I. One should
first know what he or she wants and should be quite impressive in all of them.
A person who is a captain of a football team and also the group leader of a
debate club is a classic example. The things that you want to argue upon in
order to obtain the best are things that you should be good at.
2. Seek
views from people who have witnessed at least more than one of your so called ‘talents’
so that you will know what the people around you wants you to be in future. This
is very important even to someone who already knows his or her talent. The
people are those who see your actions and they are the sure people to tend to when
you want to know how well you are doing. Indeed it is said that;
“One who creates a path needs someone behind him
to get it straight” African Proverb.
Whatever
the people say about you is your other self and that is what they need you for.
The people represent the world, they are those who are going to get direct
influence from whatever that you want to do. Remember that your happiness must
include the happiness of others. So therefore, if you know that the world needs
you for what you are and not for whom you are or where you come from, then it
is very important to know what they expect from you in life.
3. The
next thing to do is when you also include your own assessment of the issue to
be argued upon. You know where your passion lies and you know what you are
doing and therefore, you can tell which of them you are likely to succeed with.
Remember that nobody apart from your creator knows yourself more than you do.
It is amusing to find people saying they don’t know themselves. As a matter of
fact, you knowing that you don’t know yourself is something that you know about
yourself. It should be noted that this is the most important part of the
procedure, when one assembles all his data so as to be able to balance them and
see which of them your best way to succeed in life.
4. Lastly,
always bear in mind that God wants the best for you and whatever that comes
your way is for the better. It is the will and presumptions of God that always
occur in your life. Pray to God for direction to success and not for success
itself because the reverse is the prayer for the ungrateful man of which I know
you are not. Remember that God Has already blessed you with all that you need
to be who you want to be, it is up to you to just make it happen. Indeed,
heaven helps those who help themselves.
Note:
people say that success has no formula. There is some sort of truth in that but
actually, the people who say this have the wrong definition of success to be
all about the fame, wealth and all other earthly things. Yes, people have various
ways of getting what they want in life; some use education, for some its
inheritance and others, mostly talent and passion. But ask yourself this
question, what is the positive impact of what they have acquired on the
society? Is it not shocking to realize that the top three richest people in the
world today are richer than the top forty-eight poorest countries in the world?
What is the use of acquiring all the money and fame if society does not
benefit. If you help society, one way or the other you protect your wealth from
people who would have probably ended up on the streets, from burgling you. Actually,
success is all about fulfilling your purpose of creation. Let’s take the very
people we always refer to as heroes, those whose names are on the lips of
religious leader and have lived a life worth emulating. In Christianity and Islam;
Moses, Noah, David, Jesus, Mohammed etc., peace be upon them all are the heroes
of the day not for their wealth, power, personality etc. of which they never
had before but because they were able to do what God created them for and all
the other things that we tend to go after came on their own.
As far
as Islam is concerned, Mohammed Peace be upon him, was able to fulfill his
mission on earth and as a result of that, he is now rated as the best man who
has ever lived on earth. Michael Jackson is remembered for his music, Mohammed
Ali is remembered for his Boxing career, Martin Luther Kings Jnr. is remembered
for his philosophy, Mohammed peace be upon him is remembered as the best man
who ever lived and earth and the sweeper behind your house is remembered for
his sweeping. But at the end of the day they are all successful men because
they did what they had to do and they did it so well.
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