AS YOU, THE GRADUATE, ENTER THE DAY TO DAY WORK WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE A LOT COMING AT YOU; NEW PROCEDURES, DIFFERENT DAILY ROUTINES, TRAINING, MEETING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE (COWORKERS, CUSTOMERS, SUPPLIERS), AND ON AND ON. OF COURSE YOU WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT DOES BEING SUCCESSFUL REALLY MEAN?
THERE ARE MANY, MANY DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS, AND, HOW YOU DEFINE SUCCESS IS REALLY A PERSONAL DECISION.
SOME SAY SUCCESS IS:
- A DREAM COME TRUE AFTER HARD WORK.
- BEING RICH AND HAPPY VS. POOR AND HAPPY
- WHEN YOU TRIUMPH OVER OBSTACLES, BARRIERS, AND ADVERSE SITUATIONS.
- REACHING A PLACE WHERE YOUR DREAMS WERE POINTING TO.
- WHEN YOU ATTAIN THAT WHICH YOU SOUGHT.
IN REALITY, SUCCESS IS PROBABLY SOME COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE. VARIOUS STUDIES REVEAL THAT MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, CHALLENGED, ENERGIZED, FOCUSED, PASSIONATE, AND PERSISTENT ABOUT THEIR WORK.
“PRESS ON! NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF PERSISTENCE. TALENT WILL NOT; NOTHING IS MORE COMMON THAN UNSUCCESSFUL MEN WITH TALENT. GENIUS WILL NOT; UNREWARDED GENIUS IS ALMOST A PROVERB. EDUCATION WILL NOT; THE WORLD IS FULL OF EDUCATED DERELICTS. PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION ALONE ARE OMNIPOTENT.” PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
AS I SAID THERE IS MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE, AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE…TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHAT IS SUCCESS FOR YOU MAY NOT BE FOR OTHERS. AND WHAT OTHERS VIEW AS SUCCESS MAY NOT FIT YOUR DEFINITION. ALL OF THIS IS OK.
THE MAIN MESSAGE IS…YOU DEFINE SUCCESS FOR YOU…NO ONE CAN/SHOULD ATTEMPT TO DO SO, AND AS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SAID, BE PERSISTENT IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR DREAM!
Russell J. Bunio
4/4/2017
THE GRADUATE HANDBOOK WAS WRITTEN BY RUSSELL J BUNIO TO HELP GRADUATES/NEW WORKERS DEVELOP THEIR CAREERS, LEADING TO SUCCESS IN WHATEVER FIELD OF WORK CHOSEN.
