Saturday, October 17, 2015

THE SECRETS ABOUT SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW




Have you ever asked yourself why the most successful people continue to gain more and more wealth each day? What is the secret that they know that you have not yet unraveled? These tickling questions should trigger your mind to come up with the tactics of discovering how they are able to ‘maneuver’ their way to success. For instance, Warren Buffett who is one of the most successful investors critically understands that to obtain value, one has to pay the price. 

Here is the revelation that you need to understand:
1.      Learning from past mistakes without losing focus on future investment
In one of his quotes, Bill Gates (who is the owner of Microsoft)  states “ It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure” This actually imply that for you to constantly succeed, you should identify your strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities and channel your rejuvenated energy towards achieving your topmost objective of success. This success should not only be reflected in the monetary terms that you invest but also the investment that you channel in time management.

2.      To be the best, you must handle the worst
One of the celebrated Basketball players Michael Jordan once said “If you are trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I have them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Indeed you will come to understand that this is what has made him to have a successful career as a basket ball player. That is, the power of resilience. Actually, in his career, he once said that he missed about 9000 shots but that did not deter him from achieving his dream.

3.      Working consistently hard through maximizing on your time
Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company once said, “Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself. He further emphasized by saying that “chop a stick and it will warm you twice.” This distinctively tells you that in order to achieve your level best; you got to commit more of your time (sometimes extra hours) to ensure that you come up with something constructive that will boost your success.

4.      Dreaming big and waking up to chase them into reality
Sometimes I am amazed by individuals who actually “dream big” where they can systematically and in a very elaborate manner tell you on what they aspire to achieve and five years down the line, they are still having the same dream; no step of action taken at all. I believe that each one of us was made for a purpose and destined for greatness.

Thus it is said, a ship will start sailing once it has left the shore. Also, you need to understand it is never too late to become what you were destined to be. The first step will make a significant difference in your highway of success. Actually, life is trying out things and you will see them working!

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