Posted on 16 January 2010.
Man has two creations, that brought about by his creator and the second creation of self. These creations are analogous to a car; a car is manufactured and presented to a driver. The second creation is learning to drive that car; and either making it a habit to plan every new journey before starting off, or start off with no plan at all. When the planned route is known and becomes common-place, man just drives through with little effort of his conscious mind.
Hence, according to simple universal law, to accomplish great things, we must not merely act by taking off from without. Taking off from a haphazard base does not just cut it, as you’d be going against universal law.
Your weaknesses make you a creature of circumstances, whereas your strengths make you the creator of circumstances. Your weaknesses force you to take life the way it comes to you; but when you dream and plan; act and believe; you can design your life to come to you the way you want it. As Jim Rohn says, “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.”
Mahatma Gandhi once said “No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important.” For it will be by those small things that you’d be able to design your life to come to you the way you want.
How does one become prosperous?
Every individual is unique; there is no one secret to success! Success is within every individual; therefore one cannot seek for success outside oneself.
Here’s an old Hindu story. I may be paraphrasing it a little bit because I don’t remember it exactly. But its message is truly appropriate at this point.
Shortly after the beginning of man, the gods were debating on where to hide man’s divine essence in order to prevent him from ever discovering who he really is (either out of jealousy or fear of mutiny, I suppose). So one day, the deities conferred with Brahma, the godhead, and said, “We should hide it at the peak of the highest mountains.” Brahma answered, “No, for man will eventually go there and find it.” “Let’s hide it deep inside the darkest forests,” another suggested, “or how about the lowest depths of the ocean? Surely, man will never go there,” another one added. “No,” Brahma retorted, “man will eventually find it there also.” Perplexed, the gods asked Brahma, “Where, then?” “We shall hide it where man will never think of looking for it,” Brahma replied. “We will hide it deep within their own selves.”
The only best way to engender success is by ensuring our base of take off is organized. It therefore follows that, given the knowledge of how to create an organized base on which to take off from, not everyman will take off in much the same way, because of individual uniqueness and will power.
So what’s this springboard base of success?
1. Thought – this is the one thing that makes man realize his circumstances. It is man’s point of contact with his environment, upon which he begins to imagine how best to deal with what he faces before him. This is what advances man, as for with thought, man can believe; as for with thought, man can nurture his mind to grow higher from his present state. With this thought, man realizes that he is, where he is, simply because of his beliefs.
With thought, man comes to realize that his failure or success did not come overnight; but by a series of positive or negative successful incremental deeds.
It is universal law!
Whatever man’s circumstances, “richer than rich or poorer than poor”, man can move in either direction. Theron Dumont once said, “Anything within the universe is within your grasp. Just use your latent powers and it is yours”. You are aided by both visible and invisible when you concentrate on either “to do” or “to be.” The amount of effort it takes to fail is the same amount of effort it takes to succeed as far as the mind is concerned. It is your responsibility to provide it with the right seeds of thought. It is your “Will” to do or not to do… see my point; it is the same either way.
Prosperity is not the preserve of the rich or the well to do!
According to William George, “no man is so poor that he cannot begin to pay for what he wants…”, and every small, individual payment that he makes, universal law recognises, stores and accumulates for him a reserve fund in his hour of need. With Nature, every single positive successful deed he expends daily in right-doing is all stored for him and transmuted in strength and prosperity unexpectedly in the hour of need.
Universal Law is “JUST” to every single man whether rich or poor, otherwise – this would be an injustice to the poor and to the weak. So you can make yourself as you please through thought.
2. Knowledge – this is “the what to do” and “the why” after realising one’s own environment and circumstances. Knowledge helps one equip oneself with the best tools available in the present time to deal with the situation at hand whilst acquiring new tools that will be required in the future. With this knowledge, man is circumspect of the fact that, if the mind is not nurtured with positive thoughts, he would never grow any higher than he thinks.
3. Calmness – Calmness is the mental state of being free from agitation, excitement, or disturbance. Every person can experience calmness during a state of relaxation, but very rare in much more alert and aware states. This is a powerhouse that eludes man. Scientists say man loses 80% of his intelligence when he gets angry or afraid. Would you imagine that? Eighty percent drop in effective intelligence!
Every time a person is angry or in fear, is operating under duress and cannot perform effectively. This is why they advise never to drive when angry until you calm down. Another example is in the office, a person can be fully capable and trained for a role, but in his new role and in a different setting, he flounders. Why…? Fear! Fear incapacitates his intelligence to 20%.
So find a way to attenuate anger and fear to operate at your optimum, it should not be a one off exercise, just like in the gym, keep on working on attenuating anger and fear. You would be surprised what good comes out of this. Calmness is a quality that can be cultivated and increased with practice. It usually takes a trained mind to stay calm in the face of a great deal of different stimulation, and possible distractions, especially emotional ones. According to Wikipedia illustration on Calmness, it explains that “The negative emotions are the greatest challenge to someone who is attempting to cultivate a calm mind”.
Some disciplines that promote and develop calmness are yoga, relaxation training, breath training, and meditation.
4. Self-confidence and self-reliance – According to William George, “Self?confidence, without self?reliance, is as useless as a cooking recipe, without food. Self?confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self?reliance realizes them. Self?confidence sees the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self?reliance carves it out for himself”. The man who is self?reliant seeks ever to discover and conquer the weakness within him that keeps him from the attainment of what he holds dearest; he seeks within himself the power to battle against all outside influences.
5. The last but in exhaustive list from me is (P3=P), purpose + passion + persistence = Prosperity.
When you practice and maintain these seemingly simple and obvious disciplines, prosperity is inevitable. These of course are not exhaustive elements but will produce tremendous results when combined with elements such as goal setting and personal mission statements.
Nyangu Simpungwe is a professional accountant, a fully qualified chartered certified accountant and holds a Masters Degree from The University of Glamorgan in Wales. He is Author of Try Easier… Become The Best You Can Be
http://www.try-easier.com
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