How Bad do you want it?

So there was this young man who approached a mogul said to him ''Sir I want you to teach me how to be successful'' the mogul replied ''meet me at the beach at 4am tomorrow''. The young man showed up 4am at the beach all dressed up with his suite and tie. The mogul went into the water and he called up this young man into the water. The young man dedicated to impress he got into the water waist deep the mogul said to him ''come in further''. The young man thinking to himself ''I said i wanted to learn how to become successful not to swim!!'' he gestured some irritation to the mogul. The mogul called up the boy to come further more. As the boy came, he quickly grabbed him put him face down into the water. The boy was drowning, he flapped, tried fighting but the mogul's grip was too firm. After a minute he took the young man out of the water. He asked him a question he said ''when you were down there, what was the only thing you wanted badly'', the young man replied ''I wanted to breath''. The mogul said to the young man ''the only time you are going to be successful in life is when you want to succeed as badly as you wanted to breath!''

How bad do you want it?

I came across this story at the hardest time in my life, it was a time when I saw myself as a failure in life. To cut my tale very short this type of story reminded me that as bad as your circumstances can be your success will only depend on one basic paragon ''how bad do you want it?''. It was then I thought of the guys that made it against all odds, guys like Stevie Wonder who became successful regardless of his blindness, guys like the greatest composer of all time Beethoven who composed the best classical songs of all time regardless of his disability of being deaf. It was then I remembered that the company Microsoft, their first capital was a vision and the company co-owned by a college dropout  at that time Mr Bill Gates which would count as huge disadvantage to investors who would invest in the newly found company. Don't get me wrong If you still in college finish your studies by all means, I'm not saying go drop out and try starting your own company just because Mr Bill Gates did it and became successful.The point is, regardless of all the challenges that were presented with all these great achievers they still made it. 

The difference in these people from an ordinary person would be, 'a sample of their desire' to achieve what they have set up for themselves versus yours. Some of us say we want to become successful but are not really willing to put up the required amount of work needed to be successful. We say we want to become the best but we do not want to even think like the best. This is what I want you to remember, your thoughts come first then your action will follow. Meaning you become who you think you are, you need to think like the best in order to become the best. Think big then you will become big. 

You need to want it bad before you can have it bad!! Just remember this You can do it, you will do it, it's done!!  

Being Motivated

Your key to motivation depends upon why is it that you're doing whatever it is that you're doing. In most cases we as people apply ourselves on doing something whistle in the middle of that we loose interest. What would be the cause of that?The people that are millionaires today, the well known sport people of today, the famous artists, the popular dancers and well respect business people all have one thing in common. They were motivated. Being motivated is like having a backup engine on stand by, because the people that are more motivated achieve a lot more things then the less motivated individuals. The loss of interest is mainly caused by the individual forget ''WHY'' they were doing it anyway.

 It is through motivation that we see other individuals achieve things at an unimaginable scale.
There are three questions you need to ask yourself in order to channel your motivation
1. What is it that keeps you looking forward to the day ahead?
2. Who am I doing this for?
3. Why is what doing important for you to do?

Answer those three questions then you'll know why you doing what you're doing. Another thing that may add to ones lack of motivation it is fear. Fear is the biggest factor in most people giving up in their dreams, the only problem is most individuals don't even know that it is the fear that robbed them their dream which came in the form of doubt and excuse.''You must realise fear is not real, it is the products of thoughts you create. Now, do not misunderstand me, danger is very real.But fear is a chioce'' - Will Smith. Do I need to say more? It is through your thought process that you may fear or not, it is whether or not that you believe for it to become real.Your motivation and your fear will only depend on what you bring to your attention.

 ''Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know avoiding the trap of thinking that you have something to lose''- Steve Jobs
Give everything you do everything you have then you will be almost guaranteed success.
You are God's very own engineering you can do anything you put your mind in. Just stay motivated! Do not give up! Push until something happens!

Success Outside Your Own Bounderies

Sir Richard Bronson is a very well known business guru. He is the founder of the multi-billion dollar organisation Virgin group which is composed of more than 400 companies one’s you may be familiar with are Virgin mobile, Virgin active and Virgin money just to name a few.

He is known as one of the most spontaneous business people in the industry as his is always looking for innovative ways to do business. Sir Richard Bronson has a different style of running a business but his way of running a business proves to be very effective as he has built himself a billion-dollar empire.

He is quoted saying: “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by trying and falling over”. This is one of the philosophies this billionaire approaches how he does business and how he lives his life through out. Meaning there are no distinct rules you follow that will make you successful, in life you make your own rules and you allow your imagination take control and never be afraid to try something that has never been done before, that's how he got to the level he is at the moment.

The greatest thing you can take from this business mogul is the passion and determination to do things outside boundaries. Do not be afraid to be different. Don’t be afraid to have fun in anything you do and take life as an experiment.

This is it! Life is all about what you make of it. As challenges come let them make you stronger. If you can live through all the challenges you face then you can make it through anything in life. Nothing would be beyond your reach. You destiny is in your own hands!

How to measure success

So a business guru was at the small village in the south side of Africa he saw this farmer guy who had fine crops in his fair sized garden. A business guru complimented the farmer on his quality product ''nice crops'', farmer responds ''thank you sir''. A businessman asks ''how long did it take you to grow them?''  ''Not very long'' the farmer responded. 

The guru asked the farmer why he didn't grow more crops since he still had abundant space. The farmer responded by telling him he had enough to support his family. The guru asked him what he did with the rest of his time. The farmer responded "I sleep late, spend time with my family, go fishing with my buddies, take my wife out on dates, and sip some nice wine, I have a full busy life sir''

The guru man showing disapproval '' I'm an MBA from one of the best Universities in the world and I can help you. You should spend more time farming and with the profits then buy bigger land; eventually you will have plenty of farms. Instead of selling your crop to the middle man you'll sell directly to the processor and distribution. You will leave this small village and move to the City where you'll do business properly and expand your entity''.

The farmer then asks "but sir how long will all this take? the guru replies "15-20 years" ''but then what?'' the farmer asked. The guru giggles ''That’s the juicy part! When the time is right you would sell your company stock on public and become very rich. You would make millions''. ''Millions sir?'' he asks ''Millions'' he answered. ''Then what?'' the farmer asks. The guru responds ''Then you would retire. Move to a small village grow crops just enough for your family, sleep late, spend time with your family, go fishing with your friends, take your wife on dates, and sip some nice wine''.

The farmer, still smiling, looked up and said ''Isn't that what I'm doing right now? - Unknown Author 

How then do we measure success? Some measure success by how much they have in their bank accounts but some measure success by how much of their lives they live for the ones they love!