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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 parad...

You may have a clear vision about your life's goal . You may be putting forth your sincerest efforts to achieve the goal as well. But in the cockles of your heart, you may have a feeling that the speed of the results of your efforts is not satisfactory. Is your feeling right? If so, what should you do to accelerate your success? Let us find out. Is your feeling right? To the question if your feeling that the speed of results of your efforts is far from satisfactory is right, the answer is: Since this feeling has surreptitiously entered your mind and you are not comfortable with it, your feeling is right. Of course, overnight success is a Utopian dream and can happen only in fantasy stories. Further, several instances of overnight successes leading to disasters abound in human history. This means there should be gradual improvements. By "gradual," you need not construe that the improvement should be slow. Your journey should be reasonably paced. If the pace of the improvem...

You may be holding an important position in your company, pursuing a profession, or running a business. But being a cog in a company even if it is large or just getting along in your profession or business is not enough to get rich . Of course, there are a few so-called experts out there who may advise that you should slog still harder to get rich. But fortunately, there are experts who have a different perspective altogether and who say that it is not necessary that you should spend long hours on your work and slog to become rich. According to them and rightly so, there is an easy and cool way to acquire riches. Let us dive a little deeper and find out more about it.  1. Do a focused study to find out what interests you the most. There may be a few things that may interest you. You should do a purposeful and focused study to find out the niche that interests you the most. You should acquire as much knowledge as possible about the niche. Remember that this cannot be a one...

Impressing others -- This idea has always been in the minds of most people. The idea has even been pondered and attempted by those folks who proclaim from rooftops that they view the matters of life and such mundane ideas through a philosophical and saintly prism.  In fact, almost every one of us grew up hearing the phrase "impressing others" frequently. But unfortunately, the idea and the results of your action are highly subjective. This means that if you think that you have impressed a person, his or her view of you may be completely different or perhaps, quite contradictory to what you think. That is why it is often said that there are no definite ways to impress others. Let us try to dig a little deep into this.  The foremost thing you should bear in mind is that you need not have qualms or reservations about wanting to impress others with your knowledge, skills , and accomplishments. You are not committing any sin by attempting this. But alas, you may fai...

Experts emphatically advise, and rightly so, that there is no limit to learning . In fact, learning pervades every stage of our lives. As a child, we learned to crawl, stand, walk, and all such motor skills. As a kid, we learned to identify objects, read, and write. As adolescents, we learned how to make friends and connect with people. This learning process continues till the end of our life. But unfortunately, we get caught in the milieu of life and so, we forget the fact that we should be open-minded to learn life's lessons. In fact, if you are open-minded and willing to learn, you will get unimaginably valuable lessons from everywhere including unexpected sources.  Regardless of the field in which you operate, you should be ready to embrace ideas from completely unrelated fields as well. You can cross-pollinate such ideas and blend them appropriately with the concepts of your field. This strategy is popularly known as "cross-fertilization of ideas" and this will great...

Can you achieve success easily? A few experts say that you have to slog for achieving success. But there are several others who firmly opine that success can be a low-hanging fruit provided you take a few vital steps. You may want to know what these steps are. Let us find out. 1. The most important keystone step that can get you easy success is that you should be physically active throughout the day. It is not necessary that you should join a gym and do rigorous workouts. Even walking for about 45 minutes daily will do immense good to your blood circulation. When your brain gets a good supply of blood, you will be able to come out with novel ideas. You may say "I am too busy to do exercises. I cannot waste my time going for a swim or a walk." It is true that your day is packed with a number of important tasks. But if you are not physically active, the neurons of your brain will not function optimally.  Even if you do not have time to go for a walk or swim, can you ...

When asked as to what has helped them achieve success ,  successful people may come out with various answers. But when asked this question, Dan Kennedy replied, “I get asked this question a lot… and my answer disappoints most people… “ I do not like answering the question because any answer is a lie by omission. But, if I must, the answer is NOT the collection of more and more information (although that’s useful and a behavior held in common by exceptionally successful entrepreneurs) — it is implementation." He hastens to clarify, “But even this is complex. Action andimplementation are not synonymous, anymore than activity and accomplishment are… everyone is active. To implement means: to put a decision, plan, strategy, etc. into effect. That means there is action tied to strategic purpose, and there is something DONE… Put into effect. “ Implementation is the conversion of inspiration, idea, and already known + gathered information into accomplishment.” In short,...