Article Summary: No matter what you choose to tackle in life, be it a job, a business, a career path, a new way to make money, you need this ingredient for success. You can have goals. which are good to have, but, without this ingredient, you are destined to be a follower not a leader in your life.
(c) Jim DeSantis
You may dream of working from home. You may dream of starting a small business. You may want career success in a chosen field. You may have set the schedule of success targets. You may have set your goals. You have made yourself responsible for your success or failure. It's not based on luck. It's not based on other people. It's based upon the "Success Ingredient" inside of you. No one can teach you how to have this because you already have it. All I can do is point it out so you can recognize it and begin to use it for your success.
Achieving any level of success, a level we can be comfortable with personally, varies with expectations and goals. This applies to working for an employer or working from home or in your own business. Often we compare our level of success with that of someone we admire or, in fact, someone we envy. We want what they have. We want to be where they are in life. The sooner the better with as little pain as possible!
This desire is what fuels public fascination with celebrities. They seem to live the abundant life of fame and fortune. What is not seen is their struggle to get there.
Achieving success, in whatever endeavor we choose, has its own special set of challenges. It's easy to "do it later". It's easy to get frustrated and want to quit especially if we have no one encouraging us and believing in us.
But, let me repeat: You are the only one responsible for your success or failure. There is no excuse or circumstance that gets you off the hook.
Someone once said - "Overnight success takes about 15 years". It might not take you that long depending on the level of success you are trying to achieve and how many obstacles you must overcome. It's a fact that, for various reasons, 85% of all new businesses fail within the first 5 years! Discouraging? Well, take heart as you read the struggle of this young man who recognized the "Success Ingredient" and used it to achieve success in his chosen career:
Failed in Business - Bankruptcy
Defeated for Legislature
Sweetheart/Fiancee Dies
Nervous Breakdown
Defeated in State Election
Defeated for U.S. Congress
Defeated again for U.S. Congress
Defeated once again for U.S. Congress
Defeated for U.S. Senate
Defeated for U.S. Vice President
Defeated again for U.S. Senate
Elected President of the United States!
Would you believe this was the life of Abraham Lincoln?
If you had been faced with that many obstacles, would you have quit somewhere along the way? In your own journey towards success, are you ready to quit? Have you ever quit? Has anyone ridiculed your efforts, laughed at you, told you that you'll never amount to anything?
What was the "Success Ingredient" that was responsible for Abraham Lincoln's success? - PERSISTENCE!
With persistence, the "Success Ingredient", you too can succeed!
Yours for success!
Jim DeSantis
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