Succeding In Life

When undertaking a project, task, goal, or dream, we have the outcome settled in our minds of a positive completion. All will travel the road of hard work, frustration, critical decisions, and uncertainty, but not all will achieve the sometimes elusive goal of success.

Before getting there, the question must be asked; “What does success look like; what is it that you hope to achieve?”  This will give you your destination; a realistic goal.  Next is to determine where you are and whether or not your goal is obtainable.  This gives you your starting point.  Next comes the hard part; you have to fill in the middle.  It will require leadership, influence, skill, and balance to get from your starting point to the ending point of success.

The Bible instructs us to count the cost to ensure that we have what is needed to finish what we start.  It advises us to analyze carefully what your venture entails and consider whether or not you have what it will take to be successful.

As stated earlier, not all will achieve the measure of success that is hoped or planned for.  Sometimes the success does not appear in the form we've envisioned.  And still sometimes it’s not achieved at all.  Obviously, the inherent risk of starting anything is failure, but you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t take some risk in life; nothing ventured, nothing gained.  When you’re done with this life, don’t take regret to the grave.  Failure is not the end; it’s the beginning of something new.

Many famous people in this world’s rich history did not succeed their first time they tried something new; or their second, third or fourth time.  They persevered until what they thought was a possibility became a reality.  Although their failures were many or compounded, they figured it out by trying something different and in the end produced something that all mankind benefits from.

I don’t know what your thing is, but the world is waiting for you to achieve your purpose in life.  So put excellence into action.  No one can do what only you can uniquely do.  I’ve heard this from childhood; “If at first you don’t succeed try-try again.  I also remember back in the day from the PBS channel, a song of “Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” This is life, live it to the fullest.  Have a great week.

This has been your 80 seconds of encouragement.

Tims2Centz