Concluding part: Doing The Impossible

DECIDES TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE

Could you have imagined that a single mother who had no job, but depends on welfare to take care of her daughter would become a multimillionaire in less than five years time. That is the story of the ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING BOOK SERIES author J.K. Rowling. This woman was still surviving on welfare when she submitted the manuscript for her first book Harry Potter.

She had it rough to the point of attempting suicide, but she thought to her self, it wasn't my fault that negative things of life befalls her, but it will be her fault if she do not take responsibility to get the best out of it. 

We often assume that successful people got to where they are because they went to the right school or knew the right person or had the right genetics or stumbled into the right job at the right time. It’s easier to think about success this way because then you can say that these people were lucky to have certain advantages and you weren’t, and that’s what made the difference.
 

And the truth is, yes, luck does play a role in life. But luck is just an opportunity. It’s just an open door. You have to decide to walk through it and to make something of it.
 

Looking back now, you can probably point to hundreds of situations where luck played a role in people's success. But all of those open doors would have been worthless had they not chosen to walk through them.
 

The people who end up looking like the “chosen ones” — the best-selling authors, the successful business owners, the elite athletes, the talented artists — are successful first and foremost because they chose themselves before they had any measure of success. And that’s the piece of success that isn’t as easy to accept because it often means betting on yourself when you feel like a failure.
 

We love to tell stories of success and fame, to talk about money and riches, to praise the winners, the champions, and the best-sellers. This is especially true when it involves a rags-to-riches story like that of Tu-face, Cosmos Maduka etc.
 

But there’s nothing glamorous about battling through failure and uncertainty. There’s nothing easy about choosing yourself when each day feels like a struggle to keep your head above water.
 

I think there are many goals in life that require this type of struggle. For J.K. Rowling, it meant choosing to be a writer when she was a poor, single mother without a job. For Tu-face it was choosing to be a singer, even when he knows no big shot in the music industry nor a DJ to even play his song. For you, it might mean choosing yourself when…
    •    you have no connections too
    •    you are inexperienced and unproven
    •    you are poor and lack resources

Successful people don’t wait to be tapped, chosen, appointed, or nominated. They start before they feel ready. They tell themselves, “It doesn’t matter whether or not it’s my fault that I’m here. This is who I am and it’s my responsibility to do something about it.” The chosen ones choose themselves.

Finally, to do the impossibles, you must have a bold heart that keeps faith in yourself, embraces your frustrations and fight your adversity to silence your critics. Your dreams are achievable, if it wasn't you wouldn't have dreamt them.