Often a person, declaring himself a failure, wonders why others have succeeded, and how did they do it? What secret do successful people hide? In fact, success consists of many factors. This is not a coincidence, nor is it an innate talent, it is not genetically determined …
Everyone understands success in their own way, for one, it is a solid bank account, for another - a happy family life, for the third - a career takeoff. Psychologists and philosophers define the state of success as the fulfillment of life, the source of which is a sense of meaning in work and personal life. It depends on the system of values that the individual is guided by.
The most important component of success is passion, interest. A person can look for a business for a very long time that will capture him entirely, bring moral satisfaction from the activity. Not a very large number of people can say with confidence that they have already discovered those interests and passions that they will follow all their lives. Most try themselves in various fields, until they come to the realization of happiness from a particular job.
Another factor that determines success is activities for others. An altruistic attitude towards the world produces a hormone of happiness, a kind of force that feeds the further development and improvement of the individual.
But the most important factor on the road to success is work. You may want to make a dream come true for a long time, but it takes effort to make it happen. If you look at the biographies of successful people, you can see that failures appeared on the way of many of them. However, they succeeded. Why? Because persistence and consistency in achieving the goal became the key moment in their life. It is easy to decide something in a situation of good mood and positive thoughts about life. It is much more difficult to persist when there are obstacles in the way. Jerry West, coach and sports activist, stressed that a person cannot achieve much in life if he only works on the days when he feels comfortable. Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Columbia University, said: "The main traits that characterize people who achieve success are the ability to take on challenges and perseverance." This sentence perfectly reflects the hard work to achieve the goal.
First comes the idea of success (not necessarily in the field of professional or financial), but the thought must turn into action - into concrete steps to achieve the goal. This is where the main answer to the question of persistence and consistency lies. It is necessary to transform actions into a habit, and the habit will form character, the ability to cope with failure, to take risks in order to go outside the comfort zone. As the English poet said: “First of all, we form our habits, and then they form us.” The circle closes.
There is an amazing story of a little boy who wanted to be a football player at any cost. In childhood and adolescence, he devoted a lot of time to training, dreaming of connecting his life with this sport. Unfortunately, as a result of the accident, this boy was admitted to the hospital. He was bedridden. The doctors hadn't promised him too much. They argued that if he got to his feet, he was unlikely to return to the field. One day an acquaintance visited him in the hospital. He brought his guitar and said that instead of grieving about a lost dream while lying in bed, it is better to try to occupy yourself with something else. The boy reluctantly responded to this, but when the friend left, he took the guitar and tried to play something. He had no enthusiasm or desire to play. The next day, after waking up, he looked at the place where the guitar was. He took it and tried to play it again. From day to day his interest in music grew. He learned many songs, and over time he began to compose them himself. That boy was Julio Iglesias, a Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million recordings worldwide. Julio Iglesias had a talent for football as a child, but discovered his passion in a completely different field. Despite the obstacles, he was consistent and did not give up.
This story is a great example of how persistence and consistency in achieving a goal are factors that lead to the desired success. The path to the top is long and difficult, everyone who finds himself on it will say this.
