THE DEMANDS OF SUCCESS | BY OLAYINKA EKUNDAYO

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shall make thy ways prosperous and then thou shall have good success.” Joshua 1:8

“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.” Proverbs 16:9

I have noticed that success means different things to different people. To some it is to have a peaceful home while to others it is to pass their exams in flying colours. To others yet, it is to win the soccer championship. While to others, success could mean to get more sales or patronage in their products and services.

However, whatever success means to you, it is certain that nobody strolls into success; it must place certain demands on you!

Your today may tolerate and accept you the way you are but certainly your tomorrow will demand a better you in order to get that which has kept for you all this while!

There’s something belonging to you in the universe, it has your name printed on it…

It’s only awaiting the ‘you’ that will be deserving of that possession or result!

It is effort that sponsors result in life; it is price that determines rise!                                        

New levels ride on new inputs. It’s time to wake up to the realities of life that you can never get out of life more than what you have given to it.

Zig Ziglar once quipped that ‘doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a perfect definition of insanity.’

All successful people in different fields of life have one thing in common- they do things differently from other people!

That explains why their result is highly different compared to others’.

In this study we shall look at the demands of success in the lives of highly successful men and women.

What you demand of yourself is what you can produce.

1.     VISUALISATION-SEEING THE FUTURE AHEAD OF OTHERS.

One major demand of success in any field of life; be it in sports, academics, business, relationships, spirituality, finances etc. is the art of visualization.

This is the engagement of human imagination to picture what you desire to see in your reality.

Visualization is a form of diligence that takes place in the workshop of the mind. Great athletes have used this technique to boost their athletic performance to attain extraordinary feats. Researches in the field of psychology had shown that the human subconscious mind does not differentiate between activity done in reality from the one mentally rehearsed through visualization. The process of visualization is just as real as the physical activity. 

2.     FOCUS- A PEOPLE OF ONE THING

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…” Philippians 3:13.

Another major demand of success in any field of life is unwavering and laser beam focus on a single target in life.

Focus is key as far as success is concerned. Every successful individual I know or read about is a person of one singular thing!

They don’t do many things-they are known for one thing!

They are not wandering generalities but meaningful specifics in life.

Focus, focus, focus-nothing can its place. Your life resonates in the direction of your focus in life. Your focus is what creates your blindness. As you choose to focus on a thing, you automatically become blind to other options. Your focus is what makes you a focus in life. When you focus on your life assignment you automatically escape being locked up in the asylums of life.

3.     FIGHT FOR YOUR FLIGHT- OR YOU REMAIN GROUNDED

For an aircraft to leave the ground level into the sky, it has to fight first.

This fight is against certain forces in order to ensure flight.

There are 4 notable forces that come to mind when it comes to the flight of an aircraft from the ground level.

a.     Weight- this is force that keeps the aircraft on the ground, it works with the gravitational pull of the earth.

b.     Drag- this is the force that pulls back the aircraft when it’s up in the sky. Drag keeps it from forward motion.

c.      Lift- this is the force that makes the aircraft overcome the force of gravity, so as to get off the ground. 

d.     Thrust- this force keeps the aircraft going in the sky in forward linear motion.

In summary, flight happens when lift overcomes weight and thrust overcomes drag.

If an aircraft need to fight in order to fly, then you cannot expect to be casual and walk into your destiny.

4.     FIGHT FOR YOUR TERRITORY- OR YOU ARE DISPOSESSED!

 Life is a fight for territory, when you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will take over! God has given and entrusted certain territories into your care, what happens there depends on how well you fight to defend!

a.      The territory of your Mind

Your mind is like a garden, you must cultivate it deliberately to avoid weeds from taking over.

You are responsible for the kind of thoughts you allow into your mind.

Your life changes to the degree of your inner transformation.

b.     The territory of your Health

Your health is your wealth; whatever becomes of your health is your responsibility. No matter how great your dreams are, you cannot live your dreams on the sick bed.

Eat well, exercise regularly and rest well, it’s all for your health.

You have to fight for that territory!

c.      The territory of your Dreams

Your dream is given to you by God. It is the reason for your uniqueness in a world of duplicates!

Your dream is what makes your life

blossom. However, there are dream killers on the prowl; you have the responsibility of protecting your dreams against the attacks of dream killers. If you don’t protect and pursue your dreams, who will?

THIS IS A GUEST POST COMPILED BY YINKA EKUNDAYO (aka Eagle). 
AUTHOR BIO: He is a Pastor, a Motivational Speaker, Leadership and career Coach, He holds a monthly Knowledge Impactation Programme for the Youth and Teens at the Conquerors Assembly, Akowonjo. Lagos. Connect with him by clicking on Facebook or email  tosyinks@gmail.com

                                                                                 

         *(Also Read Becoming A World Changer by Yinka Ekundayo,                        Click HERE)