SUCCESS. Nugget EBOOK3
SUCCESS NOW!
By RoseVoc2
For Glicerio and Moises, my grandfathers
My Dad, Juan
My uncles Glicerio II and Waldemar
My brothers Jonathan and DonJuanito
For Christjohn, Wenzi Jeanne and Ma. Riza
And for You – dear Reader
Thank you, Sacred Heart!
How Great Men and Women Worked
People look up to successful people as their patterns for success. Hence, books offer self-help guidelines, teaching methods, and techniques of various disciplines that were proven by research. How can one fulfill his goals in life? Many are curious about power.
The good and ill thoughts of leaders and powerful men and women who conquered nations and history are written. Heroes, presidents, taipan, and professionals in every field uncover secrets how they lived their moments.
Read these excerpts about success:
1. Og Mandino
“I am nature’s greatest miracle.
I will live this day as if it is my last.
Today I will be master of my emotions.
I will laugh at the world.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
I will act now. I will pray for guidance.”
2. Tom Hopkins
“I emphasize the positive in everything I do. I look at the good that can come out of every situation; I talk about the best qualities of every person I meet; I concentrate on the good aspect of every place and thing.”
3. Desiderata
” Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Be careful. Strive to be happy.”
4. Benjamin Franklin
“The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all – doing nothing.”
5. Henry David Thoreau
“If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal – that is your success.”
6. Romans 8:31
If God be for us, who can be against us?
Indeed, deep thoughts from all parts of the universe from all ages help generation from generation grow and work together that each one and everyone may benefit success.
The Celestine Prophecy, What I’ve Learned from Kindergarten, Norman Vincent Peale’s Treasury of Courage and Confidence, Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, The Proverbs, and many other texts render us support to become wise men of the present.
There are books of insights to mold better people, and there are still many texts out there. If we are able to grab at least one good idea, these inspiring thoughts, can help us build realistic and attainable goals. Success is a matter of one’s penchant and happiness. Greediness is out of the line. A person who is greedy can never be happy. This person may crave for more and more and more. Their fruit would not yield golden blooms, but rotten that would extinct human race. The overall pictures of success are contented beings that drive other people become success-oriented people, too.
How To Be A Success – Five Things You Should Not Do
To succeed or not to succeed? That is the question.
Here are “Five Do Not’s” to Achieve Success:
1. Don’t be late.
Due dates are important. Delivering something honestly through word of mouth or by a meeting of the minds between parties is a must. Deadline dates must be met. Schedules whether personal or business require promptness. Project requirements must be fulfilled on time. Being late is a very bad habit.
For example: Students who fail to submit requirements fail subjects (even if they are bright students). Writers who fail to submit to editors on due dates couldn’t be trusted by the editors and/or publication. In business or projects, if your don’t fulfill or deliver on time, there are charges (or demurrage) that is equivalent to delay, unless emergencies.
2. Don’t cheat.
Honesty is the best policy. A cheater could be equivalent to a murderer. An offense whether big or small is an offense. Achieve to be honest. There is no “karma” in honesty. There is no corruption in honesty. Deals must be fair and true for all parties. If you think you are a success after stealing (in all aspects), you will never find peace in your heart.
3. Don’t procrastinate.
Act now. If things can be done today, don’t wait for tomorrow. God will help you today and will take care of your tomorrow, but you have to try to work on for your goals. Zeal fades swiftly as fast as the shifting colors of the sky, so don’t procrastinate. If you try, you will not regret a good attempt, rather than do nothing.
4. Don’t give up.
Don’t give up. Never give up a good goal. Success comes to those who have courage, kindness, and faith. Remember God will not let you down. If you ask Him, he will give it to you. If you think, he didn’t give it, understand that God has the best plan for your life.
5. Don’t stop being kind.
True success is a reward. It completes in sharing something to others. You will be a good example to those around you, and that will add up to your undertaking. If you are kind, there is no utter failure. All you will think about, is to be considerate of others, give some inspiration and love. Don’t stop being kind, every kind deed is a step, a leap, a miracle of fulfillment.
