|
The Secret to Success
Andrew Rider
Most people are looking for the secret to success; the secret to being a millionaire; the secret to winning at working;
the secret to making big bucks from home, etc. To help them find it, Amazon has an inventory of nearly 2,000 books under that particular topic, everything from "Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Women Who
Refuse to Run With the Herd" to "The 21 Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires."
So, if you're one of those looking, we'll save you some time. The bottom line is this - there is no secret.
There's no magical formula to follow; no short-cuts to take or lottery tickets you can purchase. Yeah, reality bites. People who are winning at working know it takes persistence, determination, commitment,
passion, practice, focus, hard work and maybe a small dose of good luck. There are no secrets to any of that. The great salesman Sid Friedman once said
"The harder I worked, the luckier I got”. If there ever was a secret to success, I believe what Sid said was close enough.
Take Chester Carlson. Chester became a rich man as the successful inventor of
an electrostatic paper-copying process that later became the Xerox Corporation, even though twenty corporations rejected his idea. It took Chester seven years of persistence and determination before he found one
tiny company willing to purchase his invention.
On the great Henry Ford, Napoleon Hill once said "Henry Ford had but little elementary schooling, yet he is one of the best 'educated' men in the world
because he has acquired the ability to combine natural and economic laws, to say nothing of the minds of men, that he has the power to get anything of material nature he wants" .
If you want to be
winning at working, stop looking for some secret "out there" to bring you success. Instead, turn your sights inward and you'll find everything you need. You see, YOU are the secret to your success.
But if you think you don't have what it takes, think again.
Visit any craft fair, hobbyist, volunteer organization or internet blog. Look at poets, musicians, artists, athletes, hackers, spammers and graffiti
artists. Determination, persistence, initiative and hard work manifests itself in many ways and places, some through positive endeavors and some not so positive. But it's the same ingredients. And they're inside you
waiting to be tapped.
Determination, persistence, initiative and hard work drive people to work on their novels after a full day's work. Some develop products in their garages, then figure out how to
manufacture and market them. Others volunteer to coach their son's baseball team or organize charity drives for their community. They put energy into their interests and passions. They persist against hardships,
set-backs and disappointments, demonstrating with their actions that they have what it takes to make a difference.
Stop looking for success secrets and start realizing you're the best kept secret you have.
It is often said that "The heart can do anything." Find your heart in your work and you can do anything, too.
|
