3 Tried and Tested Strategies To Be Successful
So many people enquire about what is success? How to be successful? And so on.
With some research, study, and observations of my own life, I have found the following strategies beneficial. You may try, and it might work for you as well. (P.S.: Don’t forget to share in the comment section what worked for you and what didn’t.)
1. There’s no universal formula: All of us are looking for something like a math formula that works all the time, but I could only wish about it. In reality, it’s simply not possible to have it. Let me give you an example. At university, I had two friends who were lacking greatly in academics. Coincidentally, both of them broke up with their partner simultaneously. Surprisingly, one of them runs a multi-million-dollar company in the states and the other one, if I remember the last time correctly, I met him during the reunion, he was unemployed and when I checked with both of them the reason for one’s success and other’s failure was the break up that they had at university. Shocking, isn’t it? I understand from this that the same situation can prove to be a driving force for one and demotivating for the other. Some might say I am successful because my wife pushes me, and others say I am successful because I don’t have interruptions. It’s impossible to have the same rules for success on common grounds. Now is the right time to ask what should be done then?
Experimentation. Try out a few things and see what works and doesn’t work for you. Observe yourself in different situations, make mistakes, rectify them with an updated plan. Eventually, you’ll have a formula customized for you and which will work most of the time.
2. Understand the different stages of life and their connections: What we see most of the time on social media, newspaper headlines, etc., is just one percent of people’s lives. But media these days creates a hype out of everything. In general, there are 5 stages of life- Learning, Initiating, Experimenting, Struggling, and thriving in the form of a pyramid from the base to the tip of the pyramid, and as we all know it’s impossible to reach the tip without passing through all the stages below the tip. So, you have to learn enough to initiate and experiment enough to ensure its efficiency; if it performs well, go ahead or start learning again, begin again, investigate again, struggle, and finally thrive. However, it is possible and advisable to be at different stages in different areas of life so that you continue to succeed in your relationship while you are still struggling to set up a new business.
3. Enjoy the process: While I understand and agree that success is significant and largely influences all the other areas of life, it is not worth it if you fail to enjoy the journey to reach success! There will be failures, but they give you the best learning. There will be disappointments, but they motivate you, and there will be some momentary success to boost your confidence, but it’s all a part of the journey. In the last few decades, it has been observed that humans are so obsessed with success and so desperate to reach the final destination that they panic, worry, and have sleepless nights, but that’s not how it is supposed to be. Isn’t it?
After Thomas Edison died, his wife was interviewed on how he spent his life, and you can read it as it is below:
“ When Edison was working with the light bulb, he failed innumerably, but I never saw him sad. He would work for as long as he could and then come home and sleep like a baby for a few hours and then start again.”
And we are all aware of what he did and how it has served the human race.
To add on, research says people who enjoy what they do have a greater chance of achieving what they are striving for than those who continue to worry about the outcome.
Happy Reading!
