Launch Out!

When you look back at the kind of life you have lived at the age of sixty, what would go through your mind: Regret or contentment? Both are possible depending on how you handle your affairs while you still have the opportunity to.

As easy as it may sound, it takes a lot of determination and hard work to chart your course in life. Swimming against the currents requires great strength and stamina (emotionally and physically), but that is not all. Perhaps the most important quality you would need is the ability to think and act proactively with the little you have. Rome was not built in a day. You will not become a success overnight. Being a successful person takes a lot of preparation and hard work. It will be foolhardy for one to spend all his time sleeping and dreaming of becoming a success in an examination without doing anything to prepare himself for that particular examination. In the same vein, a person hoping to be promoted into a managerial position without proactively equipping himself for that position will be doing himself a great disfavour. Lucky breaks hardly have anything to do with luck. It is usually a result of a prepared individual meeting with an opportunity he has been waiting for.

“He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap”

 It is futile to wait for ‘the perfect time’ as the perfect time may never come. Take proactive steps towards that life long dream of yours. Start with the little you have and channel it towards the direction of your dreams. Until you choose o launch yourself out, you just might not come across that perfect opportunity. It is difficult to convince people to invest in your dreams until you have proven that you could be trusted to profitably manage the little you have.

“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath”.

Make use of your resourcefulness and initiative. Success is not all about physical cash and resources. Even if you have it all, you will need people to put them into productive use. This is why you have to build yourself a strong network of people who can be a positive influence on your life’s goals. Money does not grow legs. It is people that carry them around. Building and maintaining the right relationships will help you to achieve a considerable measure of success in business and career.

Wherever you end up in life remains your sole responsibility. History is fraught with stories of men and women who have risen from nothing to limelight through sheer determination and hard work.

To your success!