The World that we live in today is a very competitive World.
Everyone wants to say that they are successful or that they are born to be successful but truthfully, there are certain general characteristics that all successful people share but doesn’t just come to anyone.
Successful people always take action and these are some of those common things that every one of them shares:
1) Praises do not stop you
Believe it or not, most people stopped achieving their dreams after they reached a certain level where to others, those are considered high.
But the question is, are those goals high enough for you?
After getting all those praises, anyone would feel like they have achieved success so now they can just sit back and relax.
Believe me, that feeling of success after so long striving on your own with no signs of success can really affect you.
But however so, that still doesn’t mean you’ve achieved your goals because you stopped halfway before even reaching that maximum point.
When I was young, I dreamt of becoming a multi-millionaire because life is so hard when you only have a few hundred bucks to spend every month, it’s unbearable.
One day, I have had enough so I decided to do something with my life and start many business ventures.
After a while, my business kicked in and I’m earning steady money from my events company KAMIRA Event Management which, made me feel so happy so much so that I almost gave up on my dreams.
I spent a whole year relaxing as I was happy with what people think of me, until at one point I realized that I never actually continued my dream so now, the fight goes on.
After that I decided to pick up my broom of responsibility and sweep away all my laziness to reach my eventual success.
The moral of the story, is that one can easily get overwhelmed with the first success milestone but for real successful person, that is never enough because to them, first successes are but mere small victories.
2) Always be Hopeful and Optimistic
Ah yes, those 2 main keys that will help you get through all those challenges in life.
The World is never fair and everyone has problems, there is no escaping from that.
Some might start their life with a little bit of money and for some, no money at all but still, life needs to go on so how do you that then?
By staying positive and keep hoping for the best of course!
Some people will complain to you a lot because those people think that they are the only ones with problems but as a positive person, you can counter that by practicing your skills in spotting positive possible outcomes because believe it or not, that’s how you be successful.
The Law of Attraction from The Secret once stated that “If you think and feel negative things, you will attract negative things in life.”
Make full use of that by changing your life starting with a smile, even though deep inside you’re not that happy.
3) Striving to get out of their comfort zone
Not for their whole entire lifetime, but career-wise.
When you’re too suited to your comfort zone, you’ll become so lazy that you won’t even feel like going out of your house and explore other outcomes.
This is VERY unhealthy for your future and why is that so?
It’s because without the initiative to get out of your comfort zone and explore new and unfamiliar methods, techniques and ventures, you will never find an opportunity to maximize your business potential.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not wrong to be in your comfort zone.
You can still work and get results but only at a limited level because you are not taking any initiative to find ways to improve that.
You’ll merely be managing your business, not developing it to grow to its full potential.
Conclusion
Success doesn’t come to those who wait nor does it come to those with poor planning so unless you get out of you comfort zone, start being setting your goals and stay hopeful that you’ll achieve that despite the odds, there is no doubt that you too will be successful.
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Hi Riaz, I love this post and your personal input. You are so right. I especially agree with your conclusion!!!
Thanks Randy! Appreciate you dropping by 😀