Sunday, July 09, 2017
BELIEVE YOU CAN
There is just only one life and this entails therefore
that seizing all opportunities available within one’s lifetime is a noble task
as after this life there is no second chance. The time to be successful is now.
Writing in the book Great motivation
secrets of great leaders John Baldoni bares it all: ‘there is an innate
desire to succeed in all of us.’
But there is a secret to success. And it answers to
one word – believe. Believe you can and you will make it. Barack Obama
electrified the American society with his slogan ‘yes, we can.’ The core reason
why others always see success slipping through their fingers like soap bubbles
is all because they hardly believe in themselves and their ideas; they miss the
‘belief’ factor in the script of success. We do not succeed when we long lost
dreaming and end up dressing in the borrowed dreams of others.
Every amazing thing that we see, every success story
people talk about, are all a result of somebody’s belief in himself or herself.
Andrew Carnegie believed steel would change the world and that saw the
emergence of skyscrapers. The Wright Brothers believed they could create a big
flying bird then no wonder they made the airplane. JF Kennedy believed it was
possible to put a man on the moon and it is not surprising that later Neil
Armstrong stepped his foot on the moon. JP Morgan believed that Thomas Edison’s
idea of electricity could revolutionise the world and indeed electricity
replaced kerosene lamps as a source of energy and light.
The world today is a beneficiary of many beliefs of
other people. History of achievers tells us that your background matters
nothing, your academic underpriviledgedness matters nothing, failures of the
past are no yardstick for measuring your future success, what you believe in is
all that matters. Ideas believed in and put into action change the world.
A boy from an impoverished rural area in Neno walked
on foot to Blantyre and now he is a billionaire owning Countrywide car hire –
Mike Mlombwa. He was once dismissed from his job and once survived on writing
short stories and is now a billionaire business tycoon – Jimmy Koreia –Mpatsa.
Born from a very humble beginning and achieved what many thought impossible,
owning a bank –Dr. Thomson Mpinganjira. A form two drop out started a business
with seventy seven kwacha and built a business empire and became a renowned
philanthropist – Napoleon Dzombe. Malawi has more professionals and business
giants whose backgrounds defy all odds.
On the world stage there is no shortage of examples
that signify the impact of belief. Defeated eight times in elections, Abraham
Lincoln went on to become America’s greatest president. A man who led an army
of peasants, Mao, built a strong Chinese nation. The seventh child of a poor
American couple, Michael Jackson, became the superstar of the millennium.
The litany of names of those that believed and made
it can hardly be exhausted. A boy from the slum, Pele, became the king of
football. A woman who worked in cafes, J.K. Rowling, wrote the famous Harry
Potter. A common man, Mahatma Gandhi, became the father of India. A nurse
inspired the idea of the Red Cross – Florence Nightingale. A nun became a
mother to all – Mother Theresa. A cancer survivor became a cycling champion –
Lance Armstrong. A neglected child became a television icon – Oprah Winfrey. A
computer programmer became the richest man on earth – Bill Gates. A tribal boy
became a national hero – Nelson Mandela. A slave became a legend – Spartacus.
They were all just someone until they believed. They
were simple humans as we are, with many imperfections and failed many times as
well as we all do. They dared to chase what they believed in and that made a
difference.
What are you waiting for? You are the next big story
the world has ever had. You have the ideas and the momentum that can change the
world. You are the next biggest entrepreneur Malawi has ever had, the next Bill
Gates, the next Warren Buffet, the next Aliko Dangote, the next Simbi-Phiri,
the next Bingu wa Mutharika, the next Neil Armstrong, the next Nick Vujicic.
You do not know what you can achieve until you try. Believe in your idea and
try to put them into action then the world will marvel at you. Just believe you
can.
