Success is common to all, so there is the tendency for too many people trying to achieve great things. It's not a competition as everyone can do different things in order to pursue the desired success. The top is never crowded is all they say, so we must define our niche and how it eventually translate into the success we dreamt about.
Starting a business, life, work, school is supposedly one of the most arduous things to do in life. For once, it seems like you are calling the shots, at other times it feels like you are not in control of the game. You start to ask,
Are there conventional rules as to what works in the real world?
Are there requirements as regards applying self taught principles into that project?
Who calls the shot?
Who can plays the game (game of life in your chosen area)?
Life does have a curriculum, and it is detailed in all that needs to be done to do exploit. As much as we desire to ask others these questions, be sure they also have same or more questions.
Sounds like we are all on our own now.
Its simple, you ask the question, you answer it.
The volume of questions is pretty much determined by the height of our fears to fail in life. Kudos to those who even try out something by taking a step in the direction of what they believe. The accolades goes to those who stayed and followed through to the finish line, minding the odds, but scaling above it because of their firm believe in their dreams. For those who didn't even start, you are missing out or have missed out alot on how not to fail or the danger of not starting.
Have you imagined, just like me, what life will be without examinations?
Boring maybe
Examinations are true tests of all that we know about a subject matter. They test our readiness for something bigger, they challenge our ability to acquire more, in terms of knowledge, money, and experience.
Who sets the questions?
You - by dreaming too big and having expectations really high
People - by doing the things you have done and have set the pace already and you just have to meet up or won't get the recognition
Life - by giving you an environment which you mostly don't have control over. So, as a farmer who wants to supply food to the world, you do not determine when rain falls but can only plan for when it happens.
Evaluation
Improvement will be made when you can tell of your performance on the last examination. The first examination will be "starting", good scores in that section, helps you to launch into the "progress" stage and it goes on and on. You might have to start again if evaluation proves to you that you started on the wrong footing. So, self evaluation is the key parameter in this case. It is a level where you personally determine how well or bad you are doing without external judgements from people who don't have as much information as you do on the entire structure.
The other part of evaluation is situational and mostly unprepared for. It is as a result of other people's response to what you are bringing on the table. This is not an accurate measure of your true progress but it is required also for some level of assessment.
Results
So now you have the result.
Now you passed, you do not need any coaching on how to run through with the rest or do more with the next. You already have a template to use for the next phase. So, selah!
Incase you felt like a failure which most times is the case, feelings of not doing enough, not trying and persisting a bit longer, not studying well enough, not doing the background research well enough, keep having their grip on you and pushes you to lose the self belief, having fears to do it again.
Failing is part of the ingredient to outstanding success. The profound lesson to pick is, now you know how not to do it. So, there is another opportunity to do it better.
We have handled failure from the wrong perception the whole time, seeing failure as a reason to stop trying, an excuse to quit.
Failing is not a plague, and should be handled correctly with the right mindset.
Final word: Every time you fail, Fail forward.
Failing forward is you seeing the best days ahead and be sure it will not translate to reality if you stop trying. Don't stop trying, keep at it to be successful, but when you fail, Fail forward
Thanks for reading