Glory Ezung
“No man can climb beyond the limitation of his own character” says historian Viscount Morley. He is right but the tragedy is that many assume limitations for themselves below the true extent of their capabilities. You can climb out of the limitations of your present situation. The creation of a new successful career and life begins with a new mental self picture showing your full potential of your talent, dream and aspiration. The right mental attitude can lift you clear of all handicaps, real or imaginary, instead of passively allowing misfortune and become excuse for your failure, use it as a challenge and overcome it. Instead of lamenting your setbacks, write them off as expensive and extract what you can out of them. Every successful writer will tell you how he benefits from reflection slips; each helps him in improving his work.
Success has a spectrum of meanings, to one it means making money, to another it means political power. Writing an article in a prestigious magazine, scoring a century, being a professor-whatever sphere of activity you name, someone somewhere regards it as the mark of success in life.
Know what you want, vague dream of success is frustrated by lack of concrete purpose. Emerson says “Weak minds have desires; Strong minds have goal”. A tremendous amount of energy is lost by flitting about from one project to another. Don’t tolerate “grasshopper mind” which darts from one thought to another, never staying long in any one place to really get down to business. Leave the past behind you. Reach out for the future. Emerson says “Beware of what you want for you will get it”. He meant wanting with the power of your full personality. But why be defeated when victory can be yours? You have to make up your mind that what you want is really what you want.
Therefore choose a clear ambition, make it bold that will take your best to achieve, make it precise, so that no doubt or ambiguity can creep into your thoughts as time goes by.
[Miss Glory Ezung (NET) our Political Science Assistant Professor is in-charge of the KROS College student’s welfare. She is a great supporter of Social reform and upliftment.]