The Success Paradox

You may be a well-read person or may have very high skills. But do your knowledge and skill guarantee success? History even from the time of troglodytes reveals that high talent or wisdom does not guarantee success. 

On the other side of the spectrum, some people may achieve stupendous success even though their knowledge and skill levels pale compared to those you possess. Why this success paradox? Let us try to find out.

You should first know the ingredients of success. According to conventional-minded experts, hard work with a sense of purpose will get you success. On the contrary, modern gurus opine that you need not work hard but should do smart work to succeed. Regardless of what experts opine, you need to know the reason for the huge success of a few less-skilled people and the average lives of those highly skilled and knowledgeable folks.

Why such a difference in the lives of these two groups?

Researchers, like you, have always been wondering about this paradox. So, they embarked upon an in-depth study to find out the reason. After a protracted research, they stumbled upon an amazing truth. This truth may be useful to everyone who wants to succeed in life. 

1. The two groups have a gulf in the skills and knowledge levels. But the group of successful people always make it a point to optimally use their knowledge and abilities however limited they may be. On the other hand, those who could not taste as much success as the above group do not use their vast reservoir of talent or knowledge to the required extent for reasons that may be extraneous to the topic under discussion. 

2. Secondly and perhaps more importantly, the timing of actions by the successful group plays a crucial role in getting the results they are ambitious of. Their success may be so impressive that people consider them charlatans though their knowledge and skill levels may be several notches lower than the talent of the other group.

If you want to succeed in life, you should emulate the ways of successful people by optimally using your skills or knowledge and never procrastinating your actions. This means you should swing into action as soon as you get ideas. Of course, the chances of committing mistakes are there while implementing ideas. But since you have embraced the action habit, you can correct the errors quickly. 

On the contrary, those with great knowledge or skills keep thinking or planning without taking action. So, they are likely to miss out on several opportunities, thanks to their procrastinating habit. In short, to break the success paradox and achieve big, you must follow the ways of the former group. You should make quick decisions, implement your ideas without delay, and grab every opportunity that comes your way.