I’ve hit the jackpot !
Ever thought about being an overnight success? How easy would that be!! What’s the secret?
Maybe it’s just pure luck. Imagine you’ve just won lotto !
Is that an overnight success or just a set of numbers that came up. We could apply the same theory to a chook raffle. You won the chook raffle, so does that mean you’re an overnight success?
That’s nothing but pure luck !
What about being in the right place at the right time – is that just luck ?
There are many examples of people who, on their path to success, found themselves in the right place at the right time.
So let’s for the moment accept that timing and location can be a potential factor in our quest to discover the secrets to “Overnight Success”.
But let’s also accept that those who were in the right place at the right time also found themselves time and time again in a place that wasn’t even close to the right place or time. They experienced a time of total failure or the timing just wasn’t right. Yet they got up off the floor and through their self-belief they had another go and potentially another go and another until they became a so called “overnight success”.
Let’s get real….. statistically the chances of overnight success is very low – potentially one in a million so to speak. That’s your Lotto win.
Think about that Olympic athlete that has trained for years to reach the final of their chosen event only to finish mid-field. Imagine what it must take to get back to another four years of tough, gut wrenching training in the belief that you will be faster and stronger for the next Olympics and you will win Gold. That’s passion and extraordinary determination!
I recall a Thomas Edison quote “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” – Edison went on to have over 1,000 patents – That’s persistence !
Ok so let’s agree that three secret ingredients are passion, persistence and determination.
It’s like a recipe, if you have the passion, persistence and determination then like a good cake, you need to have something to bind the ingredients. You need to believe that whatever you’re being persistently passionate and determined about, won’t come to fruition without you truly believing in your vision. And that can be real tough! That can be a huge “how far out of my comfort zone am I prepared to go” type of question.
What’s the level of risk you are prepared to take, how much can you afford to lose? For most “Overnight Success stories” they have a high level of preparedness and tolerance to take risks. Mainly due to their strong belief that they will succeed.
It’s like a self fulfilling prophecy.
And the last two attributes – they are extremely knowledgable in their chosen field and are not easily defeated. They expect failure as being part of the journey. Think about your own journey – imagine if you had never failed, how would you have learnt anything? I know I’ve had to get up and wipe myself off more than once and have another dig.
For those that we perceive as an “Overnight Success” have a story of hard work, belief in their vision, they know their field, but interestingly, aren’t necessarily always formally educated, they are passionate, determined and are prepared to push the envelope.
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So it looks like there is no such thing as an overnight success (excluding our victors of the ‘Chook Raffle’ win). It’s a total fallacy (or a furphy if you know your Australian colloquialisms)
To quote Calvin Coolidge:
“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.
Persistance and determination are omnipotent
– RD
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