MORE SUCCESSFUL

 

More Successful 

By Coach Frank Sagasta 

August 

Have you ever decided to be more successful than you were yesterday?  Are you going through this life journey aimlessly without a clear and laser focus of purpose or direction? 

Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

Thomas Edison was a distinctive child at an early age.  He attended school for only three months with the teachers (professionals) labeling him as “Too stupid to learn anything,” this was possible because of his early hearing impairment.  His mother removed him from the school and decided to homeschool him.  She encouraged him to read and think outside the box.  He would soon develop a greater interest in science, especially chemistry.  By the age of 10, he created a small lab in the basement of their home.  At the age of 20, Thomas Edison would set up and make a laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey where he would spend most of his time as an inventor.  

Within two years, he had 40 different projects going on and was applying for over 400 patents a year.  Thomas said, he was often ridiculed and other labels were placed on him, but they never stopped him from creating and demonstrating the first working lightbulb.  During an interview a reporter asked, “How did you feel to fail 1000 times?’  Thomas Edison replied, “ I didn’t fail 1000 times.  The lightbulb was an invention with 10,000 steps.”  Just because someone else can’t see your vision doesn’t mean that your vision doesn’t exist.  

We all too often, have someone come through life that makes change seem almost impossible.  But as life learners, we understand the challenges.  Many times the years go by and I hear people regret that they did not start something earlier.  I think to myself that there are so many books published that have so many secrets, strategies, and stories to share that can transform our world.  In fact, there is a recently published book titled “Five Frogs on the Log.”  The essential of this book is five frogs were sitting on a log.  Four decided to jump off.  How many were left and it goes on to suggest that there were still five frogs on the log.  There is a difference between deciding and doing.  

“How wonderful it is that nobody needs weight a single moment before starting to improve the world.”  ~  Anne Frank 

There is no greater time than to set a goal for the rest of the year.  No matter when you are reading us now is a great time.  There is something majestic or magical that happens when you clearly decide to begin to just do.  Just clarifying where you want to be in 3 to 5 years.  Then start the process start fulfilling that reality.  What an exciting way to start tomorrow the rest of this month and the rest of this year.  There is so much considerable at events to indicate that expectations of your future do, in fact, tend to create a future.  

What are three things you want to accomplish this week?  

Remember the story of the five frogs on the log and the story of Thomas Edison.  To be more successful there may be 10,000 steps that you’ll have to take action towards.  Just step up by faith and do it daily.  Never let the labels or options of other people become your reality.  

By Coach Frank Sagasta

Leadership and Professional Skills Instructor  

H.O.P.E Solutions LLC,