THE WILL TO SUCCEED

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX mused.







Upon the wreckage of thy yesterday design thy structure of tomorrow, lay strong corner stones of purpose and prepare great blocks of wisdom cut from past despair, shape mighty pillars of resolve to set deep in the tear-wet mortar of regret. Work on with patience. Though thy toil is slow yet day by day the edifice shall grow. Believe in God-in thine own self believe. All that thou hast hoped for thou shall achieve.

( Emphasis mine)

My great concern is not who you are, the colour of your skin, whether you are rich or poor, or how many times you have failed.
But whether you have the will to achieve the object of your desire. No one can help a person that does not want to help himself, if you are satisfied with the kind of cards that life has dealt with you, if you are content in your present existence, there is noting that i can do or say to aid you in converting whatever wishes you might have into reality. Under such circumstance there is little likelihood that such wishes would ever amount to any more than ideal wishes.

A will to succeed is a resolute determination. It is a burning desire to attain the object of your wishes. A burning desire, it is enthusiastic faith in the attainment of a golden object of your desires.
Hope for the achievement of anything must be backed by an unwavering faith in its attainment. It has been said that in order to attain anything you want out of life, set yourself goals and work steadfastly toward that goal and you will achieve that goal. This sound good but in practical applications it isn't quite labour everlastingly towards a goal but seem to accomplish nothing while others succeed with less than half the effort.

The story has been told of a prayer meeting held at a little country church once in the heart of a drought. The congregation had gathered to pray for rain. During the course of the meeting, the minister had caused to remark that not a single person brought an umbrella.

Setting goals without a will to succeed is like praying for rain while displaying your belief by not bringing umbrellas. If there is something that you want, prepare to receive it. Read more!

Tips to be successful in Life

Dr. Seymour Epstein said, Super achievers don't waste time in unproductive thoughts, esoteric thoughts, or catastrophic thoughts. They think constructively and they know that their level of thinking determines their success.

One of the secret for success is, you need to keep your mind on what you want, not on what you don't want
A middle-aged minister once barricaded himself inside his home
and threaten to shoot anyone who tried to get to him. The incident mystified members of his congregation because they describe him as a "loving and faithful minister" whose only problem had been that he had difficulty staying very long in his last three parishes. As the story unravelled, it became apparent that the man had chosen the minister only because the ministry was a family tradition-not because he really wanted to do it. What he really wanted, he said, was to teach mathematics in a high school.

What a sad yet all-too-familiar story!
far too many people get locked into doing things that they really don't want to do, Want you want in life is essential if you must succeed in life.

Noting get to you without first passing through your mind. For you to be successful in life you must work on your mind. If you really want to succeed, form the habit of doing things that failures don't like to do. Let me quote what Abraham lincoln said,

Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

We must understand this philosophy that if you have not failed in life, you are not growing. So failure is not a
denial, it's just a delay.

The secrets of success can be learnt from the life histories of successful people. Successful people have
Certain qualities in
Common no matter which period of history they lived in,
and no matter what their fields of endeavor.

WHAT ARE THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

1) DETERMINATION-



Abraham lincoln said, Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find the way.

Determination means for a person to find or make a way. Can some one achieve success when you dont have the virtue of determination in
you? I suppose the answer will be no.
When you have the spirit of determination, it will propel you into your height of success.

It is also defined as the act of coming of coming to a decision or of fixing or setting a purpose. No wonder sonia Johnson wrote: We must remember that one determined person can make a significant different, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Without determination, mediocrity is inevitable, without determination man is an untempered or uncontrolled sword. Without determination you cannot achieve success. Read more!