Midnight Thoughts # 1: What Keeps a Person from Succeeding?
You might have overheard someone saying that the reason why a person doesn't succeed in life at all is because of "the lack of circumstantial opportunities that make it happen", or "the lack of support system", "poverty", "disability",
and goes on and on...
Yes, it is easy to envy those people we know who seemed to earn overnight success. To people who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. (How easy their life is? eh).
It is so easy to scoff at their convenient and hassle-free life while looking at yourself as if a peasant working your ass off to survive.
But that's not really the case.
I know I am old enough to get hooked with the Kpop idols and I know this is a cringe alert. (I'm not promoting a certain band but I'd like to make them as an example of what I'm trying to emphasize.)
The most successful Kpop groups such as BTS and Blackpink have obviously dominated the entertainment industry all around the world. Not only with their gorgeous looks but their amazing and unique TALENT in dancing and singing.
It may seem underrated for those who knew someone does better than them but their success stories have inspired many people to bring it on in life and never give up. There's something distinctive about them that millions of people adore.
It was not an overnight success for them if you'd listen to their interviews.
In fact, they had to go through a very tough and harsh experience before they had even made it to the top.
They had sleepless nights and body injuries as they went on the training at the entertainment agency. Even faced tons of insults by strict mentors and had been told: "they're not good enough" (while they're obviously innately talented)
Most aspiring idols they went with during the training period didn't make it to the last stage of hardships. Either they gave up too soon or convinced themselves it wasn't really for them in the first place.
Talent alone wasn't enough to become a Kpop idol. It requires unwavering determination and persistence in achieving success. Even if they had to experience the downsides of taking that path. Achieving REAL SUCCESS needs focus and the right attitude.
Other examples of the living proof of success are those best-selling book authors, multi-millionaire freelancers, entrepreneurs, chefs, athletes, doctors ...you name it, have made it to the top with consistency, determination, and humility.
They might have failed once, twice, BUT they never gave up.
This boils down to a saying :
And that makes sense.
Now, if you are asking to yourself where do you start..
Just reminisce that certain ambition you had been thinking about.. Something that really matters to you, something that believes in that you are capable of doing it.
FOCUS ON IT. AND JUST MAKE AN EFFORT TO PURSUE YOUR AMBITION.
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS DOESN'T EXIST.