Post Script:
As To Meaning of Contrast
The meaning and significance of some ideas are, at times, better expressed in what it is not. This method is called definition by contrast. The paragraphs are developed by a contrasting background.
As Spinoza says “All definition is negation.” Also, this method can highlight an idea clearly while bringing out a fact.
Take note that an antonym (opposite meaning) is as useful as the synonym (similar meaning) to widely understand a text.
Know that reality is made up of day and night, and life is made up of “do’s and don’ts.”
How To Deal With Sudden Success
Sudden success works like a pyroscaphe or a rocket.
The blast and whirl blow stunningly bright and sometimes even blinding.
It’s a temporary scary feeling of being only a one week or one month millionaire.
An example, are some nouveau-rich, a new overwhelmed professional, or a lottery winner, who, then again lose/s everything suddenly because they spend a lot. Some even buy hefty luxurious stuff to feed on desires, or gamble, or party often, and everything goes extravagantly, and poof… gone!
When an opportunity comes, you shouldn’t let it go. If it comes suddenly, you have to be thankful and value it like how you value hard-earned money, an applauded credential, or a good reputation. You should know how to deal with it, so you can maintain what that success brought you.
How could you deal with sudden success?
1. Thank God for the success and all those people who helped you get to it.
2. Go slow and light. You are from dust. Hold on to humility.
3. Don’t be hard on others. The people you meet down may be the same people you will meet up. Life is a cycle of things.
4. Maintain a simple standard of living. Simplicity is pure. It can’t fall.
5. Be consistent.
6. Share something, this is the chance your heart might be waiting for.
7. Save and plan like the ants and/or great leaders.
8. Give to charity and light a candle.
9. Don’t stop working, but find some good time for rest, family, and friends.
10. Be a good example, and shine through a sudden and electrifying success. Pull people up. Teach.
11. Offer masses for the dead, the living, and for peace and love, among men.
12. Don’t be too proud, today might be your last day. Aim for prudence and kindness.
13. Bring one poor child to school, or pay for some needs of one sick person.
14. Spend some days with the people you love, and just eat simple meals.
15. These are actually simple things to do. There’s no big difference whether you hit it big or small. Live life one day at a time and God will take care of the rest.
Success is just around the blocks. There is success in everything you do. Some success you get immediately, some you do step by step. When you hit it big, it’s just a bonus, and dealing with something immense can just be so ordinary.
So be calm, everything, too, shall pass. Success is also the trial that men surpass in many aspects of life. How a life survives and lives happily are success.
If you think there’s that sudden success, please put your feet on the ground, or your knees down, then God will show you how to deal with it with a joy and fulfillment in your heart.
Life Lessons To Teach A Young Adult
My respect of older people came from what my parents showed me. My respect for my teachers and seniors in the communities (work, school, places), is what I have learned in the Ten Commandments as to respecting the parents and/or elders. Obedience goes with this. Yet it doesn’t mean being gullible, because sometimes you have to speak kindly some points you want to share to older people. If they know you have given something for a good cause, the elders will believe you.
Take care of your old parents and the children. Be a true friend.
Care for the sick and those who are in need. These are from the Holy Bible which everyone can easily do.
Value your work and be aware that self-fulfillment is loving your work and sharing the fruits of it to your families and communities. Work is also serving others in any field where you earned honors, unique abilities, and experience.
“Pass forward.” This is a movie title, and applies true in observing charity and passing on good deeds. When you get something good, share it wisely and with love to others.
Don’t indulge into gossiping about other people, even those who have wronged you, but get a support group. God will teach how. Power from heaven work miracles, human understanding cannot explain.
Take good care of yourself. That is you have to be independent and don’t burden others because if you get sick, how can you work easily? Enjoy anything in moderation and take vitamins for supplements.
Be considerate of other people. Avoid malice, but be careful of trust.
Forgive those who have wronged you, and pray that each person would find happiness in God and thank Him for his life. Be a responsible Christian or worker.
Be contented with what you have, yet you can always dream without stepping on others rights. Anything you are is worth more than money.
