Have you ever wondered
what it means to have a successful life?
Is it about money?
Is it about happiness?
Is it about possession of
materials things in gold and diamond?
Is it about philanthropy?
Is it about Family or
Career or Relationships or Health or...?
The list could just be
endless
But, yes it is about all
of the above and more
But what is successful
living?
According to Anastasiya Goers
"Successful living in
the broadest sense is
a life that is full of opportunities that you are not afraid
to try,
a life full of fun and meaningful work,
a life where you can spend plenty of time with the people
you care about,
a life that you live without regrets."
This therefore presupposes that successful living is not about
acquisition of mansions or gold and diamond but actually the process of living
life to then hilt.
In my own understanding therefore, there are 3 concepts I
think that would aid anyone to really and actually live a successful life.
1. Curiosity
Curiosity helps us to discover what is on the other side of
the divide. It takes us out of ourselves and helps us to know about others and
what their challenges are.
Curiosity also helps us to discover hitherto undiscovered
traits or talents that we have but which have not yet shown up.
When we are curious, we ask questions, we seek solutions and
provide answers. These help us to maximize our grey matter for the enrichment
of the Society
Curiosity helps us to make a choice. If we never ask, how
can we get? if we never seek, how can we find? and if we never knock, how can
the door be opened unto us? It is only the curious person that dares to leave
his comfort zone and bulldoze into an uncharted territory
Today, dare to be curious!!!!
2. Creativity
In each of us is deposited at least 1 talent but most of us
are multi-talented.
A creative mind streams out of a curious personality.
If Edison was not curious about why darkness is pitch black
and if there is anything that can be done to ameliorate the tyranny of
darkness, he would never have been creative enough to discover the light bulb
which chases away darkness even in the thick of the night.
If the Wright Brothers were not curious enough to ask why
the birds of the air fly and human beings cannot and to find out if there is a
way to make humans fly even without their own wings, they would never have been
able to be creative enough to invent the Aeroplane
Too many examples abound of men and women who asked
questions about this world we are living in because they were curious and went
out of their way to apply their creative ingenuity to find answers and
solutions.
Today I dare you - be creative!!
3. Collaboration
When God formed man in the Garden of Eden and the man was
all alone, God said to Himself, this man is all alone and it is not good, I
would make a companion for him and so God made the woman out of the man - that
is the Story of Creation from the Holy Book but from it comes our third tool
for living a successful life - Collaboration.
It is popularly said that no man is an island unto himself
and that is very true. Sometimes when I read the story of some "self made
persons" I still see there that there was some help or another from some
other persons in that person's life be it temporary or permanent, so that in
the real sense of it no man can be described as being "self made."
Be that as it may however, no matter how curious and
creative anyone is, making a dream come true is not one man's job alone.
Collaboration with others is key to fulfilling a dream.
A good collaborative effort involves both internal and
external relationships and so a balance man or woman would surely know how to
harness the two to arrive at a goal that has been earlier set.
So, with curiosity as your template and creativity as your
watch word, add up collaboration as the meat of the matter and you are headed
for a successful life.
Thank you for reading this post
And do share your own opinion on the matter with me
#DrJTF
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Jerry - the First is a Diversified Physician, Health Consultant, Teacher, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Life Coach, Plan B Income Promoter and Blogger
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