I've always seen and heard people talk about achieving success overnight. Success is not popcorn that pops and get ready in the microwave, success is a gradual process, it requires dedication while moving forward step by step.
So why not drop your microwave success mentality, success is not a day's job, it is a daily job.
I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, the tenacity of purpose is supreme. - Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Some years back, I and some friends were talking about achieving success then a friend of mine said "I want to be rich now and I know I will be rich" he further stressed it by saying "If I see 1 billion Naira now, I will buy a yacht", Maybe what he said wasn't wrong, he might really want to own a yacht but had he done what was needed to own one? This person did not have a job presently at that time but he kept on talking about having 1 billion Naira now, so the question was "Who will give you one billion Naira for doing nothing".
Success is equivalent to constructing a building. You start by laying the foundation, then you start taking it high a possible and this thing cannot be done in one day. Some times you will make mistakes in some structures while constructing and you have to reconstruct that part. If you see your success as the tallest building, then you know you have lots of work to do.
DOES THIS APPLY TO STEEMIANS
I have been opportune to have simple chat with so many steemians and what I hear most times are "If I can write a post that will hit $10,000, I will become a dolphin, my reputation will be 70" but I take time to look at what they are saying and I ask them "How real does that sound?". Most of them want to be like A or B, sometimes even C (I do not want to mention names) but have you done what A did or are you doing what A is doing?
Your Present Success Milestone Is A Foundation For Your Next
You do not become completely successful in one day. It is a daily activity. If you lay back on your present success achievement without pushing further, then you might end up at ground zero. Success runs through the law of continuous process.
DO NOT FORGET STEEMIT IN NIGERIA (SIN). I WILL BE THERE AND I WANT YOU TO BE THERE...
Thanks to @elyaque for my first badge
Great designers, I might say... people with such logos.
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Thanks a lot
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Well said boss, Success isn't a fairy-tale, Its a dream which we actualize into reality through relentless hard work. Even if it takes days, months or years.
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I agree with you. Success doesn't fly on a person, it is a gradual process
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Reality versus imagination. You know i also imagined, success being the pop corn but later i changed. I must learn to develop myself, i cant jump steps, thanks so much sir
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Jumping steps you should not now means you will have to pay for them later. Success is step by step
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Steps jumped will be paid for later....hmmmm. Thanks for the wisdom
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i like your sharing. thanks you so much.
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Thanks @alamin7, I glad you enjoyed it
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Success depends on a lot of things and it depends of what area you want to achieve it.. But the most important thing to me is "the constancy"
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Thanks a lot for reading @cacacho, I'm glad you enjoyed the post
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I agree 100%😊 upvoted and followed
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great motivation to succes my friend @gbenga , you are great mentor now ^_^
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Thanks a lot my friend, i'm glad you liked it
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You are more welcome my friend @gbenga good mentor
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Nice one @gbenga. Following you now
Its a good thing seeing post like this especially to help kick-start a fresh week
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I'm glad you liked it my friend, Steem on
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You won't blame us oh... U know how it is with Nigerians, we love religion so much and believe in faith a lot.. But many people always skip d portion of d Bible that says faith without work is nothing. We all believe in fasting n prayers For money to "fall on us" like Davido. 😂
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Thank you for sharing the incredible motivation @gbenga. Success for you and for all my friends
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Thanks friend, i'm glad you enjoyed it
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You are welcome my friend
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Thank
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Or as Ryan Holiday himself taught me:
The work is the goal.
Your goal is not to work and hope for some magical breakthrough, to be discovered or go viral one day.
The work is the goal.
Wake up. Finish up your daily tasks. Do the work. Go to sleep. Wake up again and repeat.
Then one day, the magic will happen.
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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Thanks @wise-old-man.
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Amen! Upvoted and RESTEEMED :]
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Very nice article...success does not mean you have to be in a high profile job or from a reputed background ..to me success is what you achieve through hard labour and dedication .
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Great post, I like it :)
Robin Sharma said: "Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs."
We need our daily behavior to match our goals!
Please check my new post, I think you will like it!
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"success is a gradual process" i totally agree with you, step by step,,
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Exactly, Step by step is the walking pattern to succeed
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I love this - "Success is not popcorn that pops once you put it in the microwave". Will and hard work is key to success.
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Thanks a lot @mimy. if success were popcorns, then no one will work hard to be successful
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Nicely put.
Nothing worth having comes easily - and that includes success. You have to put the hard work in.
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great post thank you
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