context; behind the success or rising of ranks of a particular leader, there are always followers who are there to support them in utmost solidarity. This can also apply to you; the more you are associated to people who have made it in life, the more you discover your mind opening up and envisioning great and marvelous things you can learn and borrow from them.

Another point for you to note; always be grateful and prompt to highly acknowledge those people who have helped you to reach where you are. You might tend to overshadow that idea but in real sense, they have contributed greatly to the success that you are currently enjoying. In my opinion, I barely believe in self-made people; after all, even that cabin driver who takes you to board your plane contribute immensely to your success; he or she ensures that the time-conscious factor is taken into account and you take your flight in time. We are actually made of hundreds, thousands and even millions of others! Woodrow Wilson was once quoted saying “ I not only use all the brain I have, but all that I can borrow.”

Besides, there is this great I heard from one of my friends; if you tend to blame others for the failures you have gone through, what about crediting others for the accomplishment you have gained? Note that behind every achiever, there are those people who have contributed to such achievement, even if it may appear as little as a pinch of salt.

My final wrap? Don’t be like a conceited person with a great possession of vain pride. It’s because you will think you are up there but not yet. A popular local song “Sijafika” (I’m not there) should inspire you to know that you can achieve top-notch success if you are assisted by other great people. Take heed on that buddy!

DOES YOUR MENTAL THINKING INFLUENCES YOUR SUCCESS?

Yesterday, I was reading an arguably great book written by Robin Sharma and could feel any better than being completely filled with incessant motivation. “Timeless Wisdom” goes the name of the book. In this amazing book, Robin Sharma tries to bring out the aspect the “Genius Inventory”. Apparently, you will discover that each one of us have been endowed with incomparable unique talents that can make us to achieve the best that we have always yearned. How can this be made possible? Only and only if we decide to invest in our own lives to the fullest.

 

According to research, it is believe that an average individual (in relation to the IQ level) only utilizes about 1% of his or her brain capabilities. This is about 1/100. What does this actually imply? You will discover that we only use a small portion and yet there are great discoveries that have been made. A certain respected scholar once said that we possess the ability of learning and memorizing close to 40 different languages, undertake a number of degree courses in our colleges and even master the entire encyclopedia from A to Z! Isn’t this incredible? Indeed it is!

But what is the setback to achieving this? Most of us see this as impossible and thus we may neither commit time nor attention to achieving this. This is what brings out the difference between those people who achieve self-actualization and those complaining of not having adequate time to accomplish ‘unthinkable’ things. Most of us tend to think that we cannot reach such great heights; a fallacy created within our minds.

For you to unlock your mental capabilities and rejuvenate the inner drive to achieving success, you got to change the way you think. Change has to come within you. Your mental boost and mastery will always keep you going. It is also crucial to identify what always brings you down or drain your ability to achieving what you are destined for. One such weakness thing is consistent worry about your future life. You will forge ahead only and only if you identify what has been pulling you back and find means of tackling it in the best way possible. So it would be critical if you can live in the present era and consistently work for a better future; all things will happen for your goodness in due time.

Our lives revolve around different phases; this can be in relation to our spiritual or religious conformity, our profession and the most crucial one being our personal lives. We can only get a balance and full satisfaction from all these phases if we allow our minds to identify what is best for us, what can enlighten our spirits and what can improve our lives.

I wish to conclude with a statement said by one of the great philosopher from India named Patanjali. He actually said, “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a great new wonderful world…and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” It is time for you to engage your mind into thinking so that you can become the person you were meant to be, will you?