“The only person you can and should compete with is yourself of yesterday”
Thapelo Jonas
Mention the word “success” in the room that is filled with people and everyone gets excited. It’s a fact; everyone relishes the prospect of being successful. Some reduce the definition of success to having the cars, houses, businesses or top notch careers that invoke envy from everyone else.
The truth is; success is many things to many people. And however shallow your success definitions, I don’t have a problem with it. But I have a problem with people who become clones in the process.
A clone is a person who attempts to be a replica of someone else and in the process lose their individuality. They are people who are so intimidated by other people success that, they embark on the fruitless journey to become other people.
Is your hunger for success so severe that it has pushed from your own calling to someone else' calling?
Allow me to give you 2 principles that govern success.
1. Know That You Are Unique
There are approximately 6 billion people on planet earth, and no one is like you. There is no one who is born with your talents, skills, aptitude and your DNA. I tell people all the time; HEAVEN does not authorize birth until purpose is established. You might have been born in the toughest of backgrounds; your mother might have wanted to give you up for adoption, but I have news for you; God had a plan for your life.
He knew before you were born that there is a need in this world that ONLY YOU can meet. That need was made for a man/woman of your caliber, skills, talents, abilities and DNA, it was made for you.
2. Find Your Niche Market
We cannot all be doctors, attorneys, accountants and engineers. We can, but we were not all born with aptitudes that make us great in those careers. You see, you are born with attributes that makes you great in something. The difficult part is discovering that which you are great at and the people that will appreciate enough that which you have to offer to pay you for it.
And not being a doctor or an attorney does not make you less smart. I would love to believe that I am one of the smartest people on planet earth. And if academic results are anything to go by, then representing the top 15 percent of academic achievers at University of Free State must at least attest that I am ok.
Am I bragging? Maybe I am…but I refuse to waste my talents, skills and abilities on anything that I was not born for. I was born to be a business maverick…
And what you do today has to contribute in nurturing your craft and offering to your niche market. If you want to be a Chartered Accountant tomorrow, you have to be at university today or doing your articles at some reputable accounting firm.
Is where you are facilitating where you should go?
Yours In Motivation.
Thapelo Jonas [Your very Own...Life Coach]
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