If success was easy, everyone would be achieving it. There would be no people in misery. There would be no broken relationships and divorces. There would be no negative situations that would make life hell.
If you are with me, please stop and look around you, what do you see? Take a walk downtown, how is the situation? Just take a minute to ask yourself, what does Dangote of the Dangote conglomerate know that these poor people don’t? What do Otedola of Conoil, Mike Adenuga of Glo Mobile, Raymond Dokpesi of Daar Communication, Jim Ovia of Zenith Bank, Jimoh Ibrahim of Global Fleet and many others know that puts them in the other division of successful people? If you have the privilege of reading their biographies, you will discover that they all have one thing in common, DETERMINATION.
Yes, determination! Determination!! Determination!!! The determination to succeed the determination to make a difference the determination to keep going despite setbacks and mistakes.
Now, let’s focus on ourselves, have YOU ever found yourself in a situation where you thought it would improve your luck in life, only to find a number of things you hadn’t “signed up” for? Maybe you started a business or got a job that didn’t start out well. Maybe you were married and things got tough. My friend, it’s time I told you this; Things in life often get worse than you imagine before they get better. I know that success is not a roller coaster. There is a conspiracy that I want to reveal to you here.
Know that before you; Many successful people we know today, such as Bill Gates, Oprah Windfrey, Tiger Woods, Jimoh Ibrahim, etc., have battled demoralizing challenges that almost knocked them off the ladder. But behind his big ideas, dreams, hopes, faith, creativity, and success was determination. They were determined to get through it no matter what it cost them. They were determined to reach the other side of life by creatively putting everything they had to defy their unpleasant situation. You know that poverty can be uglier.
As I said before, there is a conspiracy between the two divisions of poverty and wealth, successful marriage and divorce, etc. The god of success tests your resolve to succeed. They test to see if you will be a good ambassador of the success you are asking for. He puts before you the obstacles and challenges to jump. Most of these obstacles are so daunting that some people give up. Some people fight so hard that one minute to achieve success they opt out. But a determined person, the crowned gods.
That’s why friend, if you want to be successful in this life, keep going, don’t go back just because things are not easy at the moment. Based on what I’ve experienced, and studying the ways of high achievers, if success was easy, everyone would be achieving it. No one will blame anyone for failures. The potential for greatness is in everyone, including you, but you must be determined to exceed it. If you want a result bad enough, you will get it, but you must be determined to do what it takes. Handle the challenges of the moment creatively, but never back down or give up on what you want!