subject: Motivational Speaker - Success Against All Odds - (NNOS Studios of Ohio) [print this page] Pursuing a goal against all odds...ah, and to your great success. I smile when someone is so determined to achieve their goal that they sacrifice cash and comfort for its attainment...because I know they're on the right track.. Here's the pill: You determine the greatness of an accomplishment by the size of the odds you're up against. Success is not money, it's achievement.
Now think of it. If everyone thought you could do it, it's neither here nor there. Nobody doubts that you can fill gas by yourself. It's not a big accomplishment. But people were taken into the looney bin to have their heads examined when they voiced their thoughts of not needing wires to carry sound or video. Who believed that Henry Ford would be able to make a car? After all, we're transitioning from horse to car here...that's quite a leap. Henry Ford said, "If I gave people what they wanted, I would've made a faster horse." Just reflect on his success. Because of his determination, he became a success. Because of his success, the world has changed.
So let's reverse-engineer his success. He didn't have all odds against him just for the sake of swimming against the tide. He had a vision, which he believed to be possible, which became his purpose, which was greater than that of being on terms with the rest. The problem is summed up in one word: CONFORMITY. It is possible to have the vision, the beliefs, and the purpose, but if conformity is greater to you than the accomplishment of that purpose, your success is controlled by society...by economy. We give up.
When you are able to consistantly overturn your own negative influences with positive ones, by drawing on your goal, you have then mastered success. This breaks down to finding a way to outdo the negative every time. It is what is referred to by "not giving up." Yet you won't even be tempted to give up if it's not logically difficult. Focus on your vision, on the end result...not on the physical reality.
To your success,
Dennis Andrew
NNOS Studios Motivational Speakers Division
Motivational Speaker - Success Against All Odds - (NNOS Studios of Ohio)
