There was a public speaker who is
a personal friend of Freddie Aguilar (a Filipino folk singer) who asked him why
he had more hits during the early part of his career than in the 2000s. His
simple response? “I was hungry back then”.
Freddie’s response reflects a
life principle: In order to achieve success, you have to be hungry to get it.
Just wanting it is not enough. You have to want it so badly that no one could stop
you from getting to your goal.
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You can’t go off starting your
professional career in mediocrity if you are serious in achieving your goals.
When you start in your job, be reasonably aggressive in your performance and do
not waste precious time. If you choose to be a happy-go-lucky guy for a time,
you might be caught off-guard when suddenly, you have to raise a family and you
have so much responsibilities that financial security is a necessity.
Our time in this world is
limited, we are not young forever so better not waste our time with trivial
things. Go and chase your most important priorities in life. And have enough
drive in order to achieve them.
If you are hungry then your
actions would be more aggressive towards getting to your goals. We only have a
limited time so better do our best before it is too late. Having mediocre
actions towards your most important goals is not enough.
People who did
something great were hungry. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, The Beatles.. the list
goes on. And if we examine their lives, we can see that they gave their all.
Even more than their 100% in order to achieve success.
It is in being
hungry that we achieve our most important goals. So do
not be afraid to give it all that you’ve got in any of your endeavors.
How hungry are you to achieve your dreams?
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