We never escape from the thought on how successful people became successful. Is it because they are smarter? Is it because they are hardworking?
Such questions will always be asked time again and again. The 'success' here refers to being extraordinary successful, ala Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barrack Obama, Li Ka-shing and others.
Anyone with a tinge of ambition would look up at successful people in their field as their role model - in business, science, politics, social work, medicine, entertainment and others.
Again we ask how did they do it? Many would answer it was being at the right place, at the right time and with the right opportunity. So without those complementary factors, one yearning for success wouldn't find one?
In other words, luck plays a role if we believe that success is dependant on those three factors. In a way is like playing jackpot, trying to hit the right spots in one go.
Because of this, some just dream about what they desire to be or to have but resign to the fact that this is the reality - luck is king. No luck then nothing. But is it so?
I think in most cases these successful people created the story themselves in which they believe in so strongly. They created the time, place and opportunity because having those three factors mean nothing if one doesn't capitalise them.
Like you and me, many of them were just ordinary people and also yearned for success in the beginning but the distinguishing factor was they didn't just yearn for it but made it a reality. We like to believe that luck plays the biggest role because it is easy to blame on when things don't work our way. How convenient.
Some people are genuinely born smart but for people like us we have more to do and it is definately not the end of the journey.
When one has nothing, you have nothing to lose and the way out to break away from whatever is your predicament is to have the courage and be bold to get out of the invisible box. And since it is invisible, there isn't a box in the first place. The box is created by you.
Never give up trying just as Thomas Edison reminded us that he wasn't a born genius and yet tried countless times to invent the lightbulb.
As long as we have the right attitude, ability to think outside the box and the determination, we can invent our own lightbulb. The question is do you have the courage to do so?
Such questions will always be asked time again and again. The 'success' here refers to being extraordinary successful, ala Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barrack Obama, Li Ka-shing and others.
Anyone with a tinge of ambition would look up at successful people in their field as their role model - in business, science, politics, social work, medicine, entertainment and others.
Again we ask how did they do it? Many would answer it was being at the right place, at the right time and with the right opportunity. So without those complementary factors, one yearning for success wouldn't find one?
In other words, luck plays a role if we believe that success is dependant on those three factors. In a way is like playing jackpot, trying to hit the right spots in one go.
Because of this, some just dream about what they desire to be or to have but resign to the fact that this is the reality - luck is king. No luck then nothing. But is it so?
I think in most cases these successful people created the story themselves in which they believe in so strongly. They created the time, place and opportunity because having those three factors mean nothing if one doesn't capitalise them.
Like you and me, many of them were just ordinary people and also yearned for success in the beginning but the distinguishing factor was they didn't just yearn for it but made it a reality. We like to believe that luck plays the biggest role because it is easy to blame on when things don't work our way. How convenient.
Some people are genuinely born smart but for people like us we have more to do and it is definately not the end of the journey.
When one has nothing, you have nothing to lose and the way out to break away from whatever is your predicament is to have the courage and be bold to get out of the invisible box. And since it is invisible, there isn't a box in the first place. The box is created by you.
Never give up trying just as Thomas Edison reminded us that he wasn't a born genius and yet tried countless times to invent the lightbulb.
As long as we have the right attitude, ability to think outside the box and the determination, we can invent our own lightbulb. The question is do you have the courage to do so?
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