I read an article in Reader's Digest today about success. It was written by a man name David Hochman, and it was interesting and informative.
A lot of people think that success is instantaneous, pure luck, or "you have to know somebody". In his article, he says, that success has several ingredients. First you have to have some talent. Then you have to have timing and opportunity, then hard work and discipline. He says that people like Bill Gates and the Beatles, had all these things in their favor.
I think being successful means that you are happy in what you do, can live on what you make, and can have a good, positive effect on those around you.
In a nutshell, here are his 5 steps to success.
1. Find meaning and inspiration in your work.
2. Work hard (sounds like Mom Smith!)
3. Discover the relationship between effort and reward.
4. Seek out complex work to avoid boredom and repetition. ( I could never work in a mill....)
5. Be autonomous and control your own destiny as much as possible. (make things happen!)
I think that if anyone trying to decide what they want to do in life can read this and find some nugget of inspiration in it, GOOD!
Feel inspired and DO something. I have been lucky enough to have had a good job being a dental assistant/receptionist for my father. It was a good job, and if I had to work again, I'd go back to it. Have you had good jobs in your life? My favorite has been wife and mom. How about you?
2 comments:
Being a wife is definitely the funnest! Being a mom is the most satisfying. I'm not naturally a mommy person (like my mom is), but I don't think that excuses me from fulfilling my God-given responsibility of being a mother. I was afraid I was going to be bored - I don't think I could have been more wrong. It is amazing that I can do nothing but feed babies and change diapers all day long, and at the end of the day I feel so fulfilled - like I've conquered the world! I'm so glad I sucked up my selfish desired and did what I knew was right!!
I loved when I worked at a library. It was my first real job and how could I not love being surrounded by books? The most fun (and challenging at times) is being a mom.
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