Life keeps presenting tough situations which we perceive as "hopeless situations". However, in reality there are very few hopeless situations. In actuality, it is only people who lose hope in the face of tough situations. In order to be successful in whatever you do, the first step is HOPE. Encouragement is the fuel of hope and planning is the producer of hope. With enough hope (meaning enough planning & encouragement) in your life, you are going to have considerable enthusiasm and zest for what you are attempting to achieve. With every achievement the enthusiasm will build, increasing the hope and will take you nearer to success in your endeavor in life.
Enthusiasm alone is like running in the dark. You might reach the place you want to go or you might get killed. So, the enthusiasm has to be combined with positive thinking, right attitude and specific skills. The formula for complete success can be written as:
Right attitude + Specific Skills + Commitment + Hope + Enthusiasm
Success = ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Character
Complete and stable success can be achieved only with solid foundation of character. Character gets you out of bed. Commitment moves you to action. Faith, hope, discipline, right attitude, skills and enthusiasm enable you to follow through the action for complete success. Finally, helping enough other people get what they want will help you get everything in life that you want.