Work for basic needs, like food and education, among others. The rest and other dreams will follow as you work hard everyday (no matter how little or big is your income) and share your service to loved ones and others.
Don’t stop learning. Be a good caring leader or follower. Also, learn to forgive.
Don’t consent when people act rudely, they must learn that “respect” is necessary to human rights and exercise of freedom. Discipline is always needed, as strict compliance in rules. No compromise, but only considerations as to careful judgment.
Collaborate with good workers, and pray for vocations.
Above are the lessons I, myself, have learned from others and was able to realize as I trek this life, unto the next steps, and finally to where God would send us all. Serve with love in your heart, that is the key to good life and happiness.
Let God show us the way to the right paths of our lives.
Love in your heart, this is the secret of life.
Reinventing Me
“The love of the body of a man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account. That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect … I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, the distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it.”
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Many of us wish to look beautiful. We desire to insert ourselves and leave a mark of impression so we could be remembered. In our encounters with life we always ask the questions, ” Who am I?” “How should I look?” “How do I imprint myself a picture that would let others remember me and my uniqueness?” These questions bother some of us, most of us, and oftentimes, these questions prod us that primal desire to change what nature has decided we should have.
With methods ranging from a mere cosmetic makeover to more exotic touches like body painting, tattooing, piercing or more drastic solutions like surgical augmentations, we try to become a new person, even if only superficially. And we are not even talking about futuristic concepts like cloning, or any other yet-to-be-conceived means to create another bodily self through extraordinary reproductive means.
First, we were preoccupied with that part of our body that was quite open to change. History reveals that the decoration of the skin itself is ancient and elemental. Hints of body painting exist in ancient times using colors that have come to associate with blood, ritual and religion. Though today’s fascination with body painting seems to have lost that elemental purpose, it still harks back to what the ancients wanted to achieve – beauty.
It is quite evident that motivations are varied with regard to body decorations. Some see it as a way of initiating into adulthood a member of a group. Or calling attention to selected parts of the body, advertising one’s masculine or feminine nature. There’s a sense of belonging to be derived from it; also a sense of uniqueness. Simpler concerns would be wanting to feel good about the self, showing love and commitment to another person, memorializing a loved one, among others.
It could be an improvement – or a defilement of your own body. Whatever, there’s an effort to try to “personalize” the body, as if our own self wasn’t good enough. Surely, you must have seen men who’d have trouble walking through a metal detector as all the earrings, nose rings and studs on his eyebrows, lips, tongue, nipples, navel and genitals would set it off like crazy.
As for cosmetic surgery – that leaves a more deep and lasting modification of the body. Whether through augmentation or reduction – it’s there if you want to stay there. The historian Elizabeth Haiken traced the development of cosmetic surgery and although she pointed out attempts at constructing missing noses from cheek tissues in 600 B.C., the procedure was a recent phenomenon in acceptance and efficacy. There were attempts late in the nineteeth century to augment female breasts by injecting paraffin.
Now we have operations for just about every part of the body. Eye widening, liposuction, silicone breasts implants, face lifting, nose job, facial dermabrasion, hair transplant -it’s close to creating the Frankenstein monster. Yet the question will always have to be: How far can we look good in our lives?
Some Old Wicked Habits
No one is spared of the wicked habits. Often, we are unaware of some bad habits. These bad habits are not corrected unless the big reminders of life tell us, or unless a kind soul gives concern and would unselfishly check on us.
Below are varied situations and some bad habits to become aware of:
1. In front of many people, one church worker asked one brother during a fund raising project “How much did you get?”
Thought: Why would you ask in front of many people? That was rude to ask before the mass. If you are a committee member, you could speak during the meeting or after the mass. Many wondered why you acted like that. Don’t spoil their day.
2. And then one asked me “Did you donate?”
Thought: One can be annoying at that. You were going beyond territories. I could have answered “No.”
To stop the conversation, I just said “Some little amount.”
Why couldn’t you be prudent? That fragrance stinks.
