TODAY ON FRANKLY SPEAKING - TO BELIEVE IS TO SEE For many years Ive wondered and pondered on why some people succeed in life and many others fail. I look at many people around me, I observe them and the quality of their lives and I wonder. I see many very brilliant and intelligent individuals back in their school days graduate and begin to struggle to make ends meet. And I meet so many academically average or even poor students graduate and become richer and more successful in life. I also wonder how in the same family, siblings raised by the same parents in the same home under similar circumstances turn out different; one eventually becomes very rich and successful and the others are struggling to make ends meet. I also observe professional colleagues, doing business in the same business environment; under the same socio-economic climate, one is super rich with so much success in the practice, the other is so poor and can hardly make ends meet. Hence I began to realize that the core of individual success is really not about brilliance, intelligence, hard work, academic qualifications; professional certifications, type of occupation or profession; its not in the upbringing, the environment or the business terrain. I then realized the core of any success is actually in what that individual believes. Your success is absolutely tied to what you believe. What you believe for every season, time, occasion and situation determines your success or otherwise in life. Ive heard it said many times by different people that ‘seeing is believing’, but in reality what you believe is what you eventually see. A belief is the acceptance that something exists or is true especially without any proof. It may sound ridiculous but I tell you all super successful people today with the capacity to repeat their successes actually believed they were created to succeed and are meant to be successful way before they became successful. They never saw any proof or evidence of this fact, they just believed it. Most of them didnt even think they would become successful because they were doing well in school or because they were that hardworking, it was just something they believed absolutely and unflinchingly and it became their reality. They believed it and they saw it. Belief is a habit of mind with trust and confidence placed on an expectation without proof or evidence. It is a mental acceptance and a conviction in what a person accepts as a truth. Many today do very surprising things and phenomenal things based on what they believe. Much invention through history is an outcome of a scientist who was convinced something was possible even though it had never been done before and the elements for success were probably invisible; no one else saw them or believed they were there. We have the television set today because someone believed in the possibility, we have cars and airplanes today because someone believed in the possibility, we have the radio and the internet today because someone believed in the possibility, we have mobile phones today because someone believed in the possibility, we have rockets today, satellites and space shuttles because someone believed it was possible. There is so much power in what you believe. What do you think of you, what is your belief about you? You see your belief is the core of who you are, it determines what you do and the success you acquire or otherwise. It is what a suicide bomber believes that drives him to kill himself alongside other people. Its the power of belief and conviction. Your belief is what you fight for, it is what you sacrifice for; your belief is what drives you. Your belief actually informs your purpose and reasoning, your belief determines your action. A man in a city wakes up one morning and hes thinking hard about starting a barbing salon for instance, and hes excited about the possibility of making perhaps 150 thousand naira profit monthly and another man in that same city, probably of the same age group and academic exposure is thinking and excited about owning his own bank or his own telecoms company. Same age, same environment but different in dreams and thinking and of course different results. In reality there is a possibility both of them have the capacity to own banks or Telecoms Company, but one is limited in imagination and thought because of what he choses to believe about himself and his possibilities. Your belief surely determines what you do and how successful you become. A belief is both mental and emotional in effect; it is imbedded in the mind and the heart. What you believe determines your faith, your trust, your confidence and ultimately sets you free from doubt. Anything you want in life, believe you can get it first and it will surprise you how everything around will begin to gravitate towards that which you believe. Life begins to arrange around you all you need to realize what you believe. Your belief is like a magnet that attracts the people, the resources, the opportunities, the connection and contacts you require to succeed. What you believe is very powerful; your life is a reflection in every ramification of your belief. What you believe would naturally inform your plans in life. Your day to day plans and activities are determined by what you believe. The kind of job you seek for, the kind of investments you make, the kind of business you chase, the friendships you make, the relationships you keep, what items you buy, the books you read and your daily choices are all tied to what you believe, your believe determines your plan. If you believe youd succeed in business you will begin to think and act and reason and develop yourself as a business man, If you believe your lot is a very long season in paid employment, you would be steadfast in learning the ropes on how to rise and get to the top. Truth is what you are, is what you believe, what youre not is what you also believe. Your belief can either be positive or negative. Positive belief empowers, negative belief disempowers. Many times in competition and contest, what the contestants try to do is first of all intimidate the opponent and create doubt in their minds. They create unbelief in them and their ability to win, once they accept it, the quality of their game or performance would align with their thoughts and beliefs and doubts then they lose. It applies to you in life as well, when situations and circumstances begin to harass and intimidate you, once you allow doubt and unbelief, your circumstances and experiences begin to align with your doubt and unbelief. Many times for many of us our beliefs are pessimistic. Many even make pessimism their default state of mind because they do not want to be disappointed; they dont want their high hopes dashed. I have a friend whom every time his favorite football team is playing; all hell keep saying is his team will lose. He cant handle disappointment, so he stays pessimistic. When you hold negative or small time beliefs, it limits you, restricts you and sabotages your true capacity, ability and potential. Successful people think differently, believe differently than most people around the world, little wonder they control almost all the wealth in the world. What they believe determines their action and their actions determine their levels of success. Dear friend, hard work, diligence, knowledge, intelligence and passion are not enough, what you believe is what you see. Follow me on twitter today @franklyafolabi for more facts on your belief systems and implications, your life is not in your hands but in your belief. Thanks for listening, enjoy your weekend.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:16:10 +0000
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