"There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation, hard work,
and
learning from failure." - Colin Powell
Over numerous period of time of various (inter-personal
observation of human nature), it is obvious that one of the most threaten word
to hear is that ‘you must work hard’, or ‘ you need to work very hard and
seriously’. Especially if someone is
about to take on tasks which are entirely different from (what someone is used
to before) enroll for a college, or take on a new job, even when its time to
enter into marriage and other thing like it; the most common word(s) from
peoples’ mouth is ‘you need to work hard’.
Young
Atoyebi peter has just got his letter of admission from one of the country’s
most prestigious higher institution of learning, this came after he has
successful passed all his high school papers. He was full of joy and happiness,
everyone in the house was also celebrating with him on his victory even the
blind can see than joy in seriously taking charge in peter’s family. Not long
that something unexpected happens, it was peter’s uncle who entered and met
them on the festive, but what cause the problem was his advice for the
celebrant which is just a simple sentence, which says ‘peter you have a long
way to go you need to walk hard’, this was the only word that derails peters
‘palatable’ emotion. Because he doesn’t know what is meant and the next thing
to do.
Interestingly, it’s not the notion of people for saying
this is the real problem, the real problem is that people who ‘receive’ this (at
most time) do not actually know what it really means. For the purpose of
understanding I will like to use the example of john the newly admitted
student. It is true that success is not a destination but a journey, and for a
successful journey there are some things that tells if it will be successful or
not, however for any successful life and career to be ‘lead’(live) hard work is
the very first things non-negotiable. For you to be hard working this is the
simple interpretation of it.
Know
Exactly What Had Happened; The number one thing is knowing exactly
what you are to do(the task on ground to be done), the task ahead of you, the
war you are to fight, the question you must provide answer for and the puzzle
you need to solve. For peter, the task ahead of him is that he is to relocate
to another environment entirely which is different in all ways to that of his
high school. One of the secret of starting and finishing well in any race or
activities in life is to know what all you are about to do entails; which
include all the challenges, trials and shortcoming that it will involve. Also
for you to know what will be your gain advantage and positive change it will
give you in the long run. This is what is referred to as counting the cost,
when you know the positive and negative cost(s), doing it to the most
satisfactory level will never give you a ‘mind shake’.
What To Do: The next thing is
when you are to perform the task. Also from the story-example the right time
when peter is expected to accept the admission is immediately. The second
meaning giving to hard working is knowing when a task, assignment, effort,
action is to be taken. Just as the popular saying that ‘there is time for
everything’, so also in productive-driven life time is of essence. Knowing when
to do something after you have known what you are required to do is a great
knowledge towards hard working. For peter one of his duty is to know when to
report at the school, when to attend lectures, when to complete and submit
assignment and when to study and have personal activity doing. This also
applies to every areas of career and not academics alone. Maybe in an office
knowing what to do and when to do it is a serious step towards been hard
working.
‘Common Sense Trick’ The
number three thing is ‘knowing the right method to use/employ’ for the task.
Just as different strategies work for different endeavor, the ability to
identify from various techniques of ways of carrying out a task, that is less
time consuming, less effort taking and most effective is highly important for a
positive result giving life. Competence is the ability to apply knowledge and
skills efficiently, when you know how best to do things you are actually
competent. In the case of peter, he needs to determine if he’s to read by day
or night, the convenient time he should visit the library and other things as
well. In any organization knowing the best way to short things out
differentiate a productive staff from ‘ordinary staff’ that is why it’s so
important. This is also called a common sense of task execution.
‘Optimum
Action’ Last, doing it ‘utmostly’, the job is well done when
this is done. What doing it to your utmost means is that what you want to do
should be done without reservation of your potential. Doing it with all
psychological and physical effort you have. Doing it with all strategies you
know and which is convenience for you. This is when you can do it with all
method you can ever imagine. One of beautiful thing in life is that we can
perform more than we think its only that we discover them when we maximize our
true effort.
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