Showing posts with label inspiring stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiring stories. Show all posts

The Secret To Rigging The Game Of Success

if success is a game, these are the rules
Life is a game and it has its own rules. So is success. But unlike most games in which you get penalized, breaking the established rules of success and life may be what you need to hit a jackpot. The only problem is that, there is no guarantee that breaking the rules, following the rules or following your heart will guarantee you success in life. 
“Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.”
-Henry Ford
But there is a way to totally rig the game in your favor. And that is to keep playing. You can never be certain of getting whatever you want unless you keep playing. Unless you manage to stand up each and every time you fall and unless you find your balance every time something trips you off, you can never really be sure of success.
The success stories of successful men in the world today are testament to this fact. Every once in a while people experience setbacks and more often than not, it is only by staying in the game that these people get to win big in the end. Walt Disney’s first business went bankrupt. Abraham Lincoln failed far much more times than any man could reasonably have persevered. Even Apple and Steve Jobs faced their huddles along the way. And so has Bill Gates and Microsoft – they have made super-blunders in some of the software they have come up with. Simon Cowell, after experiencing a period of initial success, became bankrupt and was forced to go back crawling to his mother’s house.
These are just but a few of some of the most successful people in the world. There are far much more success stories and many are still being written. And all of these real-life stories show that the only way to be sure of success in life and in business is to keep in the game. To keep on rolling with the punches and to keep at it.
If you fail, it doesn’t mean that it is over. If you experience setbacks, that is just but a small bump on your way to success. Don’t let the little distractions in life rob you of the success you deserve. Let them not rob you of the life that you want. Don’t, simply because if you do, then your story of success will never really be complete.

As long as you can breathe and as long as you are alive, stay in the game. Keep playing. This is the only way that you can be sure of success. It is the only way to rig the game in your favor. So, keep playing – no matter what. Keep at it, and you can be sure that life will have no other option but to give you all that you want.


Success Story: When Pickles Become The Knight In Shining Armor

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Jenny Fulton and Ashlee Furr were pinned to the jobless corner after they were laid off. The economy had turned life in their town upside down and they had fallen victim to its whims. Their fledging careers as stockbrokers had come to a sudden stop and all seemed gloom – that is until Fulton’s husband suggested that she take some time to make her favorite pickles for others.
There was really no option except to say “Yes I Can” simply because things around the town didn’t’ seem promising. The only other option was taking jobs that they were overqualified for, and even those jobs were not really that forthcoming.
They decided to pursue their new entrepreneurial venture by first attending classes at North Carolina State. After gaining the necessary skills and confidence necessary to put their ideas into action, they decided to do a testing of the market reception by giving people to taste them. The reception was great and so, they decided to roll their product out.

The two women formed Miss Jenny’s Pickles, a company that was to serve as a vehicle not only of their own success story, but the success story of a whole town. Their courage and ability to think out of the pickle jar allowed them not only to achieve financial freedom, but to also contribute to the reviving of a crumbling town. These women who had been plunged into the abyss of unemployment ended up providing employment to many.

Miss Jenny’s Pickles and its founders have been featured in 60 Minutes and many other major media outlets including Forbes Magazine. They have been able to export their pickles to countries worldwide and their success story and entrepreneurial spirit has inspired many. And it all started with allowing pickles to save them from unemployment.