Every time I try to cook rice, I either end up having mini popcorns or my rice end up turning into a thick paste of porridge. Trust me, I have tried and you can say I haven't succeeded yet. Success, according to Oxford dictionary, is achieving something that you have been trying to do or get. Though this is not exhaustive, here are the 8 P's of Success.
1. Purpose
Find and have something worth living and dying for. Your purpose could be raising your children or making a difference in other people's lives. When you find your purpose, life takes on a new and different meaning.
2. Passion
Sleep, walk, talk and see yourself achieving your vision and goals. Say you want to be a better parent or salesperson, the more you repeat and affirm this to yourself and those near you, the better off you are. Constant affirmations help to remind us of our goals.
3. Persistence
Don't give up even when you don't see results. Most of the time, results don't appear in relation to the efforts you might be putting into achieving your desired goals. The good thing is; something is happening beneath the surface and you need to keep doing your best in order to see your desired results.
4. Practice
Keep working. We have all heard the saying, if at first you don't succeed; keep trying, again and again. Constant practice helps teach us how to do it better. Make sure you keep going whether there are results or not.
5. Patience
Be patient with those who should (but don't understand) your vision or goal. And above all, be patient with yourself. Often when people don't affirm us or fail to recognize and appreciate our efforts, it isn't cause we are failures. It could be because they don't understand know how best to encourage or affirm us. Look at it this way. The fact that you are having an umbrella doesn't stop the rain from falling from the skies! You should, in like manner keep going.
6. People
Have people around you, even those you cannot stand because they will help you to improve. Seek their opinion, listen and soldier on knowing that no man has succeeded in becoming an island. Read books, listen to audio tapes, ask questions and attend motivational speaking engagements.
7. Prayer
Involve God in everything you do by seeking His guidance, provision, wisdom and the grace to keep going on.
8. Plunge in
Launch into what you want to do and just get it done. Do not give procrastination a foothold in your life. Do not wait for the perfect and ideal situation, environment or time. Just go for it and give it your best. Remember, you don't have to see it on your family tree to attempt it.
"The person you struggle with the most, has the most to teach you... about yourself." - Shawne Duperon
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