Four phases of success

Success sounds interesting and tastes wonderful. Everyone of us genuinely want to succeed in whatever we do. But the reality is we always don’t. Not many think further than the fact that they failed. Fortunately, I always thought why i have failed in something that i took up and what can be learnt from that failure.

It is this learning that makes us more aware of the fact that success in not just luck. Though luck helps some to succeed, the truth is luck has a bad quality of being inconsistent. Rather it is perseverance that is key to success.

I see success as a carefully laid out plot – sort of intricate design with an inherent logic of its own. The moment we understand these intricacies, there is only one way forward.

The Interest phase:

The key to succeeding in anything you want to do is to like it, or to be precise, love it. People generally succeed in doing what they love to do, because love breeds perseverance. And it is this perseverance that forms the basis of success.

Many years ago, my friend introduced me to the stock market. Like every new venture, at first, it looked very easy. And i got into trading stocks within a few days. I term this phase the Interest phase. This is the phase with maximum interest, minimum but rapidly growing knowledge and extraordinary efficiency.

Every time i am venturing into something new, i try and utilise this phase to the maximum. I know this phase is not going to last forever and i want to just make the most of it.

The learning phase:

Then comes the learning phase, where you actually realise that the task you have ventured into is not that easy. It is precisely at this phase, where winners and losers are made.

The learning phase is very unattractive and mundane. You have to put in hard work with virtually no returns and sometimes no scope of seeing returns in the near future. It is extremely compelling to give up what you started in this phase and you convincingly feel you are not going to win because interest is at its lowest, knowledge is growing very slowly and efficiency is constantly decreasing.

The climbing phase:

It is already a triumph for people who have gone past the learning phase. The climbing phase is where our understanding of the venture is almost complete and we are ready to climb. By the time you reach this phase, most mistakes have been committed and basic learning is complete.

From now on, it is easier to learn new things related to the venture and there is a grip on the entire situation. People who have the perseverance and belief that they can go all the way to succeed, manage to get through and incorporate all their learning, especially from their mistakes.

The climbing phase is very rewarding. In this phase we have a much more steadily growing interest due to improved success rate, matured understanding of the venture that makes learning new things easier and growing efficiency.

The success phase:

The final part of the journey, where no matter what you do is just going to be success. People will love what you say and do. Millions are following your steps everyday and the success seems unstoppable. The success phase has a hidden treasure that people often don’t notice.

Once you succeed in a venture, then you don’t have to go through the four phases once again to reach the top on related ventures. People often do not max out on other related ventures because they are busy basking in their new found glory.

But those who indeed do, are the ones the world remembers forever.

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