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Being prepared: Give yourself the opportunity to walk through the ‘door of opportunity’

Being prepared is an essential element of success. Being prepared has allowed me to walk through so many doors of opportunities that were opened for me. Some times I get asked the age-old-question, “how did I become successful?” My response to this question comes in many forms, but one of them is inevitably I was prepared. A lot of times, we wait on some one to tell us how to prepare e.g., how to answer interview questions for a job, which areas of a subject we should study, etc. However, I think we should make up in our minds on how to prepare for the opportunities that may not be as straightforward as studying for a chemistry exam. This way of thinking takes a level of strategic foresight, creativity and self-discipline to accomplish a certain level of success in any particular field. Strategic foresight allows one to see the future and adjust to the upcoming changes. Creativity allows you to make those changes in a way that may not pop-out at you at front glance. Self-discipl

Self-Discipline: ‘Challenge’ your ‘challenge’

Self-Discipline is something that should be celebrated and not frowned upon. I think if we learn to embrace the reasons and consequences of self-discipline more, we will find our selves in a better place each day. I know it may be hard to stick to a work out plan, study for school or even save money when there are so many enticing distractions. However, if we learn to look at the overall goals, those distractions become less enticing each time we are faced with them. From personal experience, the areas and instances I have failed were when I was heavily distracted with something major in my life e.g., a college exam, a financial issue, etc. But, the point I realized that has kept me on the winning side of life thus far is to handle those issues at that specific time without loosing focus of the overall purpose of my life. For example, I had a difficult professor who was very strict on the type of books we needed to have for class, and the time we were to show up for class. For a lot o