One of the major fears of every youth is the fear of what his future will yield. This fear could sometimes make one to be so depressed just on his first failure and could shatter a dream.
The first way of being successful is tackling that fear of not being successful. If you are always thinking that you are not going to make it in life, you are already replacing your ideas with poor self confidence and until you start thinking like a successful person, you will remain in your fears till it swallows you. Believe you will make it and work with that mind set
Secondly, learn to have alternative plans. You don't just focus on a vision though it is not bad to have a dream, but if you put your all in one, when the one fails, your all will fail. In Nigeria, here we naturally don't have specific life goals. I know it's funny but that's why it's said that if one should survive in Nigeria he can survive in every part of the world. So, learn to diversify your plans for success.
Again, one important thing, "make friends". In this life you can barely be successful if you don't know people. You have to know people, who in turn would know people who as well know people. This is because if you have a friend in a place, you will be more favoured in that place than people who don't. Apart from that, if you are into a business or project and you run out of fund, the next thing you'd do is call a friend. The reasons for this is simple, just like countries depend on one another to progress, human beings as well depend on one another to progress, then it would be a question of how close you are.
Finally, avoid any romantic relationship that affects your dream. It is true that a lover helps you build a great future, but please, once that relationship becomes a distraction or stumbling block... Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let go of it, because it is for the best
I hope we all get to the top 👍👍