Your Career Success Address
Hey,
I am going to share with you six ideas, in less than six
minutes, about career success that you can take to the Bank.
First, I would like you to know that you are a leader!
As a university graduate, you have joined the privileged two
percent of the world’s population with a college education.
That means people are going to look up to you and depend on
you for ideas and leadership!
People are going to expect you to know what to do in any situation.
Second, I want you to know that – A leader without a vision
is like a child without a dream; Now you all know how problematic that
can be.
What that means is that to develop your career, you have to
keep dreaming! You may be surprised if I told you that most people your age
stop dreaming and adopt an entitlement mentality. They believe the world owes
them something.
But just remember how you got to where you are now – its because
you had a dream! - and you worked hard to make it a reality. If you want to
move on in life you’ve got to keep dreaming, you’ve got to have a vision and
you’ve got to make it happen.
Third, I want to congratulate you because you have a high IQ.
- Your IQ got you through school, but I also need to let you know that it is
not going to get you through life. Your going to need Emotional intelligence, Social
skills, Practical skills and a large dose of common sense!
But the big hitter for career success is delayed gratification.
Develop the discipline to keep working today, for the things you want tomorrow.
You see, many people don’t have that discipline, so they steal and take short
cuts. Don’t do that!
The fourth thing about life is that it is made up of nodes.
There will be high points and low points in your life. College graduation may
be a high point, but losing a friend can be a really sad point in your life,
your first job will be exciting, but your boss might be a real pain. You might
have to go through a period of waiting, for something you really want, and if
you are like me you might have to hawk your books on the streets and do odd
jobs just to get by.
What is important is not that your life seems to be going up
and down, but that you maintain an upward trajectory.
What that means is that you’ve got to hold on to your dreams
and keep hope alive. But is also means you need to have goals and a road map to
those goals. It means you have to be intentional about what you want in life, make
plans, do the work that’s needed and make the necessary applications to get to
those goals.
Finally, I want to share with you some advice my father gave
me about a house, a spouse and a cow.
He said build a house; It doesn’t make much sense until you realize
that you are going to live in a house for the rest of your life. Now a lot of
people enjoy paying rent to live in good places, but if you are going to live
in a house for the rest of your life, you might as well own it.
Next, he said, get a good spouse; Now if you want to get a
good spouse, you had better be one yourself. Having a companion to share the
pain and good times in life is Gods great gift. It gives life a lot of meaning.
A good spouse can double your income and half your expenditure - overnight!.. And you will also quickly find out that it is the most productive institution on earth.
Finally, my father told me to “get a cow”; Now you could get
the kind of cow that gives you milk. That is a wise investment, but you should
also get a cash cow like a business, a farm or investment in property that will
give you returns in the days to come. The earlier you get these cows, the more
wealth they will create for you and your family in the days to come.
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wisdom for life! God Bless you.
