By Blue Rose on Thursday, 6 of August , 2009 at 9:08 am
Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary?
In this provocative and inspiring new book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it’s as much about where we’re from and what we do, as whom we are – and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone.
Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique… it opens our mind to new way of thinking of many things, seeing through every word of how can you succeed in life.
“He is the best kind of writer – the kind who makes you feel like you’re a genius, rather than that he’s a genius!” – The Times
By Blue Rose on Thursday, 23 of July , 2009 at 8:32 am
People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.
Some of these alibis are clever, and a few of them are justifiable by the facts. But alibis cannot be used for money. The world wants to know only one thing – have you achieved success?
As you read the list, examine yourself carefully, and determine how many of this alibi’s, if any, are your own property.
IF only I didn’t have a wife and family…
IF only I had enough “pull”…
IF only I had money…
IF only I had a good education…
IF only I could get a job…
IF only I had good health…
IF only I had time…
IF only times were better…
IF only other people understood me…
IF only conditions around me were different…
IF only I could live my life over again…
IF only I did not fear what “they” would say…
IF I had been given a chance…
IF now I had a chance…
IF only other people didn’t “have it in for me”…
IF nothing happens to stop me…
IF only I were younger…
IF only I could do what I want…
IF only I had been born rich…
IF only I could meet “the right people”…
IF only I had the talent that some people have…
IF only I dared assert myself…
IF only I had embraced past opportunities…
IF only people didn’t get in to my nerves…
IF only I didn’t have to keep house and look after children…
IF only I could save some money…
IF only the boss appreciate me…
By Mr.Pancake on Sunday, 19 of July , 2009 at 6:30 am
Are you really focused on what you want in life or are you just sleeping trough life. A very important part of having success is to focus on outcomes. To do what you need to know, of what outcomes you want. Sadly most people are just living life from day to day. Hoping things will be better tomorrow.
Focus is really needed if you want to become successful at anything. With Focus I mean being able to stay on track with your goals in life. To reach this goals there are actions that will help you achieve them.
In order to stay focused, you will need to know several things:
- Know where you are going
- Know how to get there
- Do whatever it takes to get there
Now do you see the importance of knowing what you want and forming a solid plan? Without those steps, staying focused would be nearly impossible.
Personally, I am tired of people that don’t want to work hard enough. Most people are just talking a lot, but when it comes to doing the real work there is nothing. The way to be successful is clearly to work on being successful and to work on what you want to achieve. Watching the latest movie on TV is not going to get you there, but it will pass your time. To get anywhere have a price. Even if you just want to fly from Hong Kong to Manila. It is not free. You have to pay a price. It is the same with our life. To get where we want to go have a price. Are you willing to pay that price?
Before you know where you are going you need to have dreams. Dreaming and working are both fun in their own rights, but much more productive together. Spend your life only dreaming and you clearly will end up very frustrated. Spend your life only working and your energy will go away and you end up nowhere. Working without a clear goal is demoralizing when you have little to show for it at the end of the day.
Getting Focused is an essential element of success. The pleasure of purposeful work is what drives successful people to bigger and better heights.
Do you have any tricks on how to Focus? Please let me know by leaving a comment below.
By Mr.Pancake on Saturday, 4 of July , 2009 at 9:56 am
How to be “Lucky”
The awful thing about claiming that somebody is “Lucky” is that it dismisses responsibility. You can’t make luck happened, you just have to wait for it to strike unexpectedly. Sometimes that is right and random events do happen to help or hinder our lives for unknown reasons. However, there are other times when what we call “Luck” is much more under our control.
Opportunity of some sort is always around, so you can see luck as our willingness to be open to a given opportunity.
There is an Eastern saying “Trust the lord and tie up your camel”. For me that is what luck is all about. It underlines the varying elements of success: You need to trust that the universe, life, God or Allah – whatever you choose to call it will support you. All you have to do is to be willing and to take action. You have to put your energy into the success. Remember nobody ever won a race they did not enter.
I’m sure you may have heard this many times before: “Trust the lord and tie up your camel”. We can’t just walk around and not take precautions in life and say “I trust in God, so I’ll be alright”. You can’t just leave the keys in your car and go in the store and just think that because you trust in God that the car is going to be there when you get back. You might trust in God, but there are a lot of people out there that don’t believe in God and your car may just be gone.
To reach the point where other people claim you have been “Lucky” will normally require you to move from one end of the other of the life alignment curve. You will have to tie up our camel like:
- Review Opportunities
- Explore Implications
- Ask for Help
- Experiment with a New Style
- Get a New Job
- Move to a New Country
Lucky people take responsibility for what happens to them and how they respond to it, so life moves with them. Call it luck if you have to, just remember that you create your own luck by accepting the part you have to play.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it and do it. Boldness have genius, power and imagination in it.
By Blue Rose on Friday, 19 of June , 2009 at 5:22 am
I want to share this poem that has been with me since I was in High School. I hope it will uplift and help you realize also not to give up fighting for whatever you want to do and achieve in life.
Don’t Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit -
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twist and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won, had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden dawn.
Success is a failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near but seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit, -
Its when things seems worst that you mustn’t quit.
Remember this military secrecy always – “Quiter never Wins, Winner never Quit.”
