{"id":9893,"date":"2016-06-20T18:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2016-06-20T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:44:14","slug":"pii-019-success-is-not-hereditary-and-there-is-no-gene-associated-with-poverty-hint-thats-why-this-former-street-hawker-turned-international-business-coach-is-launching-an-academy-to-help-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/pii-019-success-is-not-hereditary-and-there-is-no-gene-associated-with-poverty-hint-thats-why-this-former-street-hawker-turned-international-business-coach-is-launching-an-academy-to-help-other\/","title":{"rendered":"PII 019: Success is NOT Hereditary - and There is NO Gene Associated With Poverty [Hint: That's Why This Former Street Hawker Turned International Business Coach Is Launching an Academy to Help Others Succeed!]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEmpty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.\u201d \u2013 Norman Vincent Peale (NVP)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Life is not a bed of roses. Good fortune does not just fall into people\u2019s laps.<\/h3>\n

As many who have succeeded authentically in this world will tell you, it takes work, often a lot of hard work, to make it in life.<\/p>\n

It does not matter how talented, gifted, intelligent or connected you are. If you\u2019re going to make a memorable impact in any area of endeavour you venture in life, you WILL have to push yourself to do more than the average person does or will do. That is what it takes to stand out and excel.<\/p>\n

The above is why the kids of many rich and wealthy people do not always go on to be successful in their own right. Many end up squandering the wealth and resources, even the goodwill built by their parents over the years, once the latter pass on. I\u2019m sure you can point to one or two examples you know in your society \u2013 or indeed your neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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PII 019: Success is NOT Hereditary - and There is NO Gene Associated With Poverty [Hint: That's Why This Former Street Hawker Turned International Business Coach Is Launching an Academy to Help Others Succeed!]<\/h1>\n

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\u201cEmpty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.\u201d \u2013 Norman Vincent Peale (NVP)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Life is not a bed of roses. Good fortune does not just fall into people\u2019s laps.<\/h3>\n

As many who have succeeded authentically in this world will tell you, it takes work, often a lot of hard work, to make it in life.<\/p>\n

It does not matter how talented, gifted, intelligent or connected you are. If you\u2019re going to make a memorable impact in any area of endeavour you venture in life, you WILL have to push yourself to do more than the average person does or will do. That is what it takes to stand out and excel.<\/p>\n

The above is why the kids of many rich and wealthy people do not always go on to be successful in their own right. Many end up squandering the wealth and resources, even the goodwill built by their parents over the years, once the latter pass on. I\u2019m sure you can point to one or two examples you know in your society \u2013 or indeed your neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

So, success is not hereditary. We cannot pass it from parent to offspring. In the same way, there is no scientific evidence to indicate that there is a gene associated with poverty.<\/em><\/p>\n

This explains why some people become stupendously rich in their adult lives, despite having been raised in conditions of near crippling poverty.<\/p>\n

In essence therefore, what I am saying is that success is not something that can be predetermined or prevented for any person. The individual determines whether or not s\/he will succeed. To paraphrase the famous saying: S\/he is the master of her fate \u2013 the captain of her soul.<\/h3>\n

Whatever you become in life will be the result of the efforts you were willing to make to achieve your God-given potential. Nothing outside of you can stop you from manifesting your fullest potential and accomplishing any goals you set for yourself.<\/p>\n

The key to leveraging the foregoing truths is however your ability to THINK the right way to attract the success you seek, and to BELIEVE that you can bring your thoughts to manifest the reality you desire.<\/p>\n

That was what NVP meant in his quote that I began this piece with.<\/p>\n

So, if you want to succeed in spite of any obstacles you may ever encounter in life, there are 2 main things you must do at all time:<\/p>\n

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