Secrets of Success

I started writing this article on the secrets of success. After extensive research (searching keywords in Google), I reached 2 conclusions. One was that the famous articles or stories are well known or can be easily found. And what does that have to do with my perspective. Hence I decided to put aside all the hard work I had done in gathering extensive material on secret, success, failure, quotes, … and come up with a list of my own.

 

Since this is my list it shall not have 10 secrets, like the commandments or 5 which lazy commandment writers do. Or 7, which is fashionable number for secrets. It shall have 13, since 13 is traditionally considered an unlucky number. And this is my attempt to succeed using an unlucky start.

Secret 1
Think.
Not many people do.

Secret 2
Success is like mercury.
Chase it and it gets away. Do what comes naturally and it flows in.

Secret 3
Do what you love.
And if that’s not possible, Love what you do.

Secret 4
Listen to the world.
But follow your heart.

Secret 5
Perception is greater than reality.
Doing is not enough. What’s done should be made known.

Secret 6
Life’s not always fair.
But it normally catches up and evens out.

Secret 7
Agree to Disagree
Especially when the other side has already made up their mind.

Secret 8
Don’t argue about factual issues.
Just check them out.

Secret 9
Smile.
It improves your face value.

Secret 10
Ideas are important.
The ability to execute them is even more important.

Secret 11
Knowing when to act is important.
Knowing when to walk away and knowing when to run is even more important.

Secret 12
Using God’s method of creation is a good idea.
Small incremental steps. A new born does very little and is yet complete. A toddler does slightly more and a teenager is not able to do everything an adult does, yet each stage is complete in its own unique way.

Secret 13
Success Secrets are unique.
Don’t follow these stupid secrets. Go create your own.