SUCCESS AND DIFFICULTY: WHICH WAY TO GO?

A lot of people misconstrue success with difficulty. If you are not going through difficult times or you choose to opt out of difficult situation which does not flow with your personality/being, people tend to say you are not patient enough. How can you be patient when you are not satisfied with what you are doing/with the situation which you find yourself/with what does not align with your life purpose?(You simply become frustrated)

You become patient when you are doing what you love and passionate about. At this juncture, let’s examine some successful people of our time.  

Bill Gates, yes the same Gates who co-founded Microsoft. The billionaire (in US Dollars of course), business guru turned philanthropist who now wants to see a stop to malaria insurgency. He found a purpose for his being and he is so passionate about it to drop out of Harvard to pursue his dream. If success was difficult, he won’t have been patient enough to follow through on his dream. Now that’s when patience and perseverance (this would be a topic for another day) works.

Another example is Richard Branson, the owner of the Virgin brand. He was practically living from hand to mouth when he started out. Infact, if he does not make sales, he and his team members would not eat. That’s another testimony of patience. Note, to this people, these times are not difficult moment but learning/preparation phase.

Thomas Edison is another great example who achieved what we now know as light-bulb today. He tried this like 1000 times before he achieved his goal. Don’t forget that he is also the founder of General Electric.

Our own Toyosi Akerele of RISE Network had her own fair share of difficult time as well. Her story is particularly fascinating to me because what do you say of someone who started out at an oil and gas firm but resigned just 3 weeks into her job to start what she believed in, engaging youth.

There are countless people like this. All these people had their share of difficult moments before they achieve the success they are enjoying today. This difficult time was not particularly difficult for them but a learning/preparation phase for the success they so desire because they are doing what they believe in, what they are passionate about and what they want to be remembered for.

So to the readers of this piece, find your purpose in life, what you are passionate about, what you want to be remembered for and pursue it with all the strength you are blessed with to achieve the success you are created for and you will discover that those moment before success comes won’t be difficult times.

Cheers.

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Catch ya next week. 

Keywords: Youth, Patience, Perseverance, Passion, Success, Africa, Anthony Robbins, Bill Gate, Richard Branson, Thomas Edison, Toyosi Akerele, RISE Network, GE, Microsoft, Malaria