Sunday, October 26, 2008

If Success Can Be Cooked, What are Its Recipes?



Last night I received a roll of text messages from Rand inviting me to be one of the contributor for the bsn4d blog. I'm so happy at least i can share openly my thoughts and ideas here . Running down through the works and articles posted by Rand and Jerhart, i came to a point of thinking what to write about as my welcome and introductory article. I cant deny that writing is hard especially when you are running out of topics or ideas to put into writings.

Just this morning i was riding in a MRT, staring at the Timex digital clock hanged on the Taft Avenue Station telling me that I'm almost getting late because it's already around 7:45. Almost everybody is rushing as if they will lose something if they will not arrived to their respective destination on time as expected of them. Most of the communters like me rely on the train as their mode of transportation, not because it cost lesser than riding on a bus but because saving time is much more important. In my case it would only take me 15 mins from the house to the Red Cross, however if i take the other way by riding on a bus it would take me 45 mins or more and that's a big difference (Statistically, four to five hundred thousands of passenger rides on the train daily).

The bell rung it signals that the train was already leaving, this means that if i did not catch up the train i will wait for another 5 minutes for the next trip. Too bad, i will be late again so i run exasperatedly and good thing I entered into the train, while on my entrance into train i was pushed by a...shall i say not really good looking girl but in fairness she's sexy, (wetwew) fitting herself with the rest of the passenger congested inside the train. If you will look closely to their faces you can see different kind of people, amongst them were professional looking, some were wearing school uniform and most are in casual outfit. Other as if do not know what is happening in the real world. This is the routine picture of MRT everyday.

Last month i was invited by the Rotary Club at West End Cafe in Mandaluyong City to join them for a dinner and give talk regarding Blood Program of the PNRC. At first I was so hesitant to attend because i was thinking i will be outweight of their personalities and status in life. But i dont have any choice. On my expectation the club was composed of businessman, executives, and very successful profesionals i even got 3 foreigner on the group, I got a chance to know them one was Italian, the other was Britist and an American. We were 32 all in all. Before i started my talk, i ask them "who among of you here, whom do you think are already sucessful in life? almost everyone raised their hands. These are the people of big success to their own endaevours in life. I ask them a follow up question, "what motivates you to become successful". stunningly i was really impressed to their answers, simple yet meaningful. I ponder upon it and arrived collaborately with these following points of view.

Successful people are highly motivated. They set up high demanding goal for themselves. whether at work or play, or simply taking care of their personal and family affairs, successful are winners who love to create and achieve. Most importantly, the one who succeed are the one who persist and holds on to their vion even when the going gets rough.

They have infectious, positive attitude. Successful people always look at the bright side of life and count their blessing often. they spread hapiness and sunshine wherever they go, and maintain a healthy optimistic mindset, feeling assured and confident. they have a driven, "i can do it; it can be done" attitude.

They are concerned about their health and take care of their bodies. They keep physically strong to meet the demands of fast life. They know how to pace they schedule and effectively manage stress.

They believe the pursuit of excellence. Sucessful person have high self-wort, and wont settle for anything but the best. They strive for spectacullar result and aims for extraordinary. they put in a hundred percent effort in everthing they do.
they turn every disappointments and failures into something good. Successful person look at failures as a temporary setback in their journey to success. They have great focus and try, over and over again, until they succeed and never give up.
Successful people are people oriented, success comes to those who sincerely love being of service to other people-educating minds, uplifting lives and inspiring others. Ever wonder why Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates are mega successful? they are the people-oriented and share their talents, ideas, and achievements in the world.

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