Tag: Work

The Only Shortcut To Success

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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‘There is no shortcut or growth hack or magic pills that can get you around the hard work of doing your job well, of winning something you care about, or of making your dreams come true.’- Anold Schwarzenegger

That is exactly what people are after. People want to succeed overnight. They don’t want to do the work.

They think they can get around not doing their work well. If you want success, no matter who you are, what you know, who you know, what you want, you must do your work really well.

Because if you think you can talk yourself into success, you are not being honest with yourself.

If you think you can just think positively into success, into your own personal growth, you are cheating yourself.

You must get up every morning, take care of yourself, then go to work. There is no other way forward. Doing the work is the only shortcut to success.

As always, you are more, not less!

Why You Should Never Copy Other People

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Growth comes from doing the work. It does not come from copying other people.

When you copy others, you are not creating your own life. You are just repeating what is already out there.

When you copy other people, you are not adding value to your life; you are stealing from your own growth; you are reducing yourself. Because growth happens when you actually do the work, not when you copy other people.

When you copy other people, you are a follower, not a leader. You are not an innovator. You are not living your life. You are living other people’s dreams.

Copying other people is not good for you. According to Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, ‘… copying does more harm to the copier than to the copied. When someone copies you, they are copying a moment in time. They don’t know the thinking that went into getting you to that moment in time, and they won’t know the thinking that’ll help you have a million more moments in time. They’re stuck with what you left behind.’

That is why you should NEVER copy other people. Because copying is not learning. Learning is doing the work, not copying the work.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to face yourself?’