What brings people to the pinnacles of their lives, to their peaks? In Asia they'd say: "Hard Work. Discipline. Positive Thinking."
I've worked with teenagers in education, sports and counselling. Without goals, ambition and drive it would be hard to put in the footwork. Even talent could falter. But the diligent few who put in the hours, the toil and hard work and then more hours are the ones at the head of the pack.
Here then are four basics that should serve as a compass:
Follow Your Dream
Set simple goals, like winning a bicycle race or a chess competition. Then devote your energies. Do some homework as to the best methods or ways to achieve that goal. Also surround yourself with relatives or biographies who have done things not those who just whisper wishes over dinners.
Make Time
Winning isn't something that comes round the bend. Working on your goals must be regular, rigorous, persistent and never giving up.
Take Small Steps
You are on a mission now. Take steps. Keep in mind where you want to be going. Sit down and ask yourself: What have I accomplished? Where am I on the road to be a footballer of force?What needs more work?What Should I prepare for tomorrow?
Cheer Yourself On
If you think what lies ahead as punishing, you'll not get there. Working on your dream has its own difficult, painful moments. Many a time you may want to quit, give up and join the league of dropouts. But staying on, pushing on is the way to the end of the rainbow. The true measure of a man or woman is what he or she does when they have relentlessly had the life or the gas kicked out of them. Do they wilt, wither or go up in smoke? Or do they rise up?
One of the things almost all of us neglect in our lives is:freedom. Financial freedom is one of them. Rainmaking neglected can lead to financial famine. Especially so in today's hyena economics. Money or the making, earning and production of it in tandem with the growing demands of family makes room for almost all of the other freedoms that families yearn for as age dawns on each one of them. Always work to stack the deck in your favour. It's one of those things that're learnt by people on a mission, who listen in to the original voices of their dreams.
To your future.