3. Some seniors inside the church kept telling others what to do.
They would say “Go there” or “Come here.”
There’s no sense in these.
Thought: If you cared, so you have to wait to be asked. Could you be more feeling should others need assistance? Often, you let other church goers stumble. We should be good examples to other people.
In poetry, be sparkling inspirations, and not falling bugs to those you meet.
4. Some are very talkative.
Thought: I met a friend. During the mass, she was beside me and she talked a lot. I could not understand why she couldn’t wait until the worship or prayer ends. Why was she rude? Please pay respect to prayer and others during prayer.
Some Suggestions:
Seminars for church workers.
Thought: Seminars would be helpful. If church workers could attend seminars these would help them. In doing the task of a church worker, please don’t forget the bigger problems. Most of the problems are attitude problems, rooted from good manners and right conduct.
Beware of gossip.
Thought: This should shut the mouth of gossip-mongers. You have to understand that you are in church to serve God, serve the community, and serve the people. You volunteered for a responsibility; therefore, you have to act accordingly and try not to harm others (be careful in speech and actions). A good worker’s duty is to lift others, help God’s flock, and serve in humility.
We all have imperfections. Let us always try to be good workers.
Send, O Lord, holy apostles into your church.
Make me a good worker.
Make us good workers, Lord.
Success: Corporate or Non-Corporate
Success has been defined throughout time. Every worker has something valuable to say. Life is learning from each other.
Power, some say, is that individual quality that sets individuals above from his/her peers.
Let’s see what some people say:
A wise man once said: Success is simple. Do the right thing, the right way at the right time. Another life observer was quoted saying, “Device for finding furniture in the dark,” like bumping into furniture in the dark. It’s hard to see the light, but eventually you will find your way.
A corporate worker says that she has learned to accept that sometimes the world is not a fair place. “Still, I can’t help but think that we might find a way to value brains over asymmetrical facial features. Maybe, the imperfect fruit usually has the most flavor.”
Successful women value themselves as professionals. “They have the ability and desire to be their own lead and are not afraid to ask for help and support in order to get what they need.”
From a mother: “If I had to credit one thing for my career success and in balancing work and family, it would be my writing skills. Strong writing offers the option of a flexible work arrangement.”
Hot tips:
When faced with a big day’s work such as a meeting or presentation, dress in something you love, something you know you look good in, something that gives you a personal boost, like a power suit.
Fashion experts say “An image can play a large role in the achievement of success.” We are judged tremendously on own image and personality style.” Your image is a visual expression of who you are and what you want to accomplish.
From a businessman: Time management is a key to success. “I keep my schedule on track by always doing the least favorite task on the day first. I am always happily surprised by the satisfaction of scratching that first tough item off the list. With that done, the day only gets better.”
Communicate effectively. And that is with force, but kindly. The word “we” is better than the word “I,” in harnessing success for group, communities, or even individuals.
Know that everyone is imperfect, but anyone can try real hard and hit a goal. Be happy and make others happy while working for goals in life. Success is getting people get the best for all!
The Maxims: F Duc De La Rochefaucauld
La Rochefaucauld, with his Maxims takes his place among the great moralists of all times. I read him when I was in high school (Grolier Classics). His works write about etiquette, character, love and faith, among others. Most of his sayings contain wisdom and inspiring reflections.
Check the following:
1. We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune.
It is not a matter of good luck, alone, because good fortune comes with virtues of diligence, perseverance, and generosity, among others. Observe how communities work for progress.
2. Interest blinds some and makes some see.
The glitter of gold traps some people into wrong actions. But somehow, there are still those who use it for an attainment of a goal, like using money and profits wisely.
3. Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live as soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
To keep love sweetly, hope into hope, though fear and longing. Flames must keep moving or burning hot, or the fire dies, so as love.
4. Everyone blames his memory; no one blames his judgment.
Poor memory, often, one can’t be honest enough to say he’d /she’d been wrong.
5. Ability wins us the esteem of true men; luck that of the people.
True men are those who work piously, and those who accept responsibilities; those without courage depend on luck alone and wait lazily.
6. Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.
No man is perfect. Those who say they’re perfect are never wise.
7. Man’s merit, like the crops, has its season.
There is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes). There is a time to plant. There is time to succeed. There is a time to be happy and a time to be sad; a time to live and a time to die.
8. We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
This can pertain to success and business; to competition or leadership.
9. We pardon in the degree that we love.
Love forgives. How much do you love? Remember Jesus Christ, the Jew who died on the cross to save humanity.
10. To be a great man, one should know how to profit by every phase of fortune.
Think positively, and in every loss learn and look at the bright side of life. “Lord, let me accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can, and to know the difference.” (Rune prayer)
Francois, Sixth Duc de La Rochefaucauld (de la rosh foo ko), belongs to that small group of men who pins down words in elegant witty language. He found his subjects in the polite salon where the conversation of a few select sophisticates contributed to a sharpening of his perceptions and helped him to refine the meanings behind gestures and actions. He is a literary artist of seventeenth-century France.
The Most Important Thing: Hard Work
La Rochefaucauld, with his Maxims takes his place among the great moralists of all times. I read him when I was in high school (Grolier Classics). His works write about etiquette, character, love and faith, among others. Most of his sayings contain wisdom and inspiring reflections.
Check the following:
1. We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune.
It is not a matter of good luck, alone, because good fortune comes with virtues of diligence, perseverance, and generosity, among others. Observe how communities work for progress.
2. Interest blinds some and makes some see.
The glitter of gold traps some people into wrong actions. But somehow, there are still those who use it for an attainment of a goal, like using money and profits wisely.
3. Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live as soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
To keep love sweetly, hope into hope, though fear and longing. Flames must keep moving or burning hot, or the fire dies, so as love.
4. Everyone blames his memory; no one blames his judgment.
Poor memory, often, one can’t be honest enough to say he’d /she’d been wrong.
5. Ability wins us the esteem of true men; luck that of the people.
True men are those who work piously, and those who accept responsibilities; those without courage depend on luck alone and wait lazily.
6. Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.
No man is perfect. Those who say they’re perfect are never wise.
7. Man’s merit, like the crops, has its season.
There is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes). There is a time to plant. There is time to succeed. There is a time to be happy and a time to be sad; a time to live and a time to die.
8. We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
This can pertain to success and business; to competition or leadership.
9. We pardon in the degree that we love.
Love forgives. How much do you love? Remember Jesus Christ, the Jew who died on the cross to save humanity.
10. To be a great man, one should know how to profit by every phase of fortune.
Think positively, and in every loss learn and look at the bright side of life. “Lord, let me accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can, and to know the difference.” (Rune prayer)
Francois, Sixth Duc de La Rochefaucauld (de la rosh foo ko), belongs to that small group of men who pins down words in elegant witty language. He found his subjects in the polite salon where the conversation of a few select sophisticates contributed to a sharpening of his perceptions and helped him to refine the meanings behind gestures and actions. He is a literary artist of seventeenth-century France.
Ten Positive Work Habits
Various positive work habits are practiced by successful people. In any field of vocation and endeavor, love for work binds people together and makes everyone happy. Though sometimes, the body is weak but the spirit is willing, be aware that a healthy body and sound mind are investments. If stressed out, try to relax and recharge. Tomorrow is another day. God works wonders!
Check this out:
1. Make a plan/schedules.
Keep a notebook. Make your own calendar of schedules. List down “things to do” in the evening or in the morning. Cross out those that have been accomplished. Short range plans and long range plans have to be made.
2. Walk the extra mile.
Initiative is important. If you are paid in the office only for eight hours, don’t work just because you are paid. Work more than eight hours because sometimes it is necessary. And sometimes, even without the pay.
3. Work more than eight hours.
Usually, those who work more than eight hours are the people who succeed. These people even have take-home assignments. These people study and get part-time work for good, hence could be leaders and supervisors.
4. Work happily.
Fulfillment comes in doing one’s work piously. When work is accomplished – one can be deemed responsible. Happiness in work must extend from the workplace, to the family and to everyone. Serve with your heart!
