Often I wonder what makes one man successful and the other not so much. And more often I come up with no answer. At least not till quite recently. My initial, early assumptions were that money begets money and more success. But I feel over time I am becoming less certain of that assumption as well. This may be sounding like mumbo jumbo, but it is in fact quite a crucial issue I feel.
The fact is, we all want to be successful at the end of the day. We work hard, put in hours of labour, get exhausted, frequently neglecting the very things we love and the very people we want to be with so that we can enjoy the success, yet it just keeps on appearing to be an uphill struggle. I am sure most of us wonder why?? Why is it that one man succeeded and not I. I may be really good at something but I don't end up becoming the next Tata or Ambani. And the answer keeps eluding us.
Most successful businessmen, it is said come up through the ranks. They were not always born rich, yet ended up making it big. The difference I feel lies in the vision that they had for themselves. It's not that we, the rest of the world, lack a vision. It just seems that the clarity with which we view our vision and pursue it is just not the same. It is this lack of clarity which acts as an impediment, and which does not give us the required push to stretch ourselves and reach out for the dreams that we hold.
Thus, the vision combined with a concrete mission seems to be amiss somehow. Or is it just that? Maybe it is a combination of these with the fact that in such a situation when an opportunity does turn up at our doorstep we do not end up seizing it because that vision and mission are just not etched enough within our psyche and hence we end up missing out on things. It's not that we do this intentionally, it's just that we get so caught up in the regular, mundane daily activities associated with our everyday lives, that the more important things elude us.
I guess this is something which we all should look at. Maybe if we are able to identify these aspects within our own selves, we would be able to push ourselves and reach the heights of success that we do in fact crave for.
The fact is, we all want to be successful at the end of the day. We work hard, put in hours of labour, get exhausted, frequently neglecting the very things we love and the very people we want to be with so that we can enjoy the success, yet it just keeps on appearing to be an uphill struggle. I am sure most of us wonder why?? Why is it that one man succeeded and not I. I may be really good at something but I don't end up becoming the next Tata or Ambani. And the answer keeps eluding us.
Most successful businessmen, it is said come up through the ranks. They were not always born rich, yet ended up making it big. The difference I feel lies in the vision that they had for themselves. It's not that we, the rest of the world, lack a vision. It just seems that the clarity with which we view our vision and pursue it is just not the same. It is this lack of clarity which acts as an impediment, and which does not give us the required push to stretch ourselves and reach out for the dreams that we hold.
Thus, the vision combined with a concrete mission seems to be amiss somehow. Or is it just that? Maybe it is a combination of these with the fact that in such a situation when an opportunity does turn up at our doorstep we do not end up seizing it because that vision and mission are just not etched enough within our psyche and hence we end up missing out on things. It's not that we do this intentionally, it's just that we get so caught up in the regular, mundane daily activities associated with our everyday lives, that the more important things elude us.
I guess this is something which we all should look at. Maybe if we are able to identify these aspects within our own selves, we would be able to push ourselves and reach the heights of success that we do in fact crave for.
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