The human mind works extraordinarily and most especially when you allow yourself to think about others and the success they have achieved in life. You will notice that your mind will always point you in the direction of those who are progressing more than you. This has become a growing concern in our society today and it has led a lot of the youth into the fast lane as a lresult of trying to meet up. For to us have a better understanding of the direction in which this article will toll, I will talk about success as regards place, time and the number of opportunity one encounters in life. The reason why I want to talk about success in this form is that most people do not understand that success is not and should not be seen as a general term because it is more of personal action. Aside from the above-mentioned factors that can affect one’s level of success, there are other factors which are; one’s mindset, doggedness, attitude towards work and persistence level. I will look at these factors one after the other in a bid to x-ray the hidden mistakes that we make which can hinder our success.
FACTORS THAT AFFECTS YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS
These factors affect you knowingly or unknowingly therefore I will suggest that you carefully read through this article to know and understand why you may not have been succeeding.
Place
A lot of people do not know that their environment has a lot to do in their pursuit of success in life. Let’s look at this instance. A young man whose dream was to work in a bank after school graduates and instead of heading straight to the city where banks a located, he goes to the rural area where there is no bank establishment and even then only one existing there has no vacancy. How do you think that such a young man will fulfil his dream? Your present location has a lot to do with regards to your level of success and a lot of people do not know this. Before you decide to take up a particular job or start up a business, you should first check if the area where you are currently located will work in favour or against your proposed plan so that you won’t end up putting so much effort without any good result.
Time
You have heard about the adage which says that “time waits for nobody” right? In as much as we all know that time waits for nobody, how well do you make use of your time as regards chasing your dreams in life? For one to have true success, you must be ready to give in the necessary time needed for the growth of that business, job or even education. Let’s look at a scenario where a student who knows and understands that she does not comprehend whatever that is thought of if she does not give the topic extra hours on her own. If such a student ends up not giving the required extra hours for her to understand the topic, how will she be successful in her exams? In anything we do in life, time is of paramount importance and if misused, one may never get such wasted time again and this goes a long way to affect one’s progress either positive or negative.
Opportunity
We have heard people saying that opportunity comes only but ones. I want to let you know that opportunity does not necessarily come only once in life rather it is always there looking at you. The problem we have is that we are not prepared for the opportunity and this makes it very hard for us to see it when it comes. You cannot evaluate your level of success with other people’s progress because you do not know how they have been preparing and waiting for that great opportunity to come. This is what happens when you focus on other people’s progress instead of preparing yourself for any opportunity that might come your way as a person.
Mindset
I decide to talk about this factor now because it is the bedrock of all the other factors and if not carefully looked at, one will always end up with the same story of unsuccessfulness. Your mindset towards success is the most important thing that you must work on if you want to succeed. What does your mindset do for you as regards success? This is a very vital question everyone must try and find an answer to but for the benefit of this article, I will give you an answer to it but that does not mean that you will not try to find the answer to this question by yourself. Let us look at this instance. If you are someone who does not believe in yourself when it comes to achieving things or opening locked doors even you are not with the right key, you will always be at that point where you will not struggle to break any barrier standing on your path to success.
Remember that success is first achieved in the mind before it comes out in the physical. When you wake up in the morning, do you tell yourself that today is going to be a great day even when you do not know how the day will go? Filling your mind with optimism will always bring you closer to success but when you live a life of doubt and pessimism, you will end losing even an opportunity made for you. Therefore I urge you to work on your mindset towards success and see how things will turn around for you.
Persistence
This is the last one I will talk about but it is not the least therefore I will plead that you try and research the other ones I listed above. In our world today, a lot of youths have forgotten that the only way to be successful in something is to be persistent even when it seems like it's not working. Nowadays, we see how people quickly jump to conclusion about an idea or business plan that they may have tried just ones which did not work for them at that time, this will make them believe that the business idea will not and cannot work again, in that way they will not give it a try even when they are asked to try again. This has led a lot of the youths into abandoning new ideas that could have printed their name in the sands of time. Do not be in a hurry to achieve success rather be persistent because being in a hurry will make you miss the mark at some point in your hustle but when you are persistent, you will be running and working at a speed you can always control in that way you won’t miss anything on your way to success.
Let us be the best we can because we are the only ones who can change our story to success. See you at the top and please stay safe.
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