5. Try to love the people around your workplaces.
Avoid gossip. Instill respect and consideration for others in your workplaces. Act as family helping the company, your colleague, boss and staff. Collaborate with honesty and responsibility all the time.
6. Observe safety and be healthy.
Eat good food for nourishment. Be generous and giving to each other. Away from your homes – your second home and family is your workplace. Superiors must take concern for the company workers and everyone must observe safety and hygiene for the good of all.
7. Be loyal to your company, but voice out complaints.
Work members must be loyal to each other and the company they work for. If there are complaints, voice it out and make solutions. Meetings are advisable for frequent communication.
8. Support your workers, and inspire them.
Support workers and inspire them. Conduct free workshops and get updated news and ideas, to let each other grow with their work and goals in life.
9. Understand money is secondary to service. Good work is way beyond payment.
Understand that your work is an offering to God and others (for everyone). Offices whether private or public, must be rich in spirituality and charity. Roles of each other are shared.
10. Laugh and enjoy work with your colleagues.
Pray for each other (boss, constituents, peers). Eat with each other. Work with each other. Know that each one is a precious creation of God and has work to offer for all.
Dear God, thank you for letting us serve You and each other, in the work we do. Please work with us for peace and prosperity of all nations.
Trapped Into Procrastination
Do you always say later? Have you experienced doing things very slowly? You say “I feel so low.” Watch out, you have to act now. You need to break the inertia and get off ground zero.
Procrastination is a self-blocking mechanism that everybody has experienced at one time or another. It usually stems form fear of failure or success, or a deep-seated anxiety.
A psychologist says ” We procrastinate because then we can’t fail. It’s the result of arrogance. We say to ourselves if I can’t do it the way I know I should, then I don’t want to do it at all.”
Consultants traced on to three processes why we put things off: they’re unpleasant, they are difficult, they require tough decision.
Time-management consultants give us some advice:
1. Divide tasks into small manageable bits. From a checklist, mark those you’ve done.
2. Exercise or walk early in the morning. You can even visit churches or parks.
3. Tell your friends about the challenges facing you everyday, and those little accomplishments you can share to others. This might inspire them, as you are a positive energy.
4. Harness the power of emotions. If you don’t feel like running, you can shift to another activity.
5. Don’t wait for the right mood. Take action. You can’t just sit around.
Planning is the core of successful time management, but it is also the part that most people try to avoid, because it means taking a hard look at who you are and making touch choices about how you want to spend your time. Once you’ve learn to plan your time effectively, you will be able to accomplish more in less time and gain freedom to do things spontaneously without feeling guilty.
Positive thoughts help a lot. Set goals for work. Have it clearly defined. Work for achievement not praise. A frequent cause for feeling low and/or procrastinating is the conviction that they haven’t accomplished anything worthwhile. Yet these people are hooked on evaluating everything in terms of money.
Take this from the expert Tom Hopkins (prized self-help book author), ” I know success depends on how I use my time, so I always use it exceedingly well. I’m self-disciplined. When I make commitments to myself or to others, I keep them. I’m proud of my record, proud of my willingness to do what I know must be done, proud of the fact that I’m a shaker, breaker, and doer.”
So now, give your best shot!
What Makes An Ambitious Person
Here’s the flash notes of winners:
From Desiderata, “Avoid comparisons, there would always be lesser and greater persons.”
“To be or not to be,” that is the question.
“A difference in minutes and seconds make winners.”
What makes an ambitious person?
Successful people often say “Courage, faith, patience, hard work, prayer and dreams make an ambitious person.
When I was a young girl I always wanted to be first which means, “I must be on the top list.” I loved competitions with anyone, even with boys. I thought there was no difference at all. I thought I could be as strong as they were. I played roughly with boys and I won over them like sprinting and sliding the softball fields.
In the classroom, I thought their ideas were ordinary and simple while I find challenge with fairy tale magic, the possibilities of cracking a mirror, or flying a carpet. “Of course, that was weird. I was happy making things happen, even if it was only winning a single game or topping the academics without studying. People thought I was studying, I wasn’t; it was my play time.”
