Top 5 Things To Do In Order To Be Successful

MY FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR - 18. 01. 19

Topic:    Top 5 Things To Do In Order To Be Successful

There are popular sayings about success that I am hinging this presentation on.

It is said that "success is not a destination but a journey", this simply means that there are many facets or faces of success and that one might be successful in one facet and be challenged in the other facet and so one continually pursues success in all the facets even as we pursue excellence and perfection.

It is also said that "success has many relatives but failure is an orphan", the man who has achieved success in one field of endeavour continually attracts more success in that field, this keeps him very busy and active much unlike the person in the same field of endeavour but who has  not made a mark.

And it is also said that "success leaves trails", no sentence could be truer than this. The successful person continually drops hints of how he achieved success as he interacts with people either at workshops or seminars or talks and these trails could be picked by anyone and used to achieve their own success.

In order therefore to be successful, here is the list of my Top 5 things to do in this 2019 to be successful

1.    Avoid Procrastination Like The Plague

If you have never achieved much in any particular year, it can be related to the fact that you think that the year is waiting for you; in contrariwise, the year is on the move, whether you are moving with or not, it's just moving and unfortunately, you simply can't catch up with if you allow it to give you such a long gap.

This is what procrastination does to us, it makes us postpone for tomorrow that which we can do today because we think that we shall have more time tomorrow and we forget that tomorrow comes with its own challenges that would also demand our time.

So if you must succeed, you must chase procrastination out of your life and do it immediately.

Whatever comes your way and needs to be done, should be done without delay.

My personal mantra over the years has been - Do It Now and it has helped me quite a lot.

Avoid procrastination as you would avoid the bubonic plague.

2.    Embrace Change

It is popularly said that the only thing that is constant in life is change and I am not talking about it as a political slogan but as a fact of life and living.

Whether we accept it or not, we are changing on daily basis, not only our bodies but also our physical environment continues to change.

Technological development has left many of us trudging along behind because we are not able to cope with the speed of change.

Yesterday, it was the analog telephone that was the in-thing, then Thuraya came but today, all those big phones have become big for nothing, a small phone can do what a computer can do because chips and microchips are now being deployed to do what cannot be done before.

In order therefore not to be left behind, embrace that which is new and learn its ways so that you can benefit maximally from its use.

  

Change is necessary for self-development; both mentally and physically if you want to live a happy life.

At our work places, change is crucial if you want to get recognition and promotions.

You can get quality education to make your CV rich and get a better understanding of the business world.

If nothing changed, everything would become stagnant and never improve.

So, give up your resistance to change

3.    Give Up Your Fears

Fear is the senior brother of procrastination. The fear of the unknown is a very terrible thing indeed and helps to keep us chained at one particular place without making any efforts to take a trip because we are afraid of the outcome of that trip.

But do you know that Fear is a state of the mind? and that we allow ourselves to dwell in that state because it is conducive for us!

There are decisions we need to take, things we need to do but we allow fear to hold us back and down and by the time we realize the harm we had done to ourselves, the years have left us behind.

This, however, is not to disparage genuine and real fears, like the fear of doing any dangerous exercise that may cost us our lives, that kind of fear is what keeps us going but any other kind of fear that keeps us away from what we need to do should be done away with

Fear is a dangerous intangible thing that can hinder your progress and affect your relationships.

It was Roosevelt who said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

So this year, replace fear with love and curiosity and watch yourself grow rich in experience.

When fear comes knocking on your door, let courage answer it

4.    Give Up Self-Deprecation

If your mindset is that which often thinks low about you, certainly you'd always talk down on yourself

Low self-esteem is a dangerous thing and often leads to persons having suicidal tendencies.

Undervaluing yourself is surely not the way to go because it ruins your self-confidence and makes you feel bitter all the time.

Self-deprecation always puts one in a sorry state.

This year, remind yourself that you are alive not by your own might and power but by the Infinite Power and your Senior Partner

Remind yourself that life is beautiful and thus needs to be lived while one still has the opportunity to live it.

So, it doesn't really matter what your personal situation is right now, what matters is that you are alive and only the living can have hope because once there is life, there is hope.

Speak up for yourself, never take No for an answer

Regardless of the situation, you are in now, don’t ever think the worst of yourself.

Patience is a virtue and it will help you deal with the discomfort in a way that best suits your life and the people around you.

Why don’t you inspire yourself and work hard to achieve your dreams?

5.    Give Up Over- thinking And Thinking Small

Many people are challenged in the area of thinking.

Some find themselves in the habit of always thinking so much about what has come to them that they even become sick from such action.

It is good to think, that is why we have Philosophers who propound theories of existence from what they have thought out, however, too much thinking or over thinking as the case may be is not good for your health.

I would that you rather practice critical thinking.

Face the situation squarely, analyze it, check the cons and the pros, and then make a decision.

Over-thinking results in over analyzing and which will end up causing paralysis of analysis and leave you prostrate without taking any action.

On the other side of the coin is Small Thinking.

Again quite a lot of people are challenged by small thinking.

They never believe that they are worth more than they are at the moment and so when issues come up that demand higher and bigger thoughts, they get lost.

I need to remind us that we are all born genius without exceptions but most people fail to succeed because of their limited thinking.

Today break that barrier and unleash the you that you are supposed to be.

Give free rein to your thoughts, stop limiting yourself.

Infact, people are often advised to think outside the box if they want to have better answers to issues that are confronting them, today I want to ask you to BREAK THAT BOX and release yourself to be free to operate in a world that you have a right to be in.

Do these and I shall see you in the next Online Edition

Dr. Jerry - the First Oguzie: JP
Physician & Transformational Speaker

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