Haven't we all ever wondered why some people are more successful than others even though they may seem as if they have not done much of a work to attain that success? What is it that some people have that propels them to success no matter the circumstance? Is it their talent alone? Is it luck? The presence of great opportunities? Being at the right place at the right time?
A big part lies in one thing- work ethic.
When i talk about work ethic, it refers to the energy you put into something you want to do so as to attain it. It refers to the attitude, the mindset, the position of which you put yourself in mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually in attaining something you want to attain, namely your success. IN OTHER WORDS, AS LONG AS ONE WORKS HARD AND APPLY THE RIGHT STRATEGIES, HE WILL ACHIEVE WHAT HE WANTS TO ACHIEVE.
During dinner yesterday, one of my family members who's a staff of a bank was talking about a woman who is also a staff there. She is in her late 20s and is drawing a salary of over a $1 million a year. In a private bank, luck will not get you anywhere high enough to be able to draw out that kind of a salary. Yes, it might be the reason for her success but if we were to look at what happens next and compare the situations, we would see that it is not luck or some supernatural force which helped her get to where she was. Apparently, she was caught in some fraudulent act which rendered her impossible to get a job ever again in the finance industry, the industry which she currently is in. She was kicked and locked out from there. So what happens? Get lucky and try again? No. What happened next was that she went to look for a job in the real estate industry and after a period of time of working hard, she was again making over a million dollars a year in salary. So what constitutes a big part of her success? Is it the technical know-how? Perhaps. However i am quite certain that a huge element for her success is her attitude towards her work. Her work ethic. How can someone who finds a new job in a totally different industry make over a million dollars a year so quickly? The answer hugely lies in her work ethic or her hardworking attitude. Yes, you might say that she might have slept with her clients or something but definitely that would not have gotten her as far as the good ol' work attitude she adopts.
Donald Trump would not be as successful as he is today were he not to adopt a strong work ethic. He sleeps at 1a.m. in the morning at rises at 5 in the same morning. What else can be a major factor for people's success besides the fact that they have a strong and forceful work ethic that can go through storms in the corporate, business or whatever world they are in? The answer lies in just that- work ethic.
In the next related topic, i would go though the essentials needed to form that work ethic of successful people.
Cheers!
To your success!
Alex
Monday, September 3, 2007
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