Some ambitious people don’t brag about their ideas, but most of the time they act. They know that there shouldn’t be anything or anyone to take away their dreams. Maybe as a child one brags, but as an adult one has to sacrifice.
Everyone has ambitions. Each one has his own goal and preference in life. The difference between the winners and losers is how they go on despite the trials. They don’t give up easily.
One must know what he really wants in life: to be with a purpose or to be a bum forever?
Being ambitious is not bad and must not involve pulling other people down. Instead, it must be pulling people up and bringing them while you climb ladders. Being ambitious is working for success. Writers are ambitious people. They want to insert themselves in the record of time and space. If they are lucky, they leave traces of ideas carved on a rock.
Ambitious people love success. They use time wisely. They make sure they work smart.
However, the danger signals! Don’t let bad ambitions overpower the good side. If so, this will destroy yourself and people. If so, these ambitions will pit your soul.
This is the litmus paper: Ambitions must serve as inspirations and the acceptance of responsibility and discipline. Here – success will not be far.
Wisdom and Leadership
How do some people manage to be richer and successful than others? What are the secrets they keep? What are the qualities and attitudes they have? What are the rules they follow? How do they work? These are only some of our questions about the challenges of business leadership.
A mythology has developed around corporate leaders, – that they were born with something special, something innate. In the 1700’s, America was mostly an agricultural country with small pockets of industry driven by such men like Samuel Colt, Ben Franklin, and Eli Whitney, who were inventors. In the 1800’s, business leadership was based was on the Darwinian theory of survival of the fittest. John Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt, among others, believed that business was about brute power and rules of the jungle, not about loyalty and cultivating employees . This unbalanced relationship between capital and labor created the labor movement.
There was the need for a change. Business executives became more conscious of their roles as leaders. Being able to guide means having a good sense of direction or a vision; it means going first into uncharted territory where others fear to tread and encouraging the troops to follow even through hazards block the way.
Faced with these challenges, many business taipans and leaders did not quit but trusted their gut and forge ahead. Many of them say it was sheer luck, for others it was hard work. “When one is young, one must work at least 14 hours a day,” says Ramon, a businessman. “If you work for eight hours only, then how would you expect to climb the ranks? A mediocre worker lives contentedly but never reaches the top.”
Another businessman says, “I drink coffee and sit in a restaurant because I finished my job when everyone else was sleeping.”
Getting rich is not easy. A noted leader works 12 to 16 hours a day, traveled back and forth, and carried briefcases of work home every weekend to get his work done. “No one follows a weak leader,” he says. “A person who heads a company should realize that his people have their own dreams , their own need for self-fulfillment. He has to help them fill their need as much as they do.”
Many of the world’s richest man, experienced adversity, many obstacles and setbacks on the way to accumulating their wealth. They pointed out that they were successful not only in coping with adversity but in turning it to an advantage. Plunging enthusiastically into the task of personal reorganization and revitalizing the company is a must.
According to Book of Wisdom, edited by p. Krass, the making of a good businessman, the foundation on which his career is to be built, must be the same in all respects as that of every good and useful man in a social organization.
In making of a businessman, and in the course of a business life, there are practices to be cultivated, things to be learned and habits to be formed that are most helpful to success. According to Theodore Vail (AT&T), the following tips are the most important:
*concentration of the work in hand;
*definiteness of purpose and thoroughness in deciding on a pursuit, and in doing and learning all that is necessary to be done;
*observation or a habit of noticing little things – instinctive recognition of anything wrong, or out of place. This is incidental to orderly habit or the result of them;
*foresight and precaution: There never was a successful leader who did not continue all precautions until the moment of success;
*self-confidence, without overconfidence or offensive egotism:
*respect for the unknown: In every undertaking there are difficulties that only a familiar and practical acquaintance can reveal;
*respect for the opinion of others;
*deliberation over new ideas. Many thoughts that are seemingly wonderful lose their apparent value when slept over, or imposed to impartial criticism;
*attention without interruption to anyone who is at all entitled to be heard;
*reciprocity in all affairs of life: Every exchange should benefit all sides, and
*one should always remember that the most successful men have started under discouraging conditions
A case in point of good business sense is that of a future entrepreneur, seven-year-old young Christjohn F. Abecia, says, “Someday, I want to be a salesman, maybe like those who own the big department stores.” He borrowed a telescope from his cousins Wenzi and Riza, and the next day had fifty pesos in his pocket. Asked where the money came from, Christjohn amazed everyone when he revealed that he earned the money by renting out the telescope to his classmates on a field trip, for a fee. The idea is quiet extraordinary in such a young boy, who did the trade in good faith.
