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1. Everyone wants success. Everyone strives for it. But unfortunately everyone does not get it. Those who do not
get success get dejected and start thinking that success is not in their fate. Contrary to this pessimistic view
of denouncing oneself we are told that fate does not foist it on them. Only those are deprived of success who
start with wrong notions and assumptions and are not willing to pay the price for it.
We advise you to have a look at what our great thinkers have said about success and how to attract it. It has
been said
"Success is a process, not an event",
"Success is a journey, not a destination",
"Success means winning the war, not every battle",
"Success comes to those who dare and act",
"Success seldom goes to the timid who is always afraid of consequences",
"Success is old ABC - Ability, Brave and Courage",
"Success comes before work only in a dictionary",
"Success is a slow process, so never be hasty".
A galaxy of such inspiring statements about success can be multiplied from literature.
These statements are expressed in simple language, easy to understand and easier to digest. The essence of all
these and such other statements is that success lies in passion, purpose, planning, perseverance and pride.
Learn, if you can, from us that secret of success lies in your enthusiasm. The difference between impossible
and possible lies in your determination. If you have the will to win, you have achieved half the success. A
golden rule for you is to think only for the best. Work only for the best and expect only the best.
Sooner or later you will get the best.
Hard Work is the Key to Success
"One percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration"—
Edison's definition of genius has often been quoted to define success as well.
Even before Edison, the rigors of successwere described by painter Michelangelo thus: "If people knew how hard Ihad to w orkto
gain my mastery, it w ouldn't seemw onderfulat all."
Achieving success is almost like finding God—
the destination is the same, but the roads are as varied as the seekers. Allyou need
to do is choose your path…
But w hat is success?
Success may be described as the realization of an aim and for the realization of any aim hard w orkis essential. Hard w orkhelps us
to develop our potential to the maximum and strive for excellence in any field.
Hard w orkmakes us better prepared to face adverse situations. Hard w orkhelps an athlete to persevere in a race and w in it , it
helps an average student to become extraordinary, it helps to transformdestinies.
"Success is basically about how you can turn adverse situations in your favor."
So, focus your energies in a concentrated manner on your goal and then start perspiring for it. The choice of the goal and the effort
taken in reaching it are complementary: if you w ant to achieve something for the love of it, and not because it is the done thing, no
amount of hard w orkwould tire you. As De Bono puts it: "Successfulpeople do often enjoy their w orkthat it does not seem like
w ork." According to a recent survey, successearned through hard workwasthe foremost factor responsible for a contented life.
"Success consists of going fromfailure to failure w ithout loss of enthusiasm."
Behind every human effort lies a hope for success. So keen is his desire for successthat he fails to see any value in failures. But
one must remember that failures are the pillars of success. They provide us an opportunity to realize our shortcomings so that w e
can constantly strive to improve ourselves.
2. Life is fullof tw istS and turns .Everyone has to struggle here in this w orld to overcome every obstacle in the w ay to success.For this
hard w orkis necessary. Without w orking hard and just by sitting idle it w illbe hard for one to get success. Since fromchildhood and
till now I alw aysremember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOUhavE
to w orkhard, The result of hard w orkis alw aysfruitful,so YOUhave to w orkhard". I w ant to give exampleS frommy experience
today w hateverIam its only becAUSE of hard w ork. For a guy fromA low er classfamily it is almost impossible to GRADUATE in
enginneering BY FINANCING YOURSELF. It's only becAUSE of the regular hard w orkI got A scholarship to do BTECh.I don't
believe in luck since luck is never my LOT.
Today's w orld is a competItive w orld. Everyone here wantsto be famous and w antS success in his life. Whether he may be A
successfulboxer, sportman, actor or w riter his present positiOn is only due to hard w ork.Let's take an example FROM people w ho
w in gold medalS in THE OLYMPIC Games ,novel??? prize in differENT fields of know ledge is only because of hard w ork. Luckhas
nothing to do w ith it .Just by w atching television and siTTing idle if YOU are saying that can bend dow n success in your knee means
YOU are w rong. YeS perhaps YOUHAVEgot success sometimes becAUSEof your luck but it is not true alw ays.Saying that I am
A lucky person success automatically comes ....these are the only w ordS of saying ,reality is different .
There is a w ellkNow n proverb "NOpain, NO gain" hard w orknever goES w asteD.Although it may be later or sooner success
comes to YOUR feet. w e can have a look tow ardsthe life of great PEOPLE in the w orld like Mahatma GHandhi ,NapoleOn
,Florence ??,Shakespeare ,gautam buddha,Albert Einstein,New ton they all had struggled hard throughOUT their life .They had
made the right USE of every second and finally evryone got success in their...
