The countdown to Success.

Time is one thing that successful people don't joke about in life because once it is been wasted it can't be recovered ever again, if the successful ones don't joke with time - why do we who are struggling to be successful person joke with time?

I watched an interview of Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Nigeria and he emphasized a lot about working with time.

The interview made me understood that there is a possibility of you doing the right thing at the wrong time, imagine someone selling iced tea during winter. It is more like doing nothing and trying to be successful at the same time.

It troubles me to see people take time for granted by not doing what's necessary at the right time or not engaging with something promising when they are idle. I once said that there is no time too late to be successful in life but it is best to start pursuing it from a younger age so that you can enjoy it before you get old, wasting our youth days believing there is still time is a huge mistake and sometimes people who tend to procrastinate end up not getting successful because they have wasted so much time and we don't know how long we will stay here in our temporary home called earth.

I have come to discover that time doesn't go anywhere, we are the ones who go through time. I said that because the earth is not getting old despite every difficulty it is going through from human actions, it is we humans that come and go.

The post isn't about time but this article wouldn't be complete without touching how important time is to us. It is our habit to count down to events that have fix dates and no matter how long it is, the day will surely come.

But do you there are events without dates and we still countdown to it, are you surprised about that?

Don't be surprised, some things are not certain in life and success is one of those uncertain things in the world.

After I completed my secondary education at the age of 13 years, I calculated my journey and concluded that I will very successful at the age of 22 years.

Little did I know that I just started with my struggles at that age in life, the same is what people a lot of people go through in life. Many still find the strength to continue moving despite the disappointment while some gave up too early in life, no humans can be sure about when they will be successful because it is very uncertain and you can't say the actual time even though you are sure that you will eventually get successful.

My mom always says if you are sure of when you will become successful in life, you don't need to struggle until then but since you don't know, you just have to keep trying everything possible to get your dreams fulfilled.

Just like we can't predict how long we will live when we came to the world, it is difficult to say that "I will be successful at this point" even though you have started walking towards success.

The journey to success can be really stressful because of the challenges we encounter along the way, unexpected things come up and make the journey longer and that's why I always encourage people to add time because there would be delays while calculating how long it would take them to be successful at what they are doing.

Planning is one thing I urge people to always be careful about when preparing to embark on something that would bring them to success because a slight error can end a burning dream if care is not taken. When planning goes wrong a small challenge would look like a stopping point instead of a stepping stone into a greater height in trying to achieve success.

Imagine the story I shared on the platform about my pond getting damaged, it was an expected event and a setback because it would affect everything I have planned as a result of losing the fish and also the cost of making a new pond. I knew loss like this would happen at some point in life but when is what we don't know, that's why we mustn't be too sure about anything when it has to do with success.

Regardless of how the things that we weren't expecting could affect our plans in achieving success, counting down to success is a good habit because it reminds you of where you are coming from, how far you have come, and how long you are still going but one thing you should know is that every effort you make daily takes you further away from your starting point and a step closer to success.

The journey ahead shouldn't be a reason to be tired, it should encourage you to go more further and achieve whatever it is you have planned to achieve in life.

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