Two Steps to Success

Yes, it’s true ! Reach Success in TWO steps!

There are so many articles telling you the easy 10 steps or 15 steps to reach success. Well, it is not so, come to think of it. There are only two steps. (By the way, this is strictly only one way of looking at it, perceptions may differ, I’m quite aware of that. Feel free to comment on what you think of it).

Step 1 – Believe.

Believe and you can achieve. People think you are crazy? Let them think what ever they want. End of the day, you are what you are. Only you can be what you want to be. Believe in yourself and what you do. Believe in what you want to become and how you’d get there. Believe! Half the way to success is guaranteed if your belief in yourself and your dreams are strong. It will guide you in times of despair, it will be your consoling friend when no one supports you, it will be the only thing that is REAL and is judged purely upon your strength and determination. If you believe you can do it, no one and I MEAN NO ONE – can stop you from attaining your goals. You are here to achieve, believe in that. What the mind perceives, your efforts will achieve. Planned work, determined effort and the path to your success will be clear automatically – the light of belief will show you the way. Again, belief varies from person to person and as mentioned earlier – what you believe, your mind will perceive. What you perceive, your efforts will achieve.

Step 2 – Circling Knowledge.

As the whole point of taking efforts is an automatic outcome of step 1, step 2 will focus on the one thing that will multiply your value of success. Knowledge. It’s not necessary that it means you get a certificate or do your masters in a certain discipline. To learn is to grow. Learn from mistakes, learn from experiences, learn from others in the same field (even if you hate them), learn from nature (small things can trigger deeper meanings sometimes). Never stop learning, you may never know when it might help you. If you think ignorance is a bliss, perhaps it is for you, but the quality of success is way off the shelf when you keep improvising based on never-ending knowledge. There’s another advantage of learning – perhaps you’ve achieved what you believed in after all your efforts and because you’ve researched on your journey so much you realise there’s another challenge waiting for you! Share your knowledge, it’s the same as donating food and money to people who really need it. Knowledge is known to be the one thing that can be passed on for generations and it doesn’t have to possess a shape or form. It is pure. It is never ending.

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Well, I think if you are able to follow these two steps, the rest will come to you. You will automatically be able to plan your activities, re-route your energy and be the unbeatable in what you achieve. I could be wrong, this list could be too small and incomplete. Share your views! If you liked it, let me know.

~ Cheers, Kaavs