Success Comes Naturally To Some

I was watching a story on TV the other day about Tiger Woods. Apparently he was shooting a commercial but in between breaks he was fiddling with a Rubik’s cube. He placed it on the ground, hit it, and it landed right in the hole! He was just as shocked as everyone else!

Tiger Woods is a person who oozes with success. It’s as if everything he does will be successful. There’s others out there like him as well.

A good friend of mine, Nik Halik, can also be classed as a person who seems to attract success with everything he does. He started setting goals when he was a young boy and he’s almost achieved everything he wrote down and is known as the "Thrillionaire", however, success doesn’t happen without effort. To be successful at anything you have to be prepared to put in the time and have a "never give up" attitude.

"Passion for life and for our work is a critical element of success and abundance.
Passion is a virtually unstoppable, attitudinal force that generates energy, creativity and productivity.
When you love what you do, it’s difficult not to succeed" Richard Carlson.

If someone like Nik Halik can come from very humble beginnings and end up being a "Thrillionaire", then it shows that anyone can achieve success. It’s all in your attitude.

Creating Future Entrepreneurs

I was reading a story from my local newspaper today about a 31 year old woman, a real entrepreneur, who took the risk of going into business to teach different types of dance to students.

This had been a goal since she started dancing lessons as a child, and her dream had always been to have her own dance studio. Well she did it and now has a very successful business.

It made me think of all the obstacles she would have faced before getting to where she is now. She would have to face the following challenges:

• Finding a studio in the right location
• Finding a studio with reasonable rent
• Finding a real estate agent who would be willing to rent out premises to someone with no prior financial history in real estate
• Possibly going to financial institutions to ask for a loan to fit out her studio
• Having enough money to advertise her studio and what she had to offer by the way of classes
• Being able to pay dance teachers
• Attracting enough students to pay all her bills and in due time, make a profit

It seems to me that you would have to be very persistent and patient to realize your dream of becoming an entrepreneur, but a lot of people do it and have become very successful.

There’s a risk, of course, that it will not turn out as you had hoped, but if you don’t step out of your "comfort zone" and be willing to do something that no one else will, then you’ll stay the same as you are and fit in with the majority of the population.

We need more entrepreneurs to step out and show that they are willing to put everything on the line to succeed at their chosen profession and in doing so, leading the way for more people to follow in their footsteps.

Successful Teenagers Doing What They Love

The other night I attended my 16 year old granddaughter’s annual drama and arts concert at her high school.

Now I haven’t been to a high school concert for quite a few years, so I really didn’t know what to expect. I think in the back of my mind I thought I’d be sitting through a long, drawn out event, with out of tune instruments, singers not hitting the right notes and actors forgetting their lines.

How wrong I was!

Instead I’d walked into the most amazing concert, filled with music, dance, acting and a display of art and animations. The musical repertoire consisted of individual performances by the school band, a show band, stringed orchestra, wind instruments and finally a rock band.

As if that wasn’t enough, this talented group of teenagers had dancing ranging from rock ‘n roll to ballet as well as a couple of well rehearsed and acted plays. My granddaughter was in a play with one other girl, and I may sound biased, but, she was brilliant!

I didn’t realize how much talent was in our schools and it really opened my eyes to the success a lot of these kids will have in the future.

My granddaughter told me that before the concert she was extremely nervous, but once she got on stage, she absolutely enjoyed herself. She was so proud of herself for taking the leap forward into facing her fears and then being loudly applauded for her successful debut into acting.

There’s a lot been said about teenagers and their behavior, but it’s not until you attend an event like I did, that you see an amazing group of young people visibly proud of their achievements, and lapping up the applause from equally proud, parents, relatives and friends.