ORGANIZING FOR SUCCESS

Goals and Vision:-

Every event, every incident and, in fact, everyone has a purpose in life. Each one of us has a unique or special talent. When we blend this unique talent with service to others we experience an ecstasy and exultation in our lives. This may be expressed or unexpressed and is the goal which we cherish. When you work, you are just like a flute through whose heart the whispering of time turns to music. What is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. By a conscious effort you should train your mind to look for something bright instead of being morose. You should view your problems as challenges and opportunities to prove your mettle. You have to devise your own skills to tackle your problems.

It is specific goals

You have to plan solutions based on your intellect and intuition. You should learn from the experiences of others rather than learn the hard way, that is to say, by making and repeating the mistakes made by you and others. You should divide your difficulties and problems into easily manageable segments. Then tackle each segment separately. Conceive all possible solutions for the problems and weigh the pros and cons of each. Do not hesitate to use your intuitive and reasoning power to decide the best possible solutions. Always have a goal in front of you as it is the goals which keep you going. Keep up your momentum in fixing and achieving one goal after the other. Develop yourself and grow up with your goals. Remember that nothing in life is achieved without a few setbacks and disappointments. Get back to your goals after doing mid-course as all ships, missiles and rockets do Goals-setting should be as essential as preparing the list of things to do or the shopping to be done. It is specific goals which take us where we want to go. Setting goals is the same thing as making a shopping list. One you make for your day-to-day living, the other you make to become what you want to become. Henry ford used to say, ‘‘whether you think you will succeed or not, you are right.’’

A successful man never imposes nor even dreams of limitations on himself by doubting whether he will succeed or not. A successful man looks at the problems facing him as opportunities to learn and to move forward. He makes a commitment to himself to do his best. On this subject it has been tightly commented by W.N. Mury, ‘‘Until one is committed here is hesitancy, the chance to draw back always, ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth. Ignorance kills countless ideas and splendid plans. The moment one definitely commits himself then providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision rising in one’s favour. All manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamt of then come your way.  A successful person knows that only when he is serious and committed will he achieve his objective. The very fact of desire to achieve unlocks his genius and energy to achieve his definite main aim. It is only the decision to achieve which leads to achievement. He does whatever it takes to achieve. To be successful you should enjoy whatever you are doing or have set your mind to achieve. Doing well is a reward in itself. Learn to work for the love of work and get involved. The only road to success is through clear and unambiguous purpose. The Gita says that you have the right to work but for the sake of word only. You have no right to the fruits of the work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. Never give way to laziness either. A successful man is generally happy because he likes what he does. Failure hurts but it is more hurting when failure comes your way because you did not give your best. Things improve when we ourselves improve. There is no magic wand to make things and circumstance better. It is a fact of life that despite doing your best sometimes you cannot eliminate failure and disappointments. Doing your best itself is rewarding in boosting your own self-respect. You have to be persistent in your efforts to succeed. It has been right said that persistence is at the back of success. Calvin Coolidge said:

‘‘Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

The slogan: ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.’’

Persistence is the main input for success and winning anything that one undertakes. Thomas Edison, the inventor of bulb and the gramophone,  said ‘‘Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. I never did anything worthwhile by an accident nor did any of my inventions come by accident. They came by work.’’ Another great achiever said, ‘‘if people knew how hard i have worked it would not seem wonderful at all.’’ ‘‘ A man with half a volition goes backwards and forwards and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a whole volition advances on the roughest and will reach his purpose even if there be little wisdom in  it. The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder, a waif a nothing, no man. Have a purpose in life and having it throw such strength of mind, muscle into your work as God has give you,’’ says Carlyle. A firm purpose is at least half-equal to the deed itself. Success lies in the constancy of purpose. For joy, happiness and success the bests way is to have a small baggage of needs, moderate expectations coupled with high aspirations and ambitions. Inaction should never be allowed to dominate your intellect. If you do so, it is almost like iron which rusts due to disuse. Aristotle said, ‘‘moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just act, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.’’ You may to learn about the past but do not wallow in it. One way to be happy and successful is to get a job you love doing. Alternatively love whatever job you are to do. You should never feel that you are just working in your job. You should enjoy doing it. To be a success you have to take charge of decision-making at whatever level you are working no matter how painful that may be. Feelings should not matter. Sys W.M. Thackeray: ‘‘the word is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it and it will in turn look sourly at you. Laugh at it and with it and it is a jolly kind companion.’’ Every man has some quality which is unique in him. We can always learn something from every man. That man is most happy and infuses his life with joy who thinks creatively with new and interesting thoughts. There is everything in his life and world to make you happy. The only condition is that you yourself must be willing to accept it.