“If you find a turtle on a fencepost,
it didn't get there by accident." - Calvin Coolidge
What
is Success?
Success means different things to
different people. For some, success is making money. For some, success is achieving the desired
outcomes. For some success is getting
recognized by others. For some, success means sharing knowledge and seeing
others growing in front of them. Someone rightly said, "Success is to
laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure
the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in
others; to leave the world a bit better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier
because you lived". Likewise
different people define success in different ways. However, true success comes when you have an
attitude of gratitude and make a difference in the lives of others.
Steps
for Success
Here is the five fold process of
success where you must connect, communicate, understand, network and accomplish
the desired outcomes. People have lot of
strengths individually. It doesn’t help
others if their strengths lie hidden within them. What they must do is first to connect with
like minded people to leverage their strengths to benefit others. The current world calls for more of
collaboration than competition as competition often creates ill-will among the
people while the collaboration brings out the best among the people with a
win-win attitude.
Secondly, people must communicate with
others as it builds bridges among them looking for similarities rather than
differences. It paves the way for the third stage of understanding with each
another. Communication clearly conveys
their strengths and weaknesses to others leading to mutual understanding and
progress. The third stage of understanding helps respect people’s strengths and
weaknesses if there are any mistakes in future the true understanding downplays
weaknesses and overplays strengths.
The fourth stage of success is
networking. This is a powerful tool in this high technology world. Several
great people reached to the pinnacle of success by the dint of their hard work
and smart work and network. Sometimes, we hear slogan, ‘right people in the right place’.
It is correct in the context of people with hard work, smart work and network. If people work hard and smart and don’t
possess network the slogan, ‘right people
in the wrong place’ applies aptly. It is clear from these slogans the
significance of network. We can also say that if a rain drop falls into a shell
it appears like a pearl whereas the same rain drop falls into an ocean it gets
merged with water without any significance.
Hence, network is an amazing tool that catapults right people to the
right place resulting into greater heights of glory. Final stage of success is accomplishing as per
the expectations. Therefore, we can
define success as the five step process of connecting, communicating, understanding,
networking and accomplishing the desired outcomes.
People must remember that success is
only a byproduct. They should not run
behind success. Unfortunately people
run! They must work on their inborn talents and acquired skills constantly
without searching for success in their journey towards success. Do remember
that it is journey that counts more than the destination. Do remember that success
comes as a byproduct of purpose. Without clarity of purpose success cannot be
achieved. Hence, have clarity of purpose
and adopt five steps of success to soar like an eagle.
Good luck!
Professor M.S.Rao
Founder, MSR Leadership Consultants,
India
Where Knowledge is Wealth
Email: profmsr7@gmail.com
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