Developing yourself in your chosen career field

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Athletes are made in the gym, artistes in the studio, have you got a gym for refining your talent?

If you think you are going to achieve anything worthwhile without hard work, you are making a mistake.

No idea will work unless you are ready to do the work.

Every achievement in life comes with a price, and the price of greatness is the greatness of the price you have to pay for it.

This article is specially meant for those who are yet to align their preoccupation with their dream and passion, and also to encourage those who are hardworking but are getting bored of their chosen career simply because success seems not to be forthcoming.

It is to open your eye to the realization of the foundation upon which the principles of success are built and for you to take charge of what you want to become in life.

The ultimate aim is to open your mind to the reality of greatness by helping you to put success in the right perspective. This can only be achieved if you get to read this article to the end and decide to make use of the suggestions in it.

The common denominator among every achiever in all callings is: they spend more time in their vocation to perfecting and refining their skills and craft, they are all committed to continuous improvement, and they all have a place that can be called their training ground where they work relentlessly daily. A place where they are made (Talent Workshop/Factory).

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The studio, library, laboratory, gym, workshop, internship, pitch, camps, seminars, workshops, etc. are the training ground for refining talents and building careers.

Without the studio, we can’t have great singers, and without the laboratory, inventions are impossible. Without a primary environment where you continually refine your skill, you have no hope of extraordinary achievement in life.

“Your training environment where you commit yourself daily to refining your skills and inventing yourself is the first requirement to achieve greatness in life.”

Understand that success is not what you pursue, instead success is what you attract to yourself. 

I was listening to an interview held with a young popular star on HipTv some years ago; he said he spends more time in the studio than any other place. I was however not surprised because that’s one of the unique traits of the achiever in all vocation, – they spend more time in the place of their primary assignment. Spending more time on your primary assignment is what will pave the way for you in your chosen career.

Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Tyger wood, Serena Williams, Linda Ikeji, Tony Robbins, to name a few, Just think of anybody who is succeeding in his/her career, you’ll find out they are committed to what they do. If you want to succeed exceptionally, make up your mind to be committed to your vocation.

Find out what you’ll love to do if you are yet to have one and decide to acquire all necessary training in it regardless of your present ability or knowledge or experience. Engage yourself in every activity associated with your career; you must spend enough time to train yourself in acquiring the skills that make up your profession, that is what it means to develop yourself.

Success in life is about discovering where your training ground lies and preoccupy yourself with the activities that are essential towards the realization of your goal. It is the focus, hard work, discipline and persistence that produce the great ones.