Behind Every Success, There is Determination

If Success were easy, every one will be doing it

There won’t be poverty stricken people

There won’t be broken relationships and divorces,

There won’t be negative situations that make life a living hell.

If you are with me, please just stop and take a look around you, what do you see? Take a walk downtown, what is the situation like? Just take a minute to ask yourself, what is it that Dangote of the Dangote conglomerate knows that this poor people don’t? What is that Otedola of Conoil, Mike Adenuga of Glo Mobile, Raymond Dokpesi of Daar Communication, Jim Ovia of Zenith Bank, Jimoh Ibrahim of Global fleet and a host of others know that put them on the other divide of the successful people? If you are privileged to read through their biographies you will discover that they all have one thing in common, DETERMINATION.

Yes, DETERMINATION! DETERMINATION!! DETERMINATION!!!

A DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED

DETERMINATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

DETERMINATION TO MOVE ON DESPITE SET BACKS AND MISTAKES.

Now, let us focus on ourselves, have YOU ever found yourself in a situation where you believed you would improve your lot in life, only to find a number of things that you didn't "sign up for"? Maybe you started a business or got a job that didn't start out well. Maybe you were married and things got tough.

My friend, it’s time I tell you this;

Often, in life, things get horrible sometimes than you can imagine before they get better. Success I know is not a roller coaster ride. There is a conspiracy going on that I want to reveal to you here.
Know that before you; a lot of successful people that we know today like Bill Gates, Oprah Windfrey, Tiger Woods, Jimoh Ibrahim e.t.c. have wrestled demoralizing challenges that almost threw them off the ladder. But behind their great ideas, dreams, hopes, faith, creativity, and success was determination. They were determined to get it through no matter what it will cost them. They were determined to get to the other side of life by creatively putting all they have got in them challenging their ugly situation. You know poverty can be uglier.

Like I said earlier, there is a conspiracy going on between the two divides of poverty and wealth, successful marriage and divorces and so on. The god of success tests your resolve to succeed. They test to see if you will be a good ambassador of the success you are asking for. It puts before you the hurdles and challenges to jump over. Most of these hurdles are so disheartening that some people give up. Some people fight so hard that a minute to achieving success they opt out. But a determined person, the gods crowned.

Therefore my friend, if you want to be successful in this life, keep going, don't turn back just because things aren't easy at the moment. Based on what I have experienced, and studying the ways of great achievers, if success were easy, everyone would be doing it. Nobody will be blaming anybody for failures. The potential for greatness is in everyone including you, but to you have got be determined to work yourself through it. If you want a result badly enough you will get it, but, you must be determined to do what is necessary. Handle the challenges of the moment in creative ways, but never turn back or give up on what you want!

I love ya.

Adios!

Stephen Ibrahim