Four things for success: work, pray, think and believe.
Norman Vincent Peale
The desire of every man on earth is to be successful in whatever he or she venture into. Success means different things to different people. To a student expecting the result of a major examination success to him is all about coming out in flying colour.To a barren woman success means becoming a mother and carrying her own baby. To a businessman success could mean getting a mouthwatering major contract. Success in general is all about having something tangible to show for one’s effort and labour.
The easiest way to succeed in life is to follow the four things for success, suggested by late Norman Vincent Peale. If you can make the best use of them; failure will have no place in your life. The four things for success are:
• Work
• Pray
• Think
• Believe
We shall be taking each of the four things for success one after the other so as to help you have a clear understanding of them all and thus make the best use of them.
Work
To work is to do something with your hand, brain, talent and ability. This has to do with being engaged in something legitimate so as to benefit others and earn a living from such an effort or engagement. To work is to engage in a trade or an activity in order to earn a living. To be successful you must not fold your arms; you must do something. Even if you have a disability, there are one or two things you can do to earn a living for yourself and not depend on others.
Are you jobless presently? Just try and lay your hands on something for a start. You could be underemployed at the beginning but sooner or later you’ll get your dream job. Never fold your arms doing nothing. God had promised to bless the work of your hands; if you have nothing doing, what would God bless.
Pray
Prayer is the most effective weapon needed to bring the desired turnaround in the life of all believers. To pray is to ask God to be involved in one’s situation. The bible enjoined us to ask, seek and knock so as to receive, find and experience openings respectively. The Bible told us that what is impossible with man is possible with God.
No power can withstand the power of effective prayer. Is your case that of serial failures? Then ask God to turn your failures to success.
Think
To think is to use your imaginative power. Think possibility and you will experience possibility. Think failure and you will experience failure. Think success and you will succeed. What you think is possible will be possible. Never think failure unless you’ve resolved to fail by all means.
Believe
Believe is all about being convinced that what you have prayed about, think about and work on, will automatically become a reality. The injunction of the Bible is that all things are possible to him that believes. Believe you’ll succeed and it will come to pass. Believe you’re a failure and you’ll end up a failure.
The secret of success is making the best use of all the four things for success that we have highlighted above. Therefore if you want to succeed be ready to work hard, pray hard, think positive and believe you can succeed. Go and succeed.
Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR Practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. Email:jibdej@gmail.com. Tel: 2348027807452.
