When you see the promise, you will be willing to pay the price. Most times when I walk on the streets I notice different sets of people. There are always the successful ones and those on the other side of the divide. I used to ask myself why this is so until I read a book by Jim Rohn, Leading an inspired life. I then understood why some people will be successful in life and some wont be. This life is built on paying a price to get to ones destination. We all have a price to pay, what determines where we end at the end of the day. When we start out early in life, we always see a bright and promising future ahead of us; the world looks conquerable to us that we dream of so many lovely things we are going to do with our lives. We see ourselves in lovely rides, beautiful mansions and wining and dining with the mighty in our communities. We see people such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffets and their likes as our models and boy, we cant wait to get to their levels! On setting out, the reality sets in! It is not as easy as we think it will be! We have heard several times that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown but unfortunately, FEW are willing to undergo the uneasy part of being successful. Those who have been successful, always place the picture of where they want to go directly in front of them. They sleep and wake with the picture always before them and where ever they go, they never leave the picture behind. That is the promise they are pursuing. When they have the mental picture of what they want to achieve, all that remains is to look at the price they will have to pay, in order to get to where they are going. They are never afraid of the price they have to pay because of the mental picture that they are always carrying with them. Successful people pay a lot of prices before they achieve their success. They suffer a lot of ridicule from people around them, rejection is always their lot on a regular basis. What of hunger? They always have to go a lot of days without food just because they want to achieve the promise. Days are spent without having a dime in their pocket but they are still undaunted. They owe debt to high heavens and they see that as a price they needed to pay. In all these situations, they are always in a cheerful mood and unless they tell you what they are passing through, you will not be able to know. That is the big difference between a person who succeeds and a failure in life: An ability to see the promise and pay the price. People who dont make it at the end of the day, see the promise or the luxuries of a successful life, but are not willing to pay the price. By so doing, they dont become successful. Willingness to pay the price, no matter how heavy it is, is a perquisite to being successful at the end of the day. No pain, No gain is a popular word which we all need to imbibe, seriously, into our lives. If you are going to be successful later in life, you must be willing to pass through lot of hassles. If you are not willing to, then I am not sure you are willing to become a successful person. See every negative event arising while trying to achieve your dreams, as one of the price you have to pay on your way to living a successful life. You will get there. Adebola A. Oni |
