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!!  

The threat of failure

We all have dreams but then not everyone achieves their dreams at the time they have set up for them-selves. In some cases some end up not achieving them all together. When you are persuading your dream the biggest threat you face is failure. As a dreamer you need to learn to live with that fear if you can’t live with it you will give up on your dreams and end up not achieving them and become bitter all your life.

It is important as well to have a strong value system in your life, that way you are able to separate things that are important and things that aren’t. You need to learn how to channel your dreams in the right direction. For example knowing myself I can’t really sing in-fact I’m such a horrible singer which means whether I like it or not I cannot be a singer, but I cannot deny my passion for music so to channel that I would translate it to being a Radio DJ or maybe become a  music producer. It makes sense doesn’t it?

In all that you do or dream about it is also very important to be realistic in it. Not saying you must cap your dreams and have limits, but in a content that your dreams should always be in line with your own abilities to make them possible to be achieved. I want you to know this today no dream is impossible to achieve but if you tell a fish to climb a tree it will be impossible. That’s what we do, isn’t it? In most cases we see someone do something in a very nice fashion and we try and in-corporate what we saw and end up failing to do it. Meaning that your dreams should be something that come to you naturally not something you saw someone who did it good then you’d also want to try it.

Your dreams are what you need to achieve something greater in your life. Your dreams alone should be a great inspiration in your life. You should be your greatest motivation day-day because there is no one who can ever want what you want. There cannot be anyone who can achieve what you can achieve in your life. There is no one you can dream the way you can dream. You are the best version of who you can become now embrace that. Achieve, achieve and achieve!!!!

No Bounderies

Sir Richard Branson is a very well known business guru. He is the founder of the multi-billion dollar organization 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 Branson 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 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!