How to Be Successful in Life? An Educating Primer

Efforts without dividends are as good as efforts notto work and his official problems back home.
put in at all. There is a popular quote "intelligent workThis makes his/her productivity comes down thus
is better than hard work". All of us would have athampering their chances to go on top. In a similar
some point or other come across individuals whomanner official problems obstruct the harmony of a
wander aimlessly without any specific goal in life.happy family destabilizing it beyond repair if left
They are ready to accept whatever fate throws upunnoticed.
at them. There will be stray cases when this type ofBest example that can be stated is the case of the
individuals taste success but again it depends onfamous billionaire warren buffet "he says home and
chance and seldom strategy.business are separate entities and should not be
A stoic approach will not get a person to ascend tointertwined".
the top.these individuals neither the will to go to theNever go off balance because success can be
top nor cultivate their faculties to go to the top.intoxicating. The only barrier to achieve more success
Being on top is contextual and subjective. Being onis success itself. Keep your feet firmly planted and go
top for a person may mean procuring his ownto the top in life
apartment and drawing a comfortable pensionReal time examples!
whereas for another it may mean becoming the CEOThere was an American millionaire Mr. Andrew
of his own business venture.it is up to the individual'sCarnegie. He started his life at a very young age by
foresight and stern goals in deciding how his lifedoing odd jobs and venturing to business and
should be panning out in tune with his strong willedgradually became one of the biggest millionaires in the
goals.world in the 1920s. He was the largest steel
The importance of attitude is often understated. Amanufacturer in the US. He had around 43 millionaires
positive attitude can prove to be the differenceworking under him at his peak, no mean feat in the
between astounding success and drastic failure. It is1920s. When he was asked his success mantra with
the way of successful people to see the opportunityhis employees he said "I look for gold when I dig
to start a construction company in the wake of andeep; I never look for dirt however plenty it might
earthquake. Attitude is not what the individual tries tobe". This inherently meant that he had to dig deep
project to the outer world but what remains insidebeyond people's faulty traits and search for positives
him is similar to a helium balloons flight in the airto reach the pinnacle by making them work for their
irrespective of the color of the balloon. It is theown and his development. There are obviously no
helium "inside" which makes it sour high. This is similarshortcuts to move to the top rung in life.
to the attitude inside a person.Tips:
So lets us hammer the nail on the prized question!- The next important aspect to achieve the top
How to get successful?position is realizing one's own potential and believing in
In a study conducted at Harvard University it wasindividual abilities.
found that more than 85% of samples that- So to achieve success and go to the top position
comprised of executives of all levels of management,we should realize and hone our inherent latent
were promoted only because of their positive andpotential.
exuberant attitude. It was only 15% of the time- Try to adopt a Win- win strategy and fair play. It is
when they got promoted for extraordinary skill orbetter way to Go to the top than under cutting an
loyalty with the company. The foundation corneropponent.
stone to achieve success and go to the top is- Reinforce mentally that competition can only fuel
attitude. Success is neither a mystery nor a secret. Ifbetter performance and helps us to go to the top.
some individuals manage to go on top compared toBecause when the going gets tough it's the tough
the rest with the same top and aid they do so bywho get going.
investing the most valuable asset of all "people"- Believe in your abilities to reach the top with élan.
successful corporate leaders were posed theA story to drive home the fact....Once a stranded
question" if you had a magic wand and are allowed toeagle's egg hatched along with the egg of a prairie
change one thing in their employees, what would itchicken. The eagle was brought up along with the
be?"other chickens and made to believe it can only make
The answer was unanimous, "employee attitudes"short flights. One fine day it gazed up at the sky and
The next important thing to be on top of one's life isspotted an eagle.On querying to the mother hen it
to believe that the human being is after all a holisticcame to know that was an eagle and poultry can
combination. If a man has a data entry work in hisnever aspire to achieve those dizzy heights. The
workplace he does not carry only his head andeagle spent its life as a farm chicken clucking at grain
hands, which will do the specified job for him toand worms and dying in the farm itself. If it had
work. He goes as a single entity and comes back asrealized its true latent potential and its identity it could
one.also been on top doing justice to its potential.
An individual should never take all his family problems