We all desire success in life but most of us don’t know how to go about it. We see and hear about it every day. Companies advertise success on TV. Bill boards carry the success message and promise that if you use a certain product you’ll become successful. Success is a very broad topic and demands a careful approach. To some success is being able to land a job in a multinational company, earn a six figure income, live in a mansion with ocean view, drive a Maybach 62s, send kids to the best schools and being able to travel for vacations twice a year. To some it is holding key positions in government. Still, some tag themselves successful when they become business owners and call the shot. You are free to create your own unique definition of success. Different strokes for different people.
There are so many misconceptions out there about success and most people seems confused and cannot even fathom how to kick start their success journey. Am not writing this piece to bore or confuse you the more about success. Rather, I just want to share with you some unconventional thoughts that births success and how to go about starting out right.
The Battle Within
Success is a process that needs to be initiated by you. It will not happen has a matter of chance but it is dependent on the choices you make. You cannot wake up one morning and become the chief executive officer of Microsoft. There is a process that leads to that position and if you’re not ready to travel that path, you can as well forget about leading Microsoft. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Much of success is invisible. The process is not tangible. All the qualities you need to succeed are invisible. Talk about idea or vision? What about the courage to implement it? What about creativity, determination, persistence, commitment, consistency, dedication, hard work and knowledge? Can you hold any of these qualities? None of them is tangible and yet without all these qualities you cannot achieve true success.
Success is not just about what you do or have. It is about who you are on the inside. It is who you are that determines what you become. To do something you have never done before you must become some one you have never been before. Success starts from the inside out. It is a journey that must start within before its fruits can be made manifest. By nature, the seed you plant determines the kind of fruit you will harvest. You nature determines the kind of result you’ll get.
The Two Types of Creation
Everything in this world is created twice. First is the mental creation and then the physical. The car you drive today first existed as a thought in someone’s mind. The same with the cloth you wear, the phone you use and the shoe you put on. That is how life has been designed to operate. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Your outward life will reflect the state of your heart. The mind of a billionaire is different from that of a millionaire. The kind of thoughts and ideas that flows through their mind is different. You cannot compare the way a wealthy man thinks with the way a poor man thinks. One thinks abundance. The other thinks scarcity. Where you need to invest your time and energy is your mind. That is where the hard work is. Your attitude is what will determine your altitude. The starting place of all true riches is your heart. You have to believe you can be successful before you will ever succeed. Your beliefs create your life experience.
Why man is different from animals is because man by nature is a spirit being. We have the capacity to process thoughts and ideas. We can reason with our mind. We can envision the future from the present and proffer solutions to problems. You are where you are today because of your thinking. The circumstance that surrounds your life today reflects how much or how far you have traveled on the inside.
The BE-DO-HAVE Process
To achieve anything worthwhile you need to follow these three steps in specific order:
‘BE’
‘DO’
‘HAVE’
If you follow the process of BE-DO-HAVE for everything you want in life, your chances of getting them will be above 95%. Success is first about ‘being’ before it is about ‘doing’. There is a great difference between being and doing. Being is about your nature while doing is just activity.
You first need to be on the inside what you desire to become on the outside. Remember as a man think in his heart so is he. From the Be space you proceed to Do whatever needs to be done to turn your Being (dreams, vision, goals, aspirations) into a reality. The Doing aspect implies engaging yourself in productive work that will cause what you want to manifest.
When both the BEing and DOing are correct, you will HAve what you want. Our state of mind creates our state of results. Your mind must not work against your actions. You cannot be preparing for success and be thinking failure. Somewhere along the line something bad will happen because of your negative expectant thinking. You will have to choose one. The part of you that we cannot see is the superior being that controls the activities of the other parts. Every thing happens with the permission of the mind. Antoine De Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince said, “Now, here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.” Your thought per time must match your actions.
The Realm of Imagination
The foundation for success is not what you have, it is who you are. Do you see yourself a success, or a failure? Where do you see yourself three years from today? Are you still living in the same house? Visiting the same place? Driving the same car? Working at the same job? Are you healthier? More fit? One of the greatest mistakes you can make in life is to use your circumstances or your past performance to assess who you are. That is not who you are. That is what you have done. You are not what people have said you are. You are unique in your own way. Your DNA is different because we have only one YOU in this world.
Give yourself permission to dream again and this time dream big. See yourself living a life of balance in all the key areas: financially, spiritually, socially, and physically. Think and talk success. You’ve got all the power inside you. Activate it. When you become successful on the inside, you will achieve success on the outside.
I can’t wait to celebrate your success. Happy New Month.
Open Up
What do you think is holding you back from becoming the man of your dreams? What is stopping you from achieving your goals? Open up in the comment box below and let’s rob minds together.