It's another Sunday. Yay! get motivated for the week.
Different personalities require different success approaches. Let me point this out first: I am not discouraging you from reading success stories or having role models. Just that when you set out to completely copy someone's success pattern, the most you can be is second to that person. I once said: "Failure occurs when your priority does not match your personality." When you read someone's biography or autobiography of how he started and how he got to where he is, you can only learn some things and not everything. Most people make the mistakes of wanting to learn everything from success stories.
Oh! this successful guy don't use to eat fruits, I will stop eating fruits.
Oh! this successful lady got a loan to start his business, I will also get a loan.
Oh! this popular guy lost so many friends while trying to be popular, let me start losing friends.
Oh! this successful man used this specific marketing strategy, I will apply the same.
Oh! this and that. Must you even live your private life like your role model to be able to be like him? Why striving to be like him? Do you think you can never be better than him?
The advice I can offer is read success stories only to motivate yourself. Don't ever be intimidated into thinking you could be like a particular person. When you employ such mindset, you limit yourself to a particular kind of success. But if you implement your inbuilt skills, you could be far much better. I believe God do not create less intelligent people as time goes on but more intellectual and intelligent creations. You can do better than Michael Jackson; you can do better than Oprah Winfrey; you can do better than Barack Obama. Get motivated, stay focused, and apply your own skills.
My name is Taslim OKUNOLA and I am a progressive Nigerian youth.
Hi Taslim,
ReplyDeleteI visited your website and I liked all I have been reading. You're an inspiration for younger generations who as at now doesn't know what the future would hold for them. Please continue to be of great use to them.
I'm also in support.
Thanks so much.
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