Searching for successshouldn’t be an easy task. Success is not a gift, it should be hard to achieve and it matters how it is
accomplished. That’s w hy Istrongly disagree w ith this statement. "It is irrelevant how you achieve success". In my opinion, I believe
success is accomplished by having desire, devotion, and w ith a tremendous amount of dedication. I called these three w ords the
three d’s of success. Ibelieve that by having a desire tow ards yourgoals and by being a devotionalperson are remarkable w aysto
achieve success. But most importantly by having dedication tow ardsyour accomplishments is the most effectivewayto achieve
greatness. Not everyone acquires these sets of skills. To find triumph in life people should w orkhard to gain it, nobody should take
success lightly or cheat his or her w ay out to success. It is not fair for a person w ho has worked hard his or her entire life for
success, to be at the same status as someone w ho has cheated his or her w ay to greatness.
Success means many things to many people, and everyone w illdo anything to reach that ultimate goal. In life the true indicator of
success is not w hat is accomplished, but w hat is felt. And for a fact everyone wants to feelhappy in his or her lifetime. For that
reason many people lie and cheat their w ay to successto feelfulfilled. But people that achieve successthe w rong waywilljust lead
their lives to disappointment.
For example, a student w ants to be a doctor, but cheats his w ay out of high schooland college, by not studying, copying from
others, and cheating on tests including the MCAT’s, he or she w illunjustly receive a medicine degree w ouldn’t be a successful
person.
That doctor w illbe unsuccessfuland unable to help injured patients. Then later on that person w illjust spend time and money
studying something he or she failed to learn in the past. On the other hand, an apprentice that studies his or her body and mind
someday w illbe a successfulin any field.
3. Hard work isthe key to success. Nothingcanbe achieved without hard work. Work, work,everwork, is agreat panacea. Edison
w orked for twenty-one hours a day. He sleptonly for twoor three hours on the laboratory tables with his booksas his pillow.
Our beloved Prime Minister late Pt. Nehru, worked for seventeen hoursa day and sevendays a week.There were no holidaysin his
calendar.MahatmaGandhi worked ceaselessly day and night and won freedom for his country. Hard work is the price thatwe pay
for success and all the gifts of life.
It has been-well said,
"Heightsby great manreached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight,
They while theircompanionsslept,
Were toilingupwardsin the night."
Constantvigilance and preparednesstowork is the price we have to pay for success in life. Work isa privilege and a pleasu re;
idlenessisa luxurythat none canafford. Manis born to work and prosperin life. He like steel, shinesin use and rustsin rest.Work
is w orship. It exaltsmanifit is done honestly.Those who toll are, sooner or later, rewarded withluckand success. A man ofaction
acts in the livingpresent. There isno tomorrow for him. He makes the best of his time.
Life is full of strife. Life is action. Activity isthe law ofNature. A life of idlenessis a life of shame and disgrace. Idle men are intruders
on society. We are endowed withbrain and limbs, which are meant to be properly exercised. Failure in life isvery oftendue to
idleness. Industryis the key to success. Industrymakesand idlenessmars a nation.
Greatness canbe achieved by great labouronly. Whata manearnsby the sweat of hisbrow giveshim agreater degree ofsatisfaction
than whathe gets by astroke of fortune. Man wishes to have manythingsin life. Some of, them may be bestowed upon him by
fortune, but to have the others he will have to workand toil;for he cannot have them for mere wish.
These latter things acquired by hard toil are much sweeterthanthose he gets by accident.Whena man earnsby dint of toil; he
enjoysa pleasurable sensation whichis equivalent to the joy of havingwon avictory. Ofthispleasurable sensation, the manwho has
been born witha silverspoon in his mouth knowsnothing. Aselfmade man is certainly happier and more esteemed, thanthe man
w ho owes hisfortune to the accidentof his birth.
If a manregularly exercises his physical and mental organs, he, enjoys sound healthwhichisthe only wealtha man can boast of. He
also buildsa moral character which is too strongtoyield to anytemptation.
Du ringhis life-time sucha man is admired by all for the activitiesof his body and mind, and afterhis death, he lives in the mindsof
m en in the deedshe did. Nobody on earth leaves a name to posterity without real work.
Surely one must live a life thatinspiresothers and givesthe manimpetus. A man ofaction and iron will carries everything before
him and, instead of beingcontrolled by circumstances, he himselfwill control them.
What does it matter if a manlivesfor ninety years, and it is all a story of idleness and wasted opportunities? Jesus Christ died when
he was hardly thirty, Swami Vivekananda died before he was forty, Napoleon did not live tobe fifty, Lenin died before he wassixty.
And yet they have their impress on humanhistory that no octogenariancanclaim.
Not poverty butidleness isa great curse. If we waste time, time shall waste us. Alife crammed withwork is a life bubbling withthe
joy of success. Great men ofthe world were bornin cottages butthey died in palaces.
America's famous PresidentAbraham Lincolnwas born in a log cabin in the forest. He could not afford a lamp and read borrowed
books withthe light of the fire in the hearth. And yet by dint ofhard work, he rose to be the greatest man of his time. Stalin, the late
Prime Ministerof Russia, wasthe son of a mere cobbler.
To sum up, greatness and success lie in hard, honest and selflessWork.