And a final tip: Never accept failure!
Working To Improve The Community
We all work for our families. We work for our companies (government/private). We work for our communities. Sometimes, we just don’t know how we have helped each other in the small good things we do, but as St. Therese says “Little acts of love and kindness are big offerings to Jesus.” We are earth angels guiding each other to the path of greatness which is our real home.
It is true that we have to live in the present and accept reality, yet we also should know that soon we would die and rest finally, with our Father in heaven. At least, let us aim to make a difference, and one way is working to improve our community.
The community is your household, church, office, work, school; wherever you are, that place and the people around you is your immediate brother or sister. We would try and be generous sharing any good act we can do serving people.
Teaching discipline will be tasking for mothers and teachers, but should each one be honest enough and live by good example, then each one’s burden will be lightened. Nothing is easy, yet everyone will benefit if people unite and work not for money alone, but for sharing and love among men and nations. God cares even for little birds.
“The Lord will not let a good man starve to death, nor he will let the wicked man’s riches continue forever (Proverbs 10:3). Never abandon a friend,, either yours or your fathers. Then you won’t need to go to a distant relative for help in your time of need (Proverbs 27:10).
The need for holy workers is necessary. As a child, student, street sweeper, doctors, priests, leaders, businessman, builders, inventors, parents, and more; we all have something to do in this world. Just as all parts of the body work together for breathing, so are we all one body and children of a Creator.
Father Angelo Mezzari says “Sometimes, children in far-flung areas call me Saint Hannibal. I am very happy.”
Send, O Lord, holy workers into your church. Saint Hannibal, pray for us. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray for peace and love among us, workers.
Work Is Just Playing
Work is a gift of life. It deals with a lot of processes, and can be defined in many ways. For kids, work is just playing like building blocks, doing homework, and cleaning up tiny cabinets.
I heard from a teacher way back my younger years that when you love your work, you wont get tired doing it. It becomes a way of life and art expressed in serving and sharing with others.
If you have work, then you get paid. Of course, the need to survive and pay for basic needs and bills, though the salary comes secondary. What matters is service and making things easy and beautiful for others. It’s a sign of progress when buildings are erected, and schools, churches, and communities are built. Nations grow nearer the sky.
If you work seriously, you have to go the extra mile like working more than eight hours a day. Like staying awake sometimes and meeting deadlines and results. It is making things happen and not just dreaming and waiting for others to do things. It is doing initiatives in the thought of creating something good for people.
Work is not being ashamed of what your work is, whether you are just a street sweeper cleaning the streets, a mother cleaning the house, a student studying, or an executive dealing with the poor crowd. It is being proud of what you can do for others. It is not even waiting for affirmations because it is given with affection and responsibility sharing talents.
Idleness is a sin. The devil prowls at laziness. When boredom attacks, you have to adjust and set new patterns of work. It could be reading and sharing ideas, trading small products, or cooking ordinary vegetables, among others. Work need not be expensive – instead it will bring you to heights you’ve never imagined. The poor man who never stops working will never be abandoned by God.
Truly, if we work with love in our hearts, it is just playing and being happy every moment of work.
These articles have also been published in The Daily Tribune Newspaper, Ezine Articles.com, and the I Share Community online (Web). RoseVoc,2012.
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Success Now! By rosevoc2 on may 22, 2012.
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