Genius Are Never Born, They Are Made.

Every man has a reason for his failure, whether genuine or not, he tries to attribute it to one thing or the other that is beyond his physical, mental, or spiritual control. This phenomenon is so rampant that some will even blame their origin, colour, religion, education, etc for their failure.

Never has failure or success been achieved based on origin, colour, religion, education, or sorts sine God pronounced procreation as a product of marriage (based on some people’s belief, myself inclusive). Never also has it been heard in the history of man that any woman gave birth to a pilot, a surgeon, a musician etc. The only thing given birth to in the history of man is either a boy or girl though numerous obituaries announcing the death of good number of pilots, surgeons, musicians, etc.

In essence, this implies that some kind of transformation at a particular time took place in the lives of such boy or girl. Therefore, their conversion from that biological boys or girls into celebrities took place between their birth and death. This also indicates that either by choice or by training an ordinary person becomes super-ordinary.

The issue of achieving success by accident is out of it. For you to achieve your dream, you have to work towards it. It would sound incredibly crazy to the most foolish person the world ever heard of, if Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mountain Everest should say that he was just out walking around in his backyard and he suddenly found himself at the top of the tallest mountain in the world. He must have dreamt of and prepared for that great feat.

Be reasonable now and look at yourself as one with the whole opportunities in the world to be that best you want to be. To be specific, this means that you are in total control of whatever life will offer you- your destiny.

May be wrong information might make you take some wrong steps in the past that place you where you are today. That not withstanding, it’s time to wake up, get up and face the challenges ahead. No amount of excuses will justify your dormancy. The greatest people of this world must have, once in their lifetime, been taken down but what they do is always refuse to stay down.

Look within, there’s always something to develop within that will take you to that top that you so much desire. The only thing you need about the past is the lesson you have learnt from your successes and failure. The past is gone and the future is yet to be here, so the only useful resource you have is today and that today is you. That is probably why Ralph Waldo Emerson said “ what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”.

We all know what to do to achieve or be who we want to be but humans are capable of forgetting too often and that is why the following steps are listed to remind you. Now pick your pen and put these down because an idea not put in writing is possibly a lost idea. First, create a good self-image for yourself that will convince your inner mind that you can do what it takes to make it big in whatever you choose to do. What you think of yourself is the major thing that makes you not what others think of you. You need to conquer the “I can’t do it” syndrome. Second, Create good relationship with people that can positively contribute to your success. The people you hag out with have tremendous impact on how far and fast you will go in life. What you get from them, either positive or negative will tell how worthwhile it is to continue to in that relationship. Third, set definite and realistic goals that you want to and can achieve. Make sure it is reduced to writing and placed where you will see it from time to time; may be on your mirror or wall ext to your bed. Forth, develop good attitude. This bothers on how you see things. Are those things you are doing to get to where you want burdensome or luxurious? Are you paying or enjoying the price? If you have cold attitude toward life, it may reduce your chances of hitting your target on time if at all you are going to hit it. Fifth, You have to get something doing. Success is just like fish in the ocean, you can be sure it is always there but it will not approach a hook that has no bait on it. If you want success, start working. No matter how small, start and remember, with enthusiasm. Sixth, desire. This, may be, ought to come as number one on the list because it is the mother of all achievement. This dos not mean a lukewarm desire, but the burning one like those of Edwin C. Barnes, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Henry Ford, etc. Just desire it sincerely and before you know it, you’ve got it.

Final words? “The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word”- Emerson.

See you on the field at harvest!