Hello Babes,
Always remember, "You were designed
for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of
greatness.”
Unfortunately, not
everyone (most especially today’s youths) out there has the commitment to
water, cultivate and care for that seed to make it grow into a deep-rooted tree
that bears the fruits of success and abundance. Those who are successful have a
conviction so deep that they are willing to do whatever it takes. They are
willing to die for what they believe in. It’s that simple, period.
No matter what walk
of life you come from, that doesn’t define your destiny. Where you were, does
not determine where you are going to end up. Where you have been doesn’t
matter, because you can become something greater.
You have been given
certain talents that can help shape where life can take you. However, despite
your natural born gifts, you have the ability to develop skills that with
extreme practice and commitment, can take you far beyond what mere talent alone
can do.
Remember, Talents
come naturally, but skill is only developed by countless hours of dedication
and hard work.
Many people have
natural born talents and abilities, but left unrefined, and they will never
result in any remarkable accomplishment in life. Practice trumps talent every
time.
Take Usain St. Leo
Bolt for instance.
We all know and
believe that Usain Bolt was blessed with some amazing natural talent in sports
- athletics. However, did you know that he was cut from his high school cricket
team when his cricket coach notice his speed on the pitch and urged him to try track
and field events? What if Bolt had taken that as a blow, and decided that
athletics just wasn’t for him? What if he gave up, because his natural talent
just didn’t get him where he wanted to be?
Bolt had a dream of
becoming No. 1 in the world of athletics and he didn’t let this setback define
who he was. Instead, he took his natural born talents and worked his tail off
for hours upon end. He practiced tirelessly
A daily commitment to practice, exercise and dieting
without fail for YEARS. Had he left his fate to natural talent alone, we
would never have known the legend USAIN BOLT that we all know today. Usain Bolt
was willing to work his guts out at any cost to accomplish his dream. And now,
he is still known as the first man ever in history to win back-to-back gold
medals on double sprints.
As a young girl, you
have to be willing to work harder than anyone else if you want the kind of
success you seek. While other people are going about life being entertained,
the successful person is working and working with extreme dedication,
consistency and perseverance. They understand that there is simply no easy way
around it. No matter how talented you are, your talents can fail you if you
have not honed them and developed them into skills.
If you don’t study
and work hard and dedicate yourself to becoming better each and every day, then
success will default to the ones who ARE putting in the necessary efforts, and
you will be left on the bench of life watching others dreams being fulfilled.
Will Smith, one of
the most successful actors of our time, said that when he was twelve years old,
his father tore down a brick wall in front of their family business and told
Will and his younger brother to rebuild the wall.
Will felt like this
was an impossible task, but his father knew these boys could do it. So, he
didn’t allow them to say they couldn’t do it. Every single day after school,
these boys built that wall, brick by brick, until 18 months later, the wall was
finished.
They had done it.
After it was completed, the boys’ father looked at them and said, “Don’t ever
tell me there’s something you CAN’T Do!”
Will said that when
he first looked at the task of this giant brick wall that he had to build, it
felt daunting and impossible. But, when he just looked at the task of just
laying one brick, and doing the best he could to lay that one brick over and
over, the task was no longer overwhelming. It just became a matter of daily
consistency of laying each brick until the goal was finished.
I admonish you to
always have the spirit of I CAN regardless of the overwhelming situation…
Here are seven
things you should do to reach your life’s greatest potential…
1. Find your passion
and pursue it.
If you are going to
find true abundance and prosperity in life, you MUST do what you love. You know
what it is. There is that ONE thing that you want to do more than anything
else. You are so passionate about it and you love it more than anything else. PLEASE,
go after your dream. It will not only make you happy but will sell you to the
world.
2. Believe.
You must believe in
your power, your potential, and your abilities. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. No action
should take place without first intense belief. You can only act in accordance
with the way you see yourself. If you don’t have faith in yourself, you will
never achieve your goals.
3. Burn the bridges.
Don’t give yourself
a way out. If you know that there is NO OTHER OPTION than the one you really
want, you will realize you HAVE to make this work, because there is no plan B.
You are fully invested, and all in.
4. Study and model
someone successful.
If you are looking
to accomplish a certain goal, find someone who has already done what you want
to do, and copy what they did to get there. Get your hands on everything you
can to teach you what you need to do, and immerse yourself in all of it. Rather
than spending time watching TV, or wasting time, spend every spare moment
reading and studying all you can about others who have done what you want to
do.
5. Focus in on one
thing at a time.
Don’t spread
yourself too thin. Just as the analogy of laying one brick at a time, you must
focus in on one thing at a time. Choose what you want to do and try to put all
your energy into that one thing.
6. Don’t be typical.
You’ve always heard
the phrase, “Results not typical.” Well, if you don’t want typical results,
then you need to go against the flow. 98-99% of people just go with the flow of
life and accept ordinary results. Don’t settle. Dare to Be different.
7. Protect your
dream.
Don’t let other
people tell you what you can or can’t do. There will always be naysayers and
haters. Let them hate on. People who believe they can’t do something
themselves, think that no one else can do it either. So, they will tell you it
can’t be done. Don’t listen to them. They are not YOU.
Cheers.
