THE FIVE Ps OF SUCCESS

Success Digest
with Olusegun Samson G.

Week 7

THE FIVE Ps OF SUCCESS

Anybody can achieve success in anything, if the principle that guarantee success in such a thing are identified and followed. This is so because, principle are not respecter of any man. I was speaking to a group of teenagers some months back on success and I asked them, ‘if a beggar should jump from a five storey building, what will happen?’ They all echoed, ‘He will died or breaks his leg with several injury on his body.’ I responded ‘OK’ and asked further, what if a king jumps from that same storey building? ‘He will die or breaks his leg too.’ They all shouted. I paused for a while, silence was in the class and they all gaze at me with curiosity boldly written on their faces. Then I said to them, you believe their experience will be similar because they will be breaking the same principle (law of gravity). Which mean principles are not respecter of person. In a solemn manner I ask these young chaps, why then did you believe the lies that your background will affect your success in life and success is met for some selected few? If anybody can, you can; you only need to follow principles. To bring about a paradigm shift in them, I added, success is met for all; everyone you see that is successful today employ some set of principles. If you follow those same principles, it will produce for you the same result they got from it irrespective of your background or current state just as that principle of gravity affect the beggar and the king equally.

The principles of success are not hidden and yet few are they that are achieving success. This is so because many are not willing to follow the principles of success, most people just sit down and hope for a wonder to happen someday. If you want to be successful in anything, you don’t wait to see or watch thing happen; you make things happen. The five Ps of success will help you make things happen. These five Ps are universal and can be found common among every successful individual. The Five Ps of Success is going to take us five weeks to cover as we will be looking at one P per week. Make sure you don’t miss any of the series. This week I will be sharing with us the first P, ‘Purpose.’

PURPOSE - The First P of Success

When you lack purpose for a course or generally for life, you are like a man digging the ground, who when asked why he is digging the ground, sweating and breathing hard responded, ‘Nothing, I only want to be hard working.’ You will say, the man must be foolish or mad? If that is true, it means we have so many mad people with nice clothes roaming about our streets, they have no definite purpose they are pursuing in life; just busy for nothing. Going about life without purpose is a complete madness. Nothing is as frustrating as to be on the go without a goal. It is not how hard working you are that will makes you to be successful, but your pursuit of a definite purpose. Purpose is the strongest motivation for success; when you know and understand why something needs to be done, you don't need external motivation to get it done. CEOs and Business Owners, please note, it is very important you ensure your staff understand fully the purpose of you organization/establishment, as this will enhance productivity; when they understand ‘why’, it becomes easier for them to understand the ‘how.’ As no one who box the air will be champion, only those who are purpose driving will achieve success in their endeavour.

Seneca wisely observed, “To the person who does not know where he wants to go, there is no favourable wind.” It is difficult for someone without purpose in life to see an opportunity even if it’s right in front of him, because our purpose influences our vision.
Four persons pass by a mountain; a businessman, a mountaineer, a pastor and a simple man. The Businessman looks at it and saw a recreation center, an opportunity to build a financial fortune for himself. The Mountaineer saw an opportunity to make history by been the first person to climb it. The Pastor saw a praying ground. And the simple man saw nothing but a big mountain and move on. Life has lot of opportunities to offer but you will never be able to see them until you discover your purpose.

Take note, it is never too late for you to discover your purpose and do what you are here (on earth) to do, so never give up on yourself until you loose your last breath and have no more life in you. However, it is of the very best to discover your purpose on time; timely discovery is vital for striking accomplishment in life. Let me share with you three tips that will help you in purpose discovery.

- Develop Your Mental Capacity: Research has proved that we can never be better that the way we think. The good new is, we can control the way we think by engaging in things that will help channel our thought toward what we want. Two things influence the way we think; what we see and what we hear. This is why you must be careful of what you expose your eyes and ears to.
To develop your mental capacity you need to read wide, not just any book, but such that will inspires and educate you. The more you read, the more better you become, you get more brilliant ideas and develop your potentials. Books are a very good aid for purpose discovery, because they help activate some great things in your inside. After reading a good book, you will find yourself thinking better and wanting to achieve something great. The reason why some are yet to discover their purpose is ignorance; ignorance put one in darkness, that you hardly see anything. But when you go for knowledge, it’s like a man in darkness who reaches his hand to a touch and switch on the light, and can now see everything clearly.
If you want to discover your purpose, go for knowledge; read that book, attend that conference/training workshop, listen to that audio book/teaching, and do all you can to be well informed.

- Look for your work: We are all here (on earth) on assignment, which is met to finish only when we died. This assignment is your work and you need to find it. You need to ask yourself, what am I willing to do even if I’m not going to get paid for it and be so passionate about that only death could stop me from doing it? When you find it, you find your work. Your work is not for you self gain, but a contribution to humanity. We are all here to make our contribution, not to be a burden to others.
Our world is full of so many problem because most of us that have been destined to solve those problem are not doing our work, some are even yet to discover it. In between what you have passion for and what you hate the most to see happen to people or around you, lies the problem you are born to solve (your work). There are several problems in the society, which of them are you concern about the most, you hate to see it and wish you could do something about it? That could be a point to your work.
If all you seek is just a better life for yourself, it will be very difficult for you to find your work. But the more you think of how you could be of impact to your world and make life easier for others, the easier it become for you to find your work. Remember, when you find your work, you have discovered your purpose.

- Consult the Manufacturer: This is the most important step you need to take to discover your purpose, because no one knows a product better than the manufacturer. We are the product and God is the manufacturer, and He had a purpose in mind while creating each of us. So to get the most out of your life, you need to connect with God. Pray to God to open your eye and mind to His purpose for your life; He will surely answer you.

#keeps succeeding…

Thanks for reading, I believe you have been inspired. Share to inspire others. Watch out for the next P of success. We love to hear from you and you could equally invite Olusegun Samson G. to come speak at your next conference/seminar. Call: +2348130651822 or +2347054030703, you could as well send an email to; kingsamolu@gmail.com or isuccesscrusader@gmail.com