SUCCESS IS INTENTIONAL
Success is generally defined as a result or an outcome, or an achievement of one's goal, while intentional means something ;intended, deliberate or planned.
In other words, this topic simply infers that the achievement of our goals is as a result of our delibe
Although, the definition for sucess is relative as it varies amongst different individual, the goal of a young child will definitely be different from that of a full grown adult.
However, we can divide success into four major subsets or parts which i believe is the basis for this life we live.
They are physical sucess, spiritual success, intellectual sucess and financial success.
I clipped these kinds of sucess from the book of luke 2:52 which says and Jesus grew in wisdom intellectual, stature physical, favour with God spiritual, favor with man (relationship/emotional)
Physical success: jim rohn says "take care of your body , its the only place you have to live"
Many of us tend to trivialise the importance of taking care of our bodies, some of us even see it as carnal when we seem concerned about our physical being, however we see others who have done the thorough work of eating healthily and participating in physical activities and we start coveting.
We have to be intentional about what we eat and do to have the kind of outlook we want, by the way nobody builds abs or muscles by chance they must have put a lot of time and effort
Spiritual success:
this is the bedrock for all kind of success, as what takes expression on the outside is as a result of what our innerman carries. The principle for this is the simplest, and we can easily locate it in the bible joshua 1:8 which encourages us to meditate (a consious and delibrate effort) on the word of God day and night...only then are we assured of good success
So it shows that we dont get to the peak of our relationship with God in one day, it takes consistent effort in the study of the word, place of prayer, meditation of the word, where we acquire deeper understanding, then grow over time.
Intellectual success works a bit hand in hand with Emotional success as it tends to define our personalities generally.
No one is an island of knowledge, yet we come across some people that seem to know it all, believe you me, it is not because they have some super powers, or because they are geniuses but rather it is because they have spent so much time and energy working on themselves, through reading of books, learning from people who have more knowledge than they have, consistent practice of the skills they have acquired.
They take responsibilities, for their actions and make delibrate choices. So when they are giving a platform to express themselves, you just see them sprew so much knowledge, wisdom and depth, and you get really curious about them, and over time they become icons.
Robert Greene says " the future belongs to those who learn(intentional) more skills, and combine them in a creative way
No one goes to an exam hall or an interview room without being delibrate about the choice of what to study, how to appear, the mode of answering questions and the likes, this is because they know this thinhs are necessary if they want to achieve success.
And lastly,
emotional success :
This is more like an output of the other three success, it is borne out of our physical being, spiritual and intellection being.
The level of work you have done on the other three subsets of success will determine what your emotional life will look like, it determines how you relate with people, it determines your feelings about yourself and others, it determines your general opinion of the world. If you are lacking intellectually, chances are high that your relationship with people will suffer
If you want people to act nice to you, you have to attract them with atleast a smile or a worthwhile conversation..
So my point is, everything we do to achieve sucess requires a delibrate, planned or intentional effort..yes, luck may seem to bypass, these protocols, but search deeply, there must have been an iota of effort.
In conclusion, i would like to give this quote by James Allen, and it says;
"He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little, he who would achieve much must sacrifice much, and he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly"
Thank you for reading.
O'Kanye
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