In this short article, I would like to show you the secret to achieving whatever you want in life, and it doesn’t matter what that is. The truth is that everything you think of is possible; the only impossibility that has existed that I have ever seen is that which has not been conceived in our minds.
I have come across a lot of individuals whose thoughts and desires have always been on owning a business or starting up their entrepreneurship journey but ended up with nothing because of the fear of uncertainty. Although I said earlier that everything is possible but that nothing in life is still certain, there is always uncertainty in everything we do. But one thing is sure: “the law of motion” says an object never moves unless a force acts on it. In the same way, nothing works unless you make it work. But it will be very wrong to conclude that a process or a thing doesn’t work when one has not tried.
It is practically impossible to achieve something you have never thought of, planned for, or executed. On the other hand, if you have an idea and have plans on how to go about it, then the next step is to execute. Execution is one of the key factors in achieving whatever you want. Do you know that most men have missed their dream woman because of this problem of “execution”? Nothing works except you make it work.
Okay, let’s assume that you have executed your plans, but does it end there? No, it doesn’t. In the execution process, there might be failures because of the system of approach; that is, when the wrong approach is applied, it could be wrong timing, improper planning, poor financing, etc., or knowledge-based problems caused by a poor understanding of the system and more. Let’s assume that any of these highlighted problems caused failure in the execution process. Should you just give up like that? No, you shouldn’t; that is where persistence comes in.
Nothing good comes easy, so you have to apply the principle of persistency. But this requires that you keep trying different methods to see what works and what doesn’t. At this point, you continue trying and studying various principles of success in your endeavor. You can learn from trying and error or borrow success secrets from successful mentors.
Do you know about Stephen King? Though it may not be very popular, he was rejected by 30 publishers, one of whom told him that “negative utopias” do not sell and rejected one of his most successful books, Carrie.
After so many rejections, King reportedly gave up and threw the manuscript in the bin. Luckily, his wife retrieved it and urged him to have another go.
He eventually published Carrie, and the rest is history.
I know you must have had about OPRAH WINFREY
Oprah was born into working-class poverty.
She was the daughter of a teenaged low-income mother and was pregnant at 14 (her son died shortly after birth).
Even after she scored a job in journalism, things weren’t always easy.
One of her first jobs in TV ended abruptly after the producer declared she was “unfit for television.”
Considering how far she has come, they must be eating their words.
The list continues. Now, you have no excuses, whether bad government, poor electricity, or insecurity. Whatever you call it, it should not deter you from executing and remain determined to succeed.
I failed two times when I was starting up my first business after I lost my job in 2013. I rented my first office at Egbeda, but after some months, I couldn’t sustain it, so I left. The next office I rented was at Surulere, which didn’t work out either. The story is long; I will leave it for another day.
But just decide today to give it a shot. You can never tell if you can succeed at the first trial because of the availability of information at your fingertips.
You can’t undermine the power of execution and persistence. You know how many times Delilah tried to bring the world’s strongest man down, lol, and on the other hand, how Jacob changed his story through the power of persistence. Never give up until your goal is achieved. So, this formula works for everything but lets us use it for good.
