The opposite of success is to fail, have failed or a failure, though I believe it is necessary to fail in order to succeed.
My illustration to demonstrate this point is when one of Bill Gate’s company Traf-O-Data failed miserably, Walt Disney was told he lacked creativity, and Oprah Winfrey was fired by a producer and labeled “unfit for television”.
Yet, all of these people continued on through failing to achieve what the world would call an amazing success obtained by first failing.
These are big names but let us work our way down the funnel to see other stories at different levels.
Whether heard or unheard of by the public, people have experienced failure as a means of eventually reaching success. Everyday citizens who seek to become doctors, lawyers, or any highly respected professional often come up against road blocks in their journey.
A man or woman could easily fail a standardized test to become licensed in their area of professional interest. To those people who fail the exam one of two things will happen.
Either a person is pushed to try harder or give up.
To view failing the exam as a means to see what areas they need to focus their study on more shows growth and maturity and in doing so when they re-attempt the test assuming they pass, it shows their preparation improved because they knew what subject matter to understand better.
In this, we see failure made way for success to come.
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Step 2: Stay in Motion & Have High levels of Productivity
Continuing down the funnel, let us look at another level of others who had to fail in order to succeed. A low-income individual wants to get a higher paying job but lacks the experience of the jobs he prefers.
In applying for an opportunity then after the interview was not selected and told the person lacks experience, what can a person do to display qualifications? It is crazy how to get a position in a certain field you are interested in but have no experience. It is almost unreal to expect to get the job.
However, one way is from a failed interview the person seeks opportunities that require shadowing of a job-related position to get unpaid experience and even try to work themselves into the real position along with making firm connections with people in that specific job sector.
As time goes on and the individual keeps getting job interviews for higher paying jobs one’s experience increases as one attempts to land a job in one’s field of interest.
Another way is to maximize one’s opportunities by seeking every possible job position or similar position in one’s interest while in doing so one demonstrates one has other qualities just as good if not better than what the employer is looking for, then show it and present yourself in that manner when an employer conducts the interview.
This person may be rejected over 100 times before acquiring a sought-after job. As this person failed each time, make it a duty to pick up something to improve so your chances are more in favor of you next time around.
The goal of this individual may not be accomplished when he or she feels it should be but it will if a person keeps making progress.
Regardless of how long it takes for an individual to land a higher paying job, the lesson learned is that the higher the volume of job interviews you get the more it puts you in a position to land a higher paying job.
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Step 3: Have a Financial Plan
The secrets of wealth and prosperity are simple. Everyone should know that to acquire financial freedom, whether it is money from one’s day job or one’s business this money needs to be used to set a pathway for one to becoming wealthier.
The objective is to focus on increasing cash flow and keeping it so investments can be made.
You can accomplish this by setting a goal to become great in a skill that would help you the most at this period in time like marketing, sales, or raising capital so you can then use to generate more income then use to invest in assets.
A few ideas are to read books, attend seminars and watch the experts who are successful closely to learn from them.
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Conclusion
Regardless of whether you have a business or not you have to have a financial plan because this will help you in increasing your wealth.
If you found this helpful leave a comment or explain your strategies that help you reach higher levels of success.