Are you willing to pay the price?
"When you see the promise, you will be willing to pay the
price."
Most times when I walk on the streets I notice different sets of
people. There are always the successful ones and those on the
other side of the divide. I used to ask myself why this is so
until I read a book by Jim Rohn, "Leading an inspired life." I
then understood why some people will be successful in life and
some won't be.
This life is built on paying a price to get to one's
destination. We all have a price to pay, what determines where
we end at the end of the day. When we start out early in life,
we always see a bright and promising future ahead of us; the
world looks conquerable to us that we dream of so many lovely
things we are going to do with our lives. We see ourselves in
lovely rides, beautiful mansions and wining and dining with the
mighty in our communities. We see people such as Bill Gates,
Warren Buffets and their likes as our models and boy, we can't
wait to get to their levels!
On setting out, the reality sets in! It is not as easy as we
think it will be! We have heard several times that uneasy lies
the head that wears the crown but unfortunately, FEW are willing
to undergo the "uneasy" part of being successful. Those who have
been successful, always place the picture of where they want to
go directly in front of them. They sleep and wake with the
picture always before them and where ever they go, they never
leave the picture behind. That is the promise they are pursuing.
When they have the mental picture of what they want to achieve,
all that remains is to look at the price they will have to pay,
in order to get to where they are going. They are never afraid
of the price they have to pay because of the mental picture that
they are always carrying with them.
Successful people pay a lot of prices before they achieve their
success. They suffer a lot of ridicule from people around them,
rejection is always their lot on a regular basis. What of
hunger? They always have to go a lot of days without food just
because they want to achieve the promise. Days are spent without
having a dime in their pocket but they are still undaunted. The
owe debt to high heavens and they see that as a price they
needed to pay. In all these situations, they are always in a
cheerful mood and unless they tell you what they are passing
through, you will not be able to know. That is the big
difference between a person who succeeds and a failure in life:
An ability to see the promise and pay the price.
People who don't make it at the end of the day, see the promise
or the luxuries of a successful life, but are not willing to pay
the price. By so doing, they don't become successful.
Willingness to pay the price, no matter how heavy it is, is a
perquisite to being successful at the end of the day. "No pain,
No gain" is a popular word which we all need to imbibe,
seriously, into our lives. If you are going to be successful
later in life, you must be willing to pass through lot of
hassles. If you are not willing to, then I am not sure you are
willing to become a successful person. See every negative event
arising while trying to achieve your dreams, as one of the price
you have to pay on your way to living a successful life.
You will get there.
Adebola A. Oni