The Paradox of Success.
“Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration” – Thomas Alva Edison.
Success is a very common term especially among the youth. It is generally believed that failure is an orphan, while success is the celebrated new-baby of everyone. In the game of life, either success or failure is up for a man to grab. Success is a gem that captures the aspirations of everybody; it is always celebrated by all men. The word “Success” means – The achievement of something desired, planned or attempted: some attributed their success in business to Hard-work. Success may refer to: a level of a social status, achievement of an objective (goal) and it is the opposite of failure. The truth is that good success is the desire of God for his children; it’s always laziness or ignorance of our rights that short-changes the believer from attaining their set-goals for success.
Success is the progressive attainment of worthwhile goals. The new Webster Dictionary has defined a ‘goal’ as “the end toward which man’s effort is directed”. That is your main intention for investing efforts into something. It connotes an aspiration and the ability to work towards a specific object orientation. A goal is a statement of objectives and purpose clearly spelt out within a given time. In the context of an Under-graduate, that student is successful if he finishes with a First Class degree; a consistent Christian is also considered to be successful. Here is Jim Rohn’s definition, “Success is nothing more than a few disciplines, practiced everyday”. Endeavour to think success because you determine how and if you will succeed. The reason is because; Success is a state of mind. If you want to succeed, start thinking of yourself as successful. At the counter of success, there are no bargains; prices must be paid in advance and in full. If some prices are meant to be paid then preparation is very pivotal to success. Success is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of a diligent choice. Success, unlike our wishes, strong aspiration, and lopsided thought is a process of practical, personal experience and not sudden. The determining factor is your level of preparation, as a man cannot be greater than what he prepares for. In life your preparation begets your expectation and expectation lead you to realization. From experience, I affirm that very sweet is success, and it is always celebrated by all men.
Let us get it right that there are no short-cuts to success. You attain a successful feat through toiling. Let us do a brief description of how success is? We would recall that success is always enjoyed by people, just as it feat is being celebrated by all men. It is always a time of merry-making, champagne popping, and happy celebration. Naturally and generally speaking, all men on earth dream big and great, but not all heartily pray for it. It is therefore a conspicuous paradox to say: No Sweat, No Success.
Biblically speaking, life from cradle (beginning of existence) was all rosy and no sweat. Adam and Eve had all things at their beck and call. Just as man fell into sin, the rosy life changed. And this success story of man turned an adventure with God’s pronouncement of sweat before any man will succeed. Just as sweet as success is, it is a product of man’s perspiration. Perspiration in this context means it literal meaning of “the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid”. The consequence of this is just because you are toiling to achieve that targeted goal. The Bible in Genesis 3: 19a said, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread…”. Since then, no man sincerely attains success without sweating it out (that is what we call toiling in this modern English diction). Success, according to John Ruskin is “the highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become of it”
Proverbs 6: 4 says, “Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids”. It takes discipline to forgo sleep and burn mid-night candle. That is a situation wherein you are toiling upwards in the night. And at this time, you are not only developing yourself, you are also perspiring to get to that desired haven.
The ParadoX of This LIFE Is That Your PresenT SufferinG if diligently enduredWill Prepare You For FuturE Success.
N.B.
The word ‘Paradox’ in English Language is a word that contradicts itself, e.g. sweat and success.
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