Determination and Success

The famous English proverb goes “Where there’s a will there’s a way.” Simply to say, if you really want something, you will never run out of ways to make it happen. However, some people also believed that “Nothing is impossible because miracles can happen everyday.” It is not entrusting our life with how miracles work in our lives nor questioning how they happen, but it is emphasizing that we can make our own miracles with our innate weapon – determination. Little did we know that we are all born with willpower, and it is how we use or improve it that differs us from each other. There are a lot of stories that tell us about how a person was able to succeed through the power of determination while some dreams are still left a fantasy because we fail to achieve a certain level of determination.

What does determination mean to you? Is it never giving up no matter what? Is it faith in your dreams? Is it believing in yourself and holding on regardless of the obstacles? Is it reaching the rainbow’s end or catching a shooting star? Or is it soaring high like an eagle? Whatever that may be, we need to contemplate on how can we inspire ourselves if we realize that determination is important to us? If you have made up your mind to have a slimmer body and the only way to do that is to go on a diet by cutting-down on your carbohydrates and lose at least 25 pounds in 6 months, how can you actually accomplish it? Or maybe you would like to enroll yourself into an exercise program that requires you to walk at least 45-60 minutes a day for 4-5 times a week. If not, decide that you want to get a promotion in 5years. How can you fulfill all of these? Do you have enough ingredients to success, which is determination? Are you very much determined to reach the finish line and attain victory?

One of the secrets great achievers do is that they clearly envision themselves with the kind of future they would be having if ever success happens. They know how it actually feels like living that dream. And even before initiating steps into making it a reality, they know the feeling when it is fulfilled. If the desire to live that anticipated reality is so great, then achievement is never impossible. The cliché “No pain, no gain” proves that enduring some pain equals gaining something in return worth your efforts. Just maintain a certain degree of determination so you can see yourself accomplishing your goals.

It is possible to succeed in spite of our shortcomings as long as we are able to compensate. It is likely being on top despite the lack of knowledge as long as there are people willing to impart their wisdom. It is possible for somebody who lacks experience to excel as long as there are people who are eager to share their expertise. Even if there is scarcity of resources, with ingenuity, anything can be possible. You can win every battle if after every loss; you are able to stand up again. A superstar exists because there are millions who support and stand behind their back. It is possible to succeed and then make history. However, it is always impossible to accomplish something big or small, if you are inadequately driven. It is determination of knowing you can be somebody and anybody you want to be that will clue others to believe in you.

With just the right amount of determination, no high mountain is difficult to climb, no fierce animal is hard to tame and no masterpiece can be so hard to create.

Hard Work: A Key to Prosperity

Hard work means doing your best effort to accomplish a task for a specific goal. It is how much time you spend on a particular work to achieve your purpose. It also means doing your job unselfishly and sincerely. Working hard means producing more. And when you produce more, you earn much.  A person’s future depends primarily on hard work and perseverance.  Working hard is also a challenging role in one’s life in order to succeed. It is challenging in a sense that, you need a great deal of effort and time to justify the meaning and importance of your work. It is a no retreat, no surrender obligation. Hard work is an obligation because a person who is aiming for something needs to give his best and full effort in order to succeed and prosper in his own field.

This kind of attitude must therefore, be inculcated in the minds of people even at their very early years in life. As they say, the earlier, the better. When taught as a small kid, with a brain still so soft as a cotton, the art of learning is very simple. This is because, one’s still a kid, following directions and instructions is so easy. The child has still no knowledge about being rebellious. What an adult says to a child, he would surely follow it. So when a child is taught to be hard working, he will try to do it.  And he will do it repeatedly every time he has a certain task to do. As he grows older, he will be used to working hard because it will already become his habit to give his best effort in everything that he does. With this kind of attitude, whatever problem, he encounters in his life, he will try to solve it with diligence and patience combined with hard work. And there is no way he cannot solve the problem. So whatever endeavor this person does, he will surely prosper, may it be economically or personally.

Hard work, therefore, is something you will look forward to because you know that it will lead you to prosperity. It makes a big difference in your life. You should always go with the flow but with so much care and tenderness. You should learn to love hard work. Because when you have that, instead of running away from it, you will gain the ability to set your own goals and dreams in life. No matter what it takes, obstacles could not stop you from working hard because it is already instilled in your heart. And it will remain as long as you live. And as long as you have your life and have a big dream for yourself, hard work is not an option. It is a necessity. And there, whatever fear you would feel, you would overcome it for you have a significant purpose in your life. And that purpose drives you to work hard and makes you truly understand the meaning of a successful and prosperous life.