The last lecture

It's end of semester time and a time to reflect on the good things of life.

If from all the things I have written you had to chose one single item to take away, it definitively has to be the formula for success. There are many things that are important to be said and taken away but they can all find a way into this formula for success.

1)      Get up early

2)      Work hard

3)      Get you education

4)      Find oil

5)      Make your mark

6)      Prepare to serve / Give back

I've read several books which I can recommend but this all fits into get you education step #3 above from the formula for success. Interestingly enough most of them make reference to working hard and to staring early. Some make reference to early in life while a few make reference to early in the day.  One thing is for sure, time is precious and can not be wasted hence one must start early at whatever it is that one will do.

For example if I were writing to my kids, its important that they get first things done early in life, like forming good habits, getting their education and in general becoming good people, good citizens. They are to work hard at it and be educated on what exactly it means, once they are doing this then they need to go on and find oil, or be good at something and make a bold statement.

I have noticed that most of the books I read also made some sort of reference of giving back or serving other.  I enjoyed a book called “The Servant” by James Hunter, this book talks about how to be a good leader one must be ready to serve first. It is a cycle that keeps going.  One person takes the learning from one does the best they can and then takes the learning back to the community or society, it is also a form of giving back.

Take a moment to ponder on the steps of the formula like I did and you will realize that it will surely lead  to success. One can not go wrong doing these steps, yet one must take care not to get lost trying to overcomplicate things, it can be easy to get lost in all this because of the simplicity of the formula.

So, this is me giving back to whoever might read this. 

Apply the steps to your life, the steps are simple but they must be customized to what it means to you.