The Old Ways.

Old ways will not open new doors. Nor will they allow you to enter. You cannot unlock the door to success and abundance until you change your approach, your execution and your willingness to move in new ways... Michaella Shannon.

If you are reading this post it means that you are alive and healthy on this great Tuesday morning. I welcome you to the second day of the week and I believe you took the first step yesterday. Don't forget that we have barely five more days before this week runs out, therefore, every decision and plan made for the week must be followed to the latter irrespective of the challenges that may arise. I am here again to make us understand the need to try out new ways to achieve success. Before that, please try and understand that you do not need to focus more on getting perfect rather your one per cent growth every day is all that matters.

Old Ways Will Not Open New Doors.

A lot of factors determine whether we will make it in life or not. Most times we forget that our success in life solely depends on what we do, the action we take and the plans we execute. Now, this is the tricky part of it all and most of us tend to miss it. When you have set every plan in process and you know that you have dotted your I's and crossed your T's yet, you could not achieve your goal. You should take a step back and carefully look at your plans again. Mind you, it is not just looking at your plans again, you will have to change some of the things you have been doing. This is where most of us fall victim and we end up thinking that success is not meant for us.

I am a strong believer in "success for all" no matter how long it may take. This has been my driving force at every given challenge that comes my way. Greatness is never a one-minute thing. What it means is that your achievements in life do not come so easy, there must be work put in place. You must have been able to try out every plan in different ways in other not to end up in circles.

Why you should not continue in your old ways.

Success indeed comes from consistency but you must understand that you are not meant to continue your pursuit in a particular way. You should know when to try out new ways because that is the only way you can guarantee your success. Let's take a look at this story...

A certain young boy grew up working with his father in their carpentry workshop. As he was growing up, the boy saw his father making use of the saw blade, hammer, pinches and every other working tool daily. The boy could notice how his father will always stress so much while trying to make use of the manual saw blade any time he wants to cut any plank. This process continued even as the boy grew older. One fateful day, the carpenter's son went out on an errand for his father and on his way, he saw something that changed his life. Before that day, the boy had already had that understanding that the manual saw blade is the only tool that can be used to cut planks.

His father whose conventional ideology toward carpentry never accepted the use of automated machines. This same ideology was how the boy grew up and they have been living a life of struggle since they cannot get more customers or produce more furniture. On that fateful day, the boy saw something that changed his mindset toward carpentry. As he walked through a corner on the street, he heard the sound of heavy machinery, being a boy his curiosity pushed him to go and find out what the noise was all about. To the boy's greatest surprise, he saw a man who was cutting and shaping planks with the machine. He stood by the corner and carefully watched the man as he did this with ease and accuracy.

The boy looked closely into the workshop and saw other workers who were busy on their work tables. One thing was very glaring to the boy. The man on the machine was cutting and shaping the woods that the others were fixing up to form beautiful upholsteries. He watched as these men were able to produce more upholsteries within minutes. He left the place with a new mindset and attitude toward the carpentry work he has been doing with his father. As soon as he got home, he went straight to their workshop and found his father struggling with the manual saw blade to cut a piece of wood into a particular shape. It was at this time that the boy understood that they have been consistently following the same process which has not been yielding better results.

As he tried to tell his father what he saw, his father who already knew about the machines that can be used to make work easy and faster but chose to continue with the conventional way did not listen to him. The boy resolved to be sneaking out of the house to go watch the other men working in the workshop. After some months, the boy's father was unable to make even the smallest profit and this got him thinking. After a long thought, he called his son and told him that he has decided to change his old way by becoming more liberal than conventional. Within a few months of adding machines to his shop, the man and his son began to see a tremendous turnaround in profits and their customer base began to grow since they began to deliver on time.

Changing your old ways is something you must be ready to do especially when you have seen that your old ways are not working. Remember, we all have a one-shot to life, therefore we must be ready to try out new ways at all times.