There are many questions that everyone asks themselves, though sometimes silently. For instance, why is it that you can find someone having a PhD in business studies or entrepreneurship, but with no business – not even a kiosk – but rather just worried of what he or she will do after retirement?
At the end of a training workshop in Action Planning that I was conducting for a big corporation, one of the trainees, my former university classmate, asked me for a job. I told him that the skills and ideas I had just shared with them could make him create any job he wanted for himself and even employ others, but he argued that he was born unlucky and will never succeed on his own. Was he really unlucky? Or was it an issue with his attitude?
He claimed that people like myself are only lucky. How I wish he knew the negative comments I endured when I left my job(s) to start my business! I wish he was there to see me walk around with no transport fare or lunch in the first 2 years of business. I wish he was aware that I sometimes work for 19 hours a day. While he spends on booze and the latest cars, does he remember that one of the things I spend on most is developing myself through books, magazines, DVDs, workshops, e.t.c? Does he know that I have had ups and downs, that I have fallen and risen, that I’ve had moments of bankruptcy, moments of being laughed at, moments of not being believed by anybody, yet kept rising up to the challenge, defying failure and continuing to fight for my dream? So when he sees the success that WORLD OF INSPIRATION is registering today as it grows into a regional brand, he thinks it’s sheer luck. But For sure, I am not just lucky.
It’s true, some people are born lucky. Some find electricity, caring parents and housemaids in the home. Some find they have loaded and ‘connected’ uncles who give them capital or connect them to juicy jobs. Some are born with fascinating talents. But this does not guarantee success; it only facilitates the process. Someone can totally fail, even when he/she was born and is living in an environment that facilitates success.
In my view, no one should blame their failure on bad luck. Haven’t you seen disadvantaged people, such as orphans or those with disability who are great achievers? Aren’t there men who were lucky to marry beautiful wives, yet beat them up everyday? Aren’t there people who studied from the best universities and even inherited fortunes from their parents, yet are now wallowing in the valley of poverty? What of those lucky enough to have been born with a beautiful body, only to peddle it along Speke Road?
The truth is that to become successful, there’s something you must personally do. Both success and failure have something to do with our habits – the things that routine has taught us to do or not do everyday, whether knowingly or unknowingly. To facilitate your journey to success, I highly recommend that, without hesitation, you consider the following:
1. Be part of the next Authors’ Forum – Uganda’s leading inspirational event organized by WORLD OF INSPIRATION. It’s on the 1st of July, 6-9pm, at THE HUB (At Oasis Mall / Nakumat, 2nd Floor). The theme is HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF. No doubt marketing oneself is one of the habits that will open doors of success in your life. In this age no matter who you are, if you do not know how to market yourself, you will always find yourself at the bottom of the ladder, missing opportunities, left and right. As usual, entrance to this event is UGX 40,000, but this week we are giving tickets at a promotional price of UGX 30,000 (for 1 ticket), UGX, 50,000 (for 2 tickets) and UGX 80,000 (for 4 tickets). To lay your hands on this magnetic ticket, contact me on 0704666851 or Winnie Zose on 0774107287. In Kampala, we deliver the ticket at your doorstep. If you are far, you can send your payment by Mobile Money on any of the above numbers and your ticket will be safely reserved. NB: You can also choose to subscribe to the Authors’ Forum at UGX 250,000 and forget about tickets for 12 months in addition to several other benefits.
2. Book your slot in one or all of the 3 short courses that WORLD OF INSPIRATION is organizing for this month. The first one is PROJECT/PANNING which helps you choose the best business/project idea among many, do market research, write your business/project plan and kick off your business/project with the right principles and skills. The second one is THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING which will end all your troubles associated with expressing yourself in a captivating way before big audiences, but also in smaller audiences such as panels and even one-on-one conversations. The third is ACTION PLANNING whose phenomenal impact on individuals’ self-discovery I can’t begin to describe. This course will help you set a clear vision and mission, plus goals and objectives, but also align your habits, networks, career, business, investments, to your dream. Each course is done in 6 weeks, 1 session of 3 hours per week. Sessions are flexibly arranged at the convenience of the participants. The fees for each course is UGX 500,000. But if you come as a group of 10, you will be charged half price. Authors’ Forum subscribed members also pay half price. To book, contact me on 0704666851 or inspiredbake@gmail.com or Opata Peter (0702000808).
Till then, stay inspired and blessed, knowing that your success will not result from luck but rather your efforts!
ROBERT BAKE TUMUHAISE,
Managing Director, WORLD OF INSPIRATION,
Luwum Street, MM Plaza, Suite T33,
worldofinspirationuganda@gmail.com
0414691595 / 0704666851
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