Your success in life can be related or compared with an iceberg. All you can see from a look of an iceberg is a very tall ice wall but do you know that the real growth lies deep inside the ocean?. People only see that you are successful but they really don't know what made you a successful person.
Sucess don't come easy. You need to fight your way in other to be successful. In other to be successful you need to be very persistent. Below are some of the guides you can take in other to be successful:
1)HARD WORK :Right from infancy you have been told that had work pays but why then do you still find it hard to work on you studies? . For you to be successful in life you need to work effortlessly and tirelessly either you are a worker or student . As a student you need to focus on your studies and read hard.
2)Habits:Your habits can determine your success. Take for example a man whose habits is to drink achochol all the time, we all know the man will definitely end up being a drunkard.
Now take for example a diligent student or worker whose habit is base on improving their knowledge and experience,no doubt they will end up successful because they made their habit something which would add a positive impact in their life. Let's make our habit something that will improve our performance and by doing so you are one step closer to becoming a successful individual.
3)SACRIFICE:There is no successful student who have never made a sacrifice. Most successful people have been able to make sacrifices in other to be successful. Just take for instance, a young student is well aware that he needs to read his books in the night but when it's night time he is faced with two option,either to read his books thereby staying awake in the night and discomforting the sweet pleasure of sleep or to go to bed without reading and end up with a bad scores .A successful student will want to read his books at night therfore making a sacrifice.
4)MASSIVE ACTION:Action speaks louder than voice. It would be wrong for a person to start boasting before achieving anything. Your actions should be the one that talks for you and lead you to the way. A successful student or worker has to put real effort in his various field or knowledge.
5)FAILURE:Have you ever noticed that it is when you are very closed to sucess that you fail? Yes of course. Failure is a very important step in other to be successful if you view it from a special point of view. Failure in an exam or in a work place does not mean everything is over rather it's trying to tell you to buckle up and try harder.
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A student who failed an exam will want to read harder in other to pass and a worker who fails or undergo loss in his business will want to plan a very strategical plan in other to be successful. Failure does not mean the end rather it's trying to tell you to be more diligent in your study and thinking faculty and line of business.
6)PERSISTENCE:After failing you might still fail again even I you have buckled up and improve. What then do you have to do? You need to keep on persisting and trying hard. Keep on reading and reading and keep on thinking on ways you can doge the situation at hand. You can be successful if you keep on enduring the problem at hand and looking for a good way to pass it. As a business worker ask for help from others and seek advice from older ones. .
7)GOALS:Goals should be one of the first thing you need to set while trying to endure the problem at hand. Set your mind on what you want to become in the future and that should be your goal. If you really set your mind on your goal it will give you the needed strength in other to continue persisting.
8)FOCUS:Have you ever seen a runner? Do you notice that a runner attention is not based on the crowd cheering him up but rather his attention is based on the finish line and nothing can distract him even though you calling his name.
In other to be successful you need to be very focus just like that runner who doesn't get distracted by the crowd. If you are a student try to avoid distractions when you have fully set up your mind to read. Make sure you read all the pages of the textbook you have drafted out to read. Don't let the attractions of other things to steal that precious moment you have with your books. Just to keep telling yourself that once you have archive your goal you can get distracted by anything by then but as for now keep your mind focus on your goal.
9)RISK:Risk mostly applys to business men. Business men should not only want to be on a safer side but should be ready to take some risks. Taking risk can be of two facts either you loose or you gain.
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When you loose don't be so sad but rather let that experience be something that have made you aware of that particular risk and how can you further learn how to tackle the problem and become successful.
10)SUCCESS :sucess comes after you have been able to work hard and cultivate a good habit which will improve your life and make some needed sacrifices which involves action in your work and persisting despite you have failed but because of the goal which you have set ahead of you, you were able to focus and take some risks and eventually became successful.
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People will start looking at you as a role model not knowing all the hardship you pass through. They can only see your success but won't see what you did to become successful. SUCCESS INDEED IS AN ICEBERG.
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