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1. Introduction to your Path to Success: When it comes to the subject of success, many of us always had a wall. What is success? How can it be successful? What are the different forms of success? How come some people are more successful than others? What did they do? How did it work out for them? Is that a way to be actually where you can actually transform or map the process that would have applied throughout their lives to your own life. Is that doable? Can you do it? And is there a way to formulate success? Can you actually put it in a formula in the form of one plus one equals success. Is that doable? Well, taken into account my engineering background, my curiosity on the subject, it took me a while to figure this out. How can I formulate success? What are the key variables that if you put them together and you map them out to a person's life, they will be able to succeed within the life are respective to the definition of success. So in this current course, we're going to be exploring all of these concepts in which I'll be sharing with you my insights on my findings on the subject. Along with the formula that I've developed that actually puts all these aspects that affect the rate of success. How can you be successful in a concise fashion? When would you be able to frame your mindset? When it comes to success, you'll be able to pave your way to a more successful progress or goals rather than comparing different processes. Why did it work out for this person? Why it worked out differently for a different person and have the done differently or what has been happening in the background that actually led them to be successful. If you are asking yourself all of these questions related to success. What does success, how can you be successful? What is the formula to succeed? Then this course is definitely for you. Then by all means. So go ahead and let's jump start the class and I'll see you in the session.
2. What is success ?: So the first thing that you need to ask yourself before you, before you get into further depth of the course, what is success? What is success with respect to u, the one who is watching this course right now. If the first thing that pops to mind is money, chorus, assets, all of these materialistic aspects that you may have been bombarded with through media and all of the research they've been doing in order to, in order to be successful, then you have to flush out the information and shed some perspective on your existence, your life, and your purpose. The first thing that you need to answer is, what are the key areas in your life that you need to be working on, that you need to develop, and how important are they for you? If you can list down a three different aspects that you need to address in your life than you are on the right track being successful. Let me elaborate. Let's say, for many of us, success is represented in various forms. And if the norm nowadays, success is equivalent to having more money, to have the more status to having better assets, or let's say materialistic aspects. But success varies from one person to the other. Let me give you an example. For some individuals eating healthy, exercising, being in their best shape, that's the purest form of success for them. They don't care about money, they don't care about status. They don't care about all of these things. They care about their health. Their goal is the optimum goal, which is a wanna be healthy, live healthy, eat clean exercise, feeling positive and energetic, that's success for them. For others, you don't really care about that part. And you want to have a better career, better job, a better house, and more money, that would be a level of success for them as well. Some people they don't care about both. They're looking forward to having a family, going into family, having functioning human beings in the society contributing to the well-being of humanity, for example. That's another form of success. So you get the picture right here. You have to framework, you have to create a framework. And you have to shift your mindset to view success in a way that makes sense to your life. That's the biggest problem that many of us run into. You take a look at the TV, you take a look at whatever form of media. And by default, having a specific achievement is directly related to being successful at achieving a specific outcome when it comes to money, two cars, two apartments, wherever materialistic aspect they have been directly related to being successful. And that's flawed because the importance of these things, it varies from one person to the other. What's important to you could be trivial to someone else, and what's important to someone else could mean the world to you. So when we're asking yourself, what is success? Going back to the purest form, if you open that dictionary and the first thing that pops out and you're looking forward for the definition of success. It is the achievement or the accomplishment of a task or goal. One sentence, one line clearly describes the basic definition of success. Now, it didn't save money. It didn't say apartments, didn't say card that and say eating clean and didn't say any of those. It just simply said the achievement of a specific task or goal, that is the equivalent or success. Now I recall is saying for Einstein, which is basically a physicist, I'm recapping some of my engineering background when it comes to this course. In order to live happily, you shouldn't be tying your life about a specific goal. Now that makes sense because if you're having goals, you're progressing, you're growing. It means you're moving forward on a track which is aligned with your own purpose, aligned with your own goals, and your view on your old life. On the other hand, if you take a look at how others are living and you think that they're being successful by doing whatever they're doing. And you tried to adopt these steps into your own life. That's a recipe for failure because their own life, their own life is different than yours. There are circumstances that are different than yours. Their preferences, when it comes to living, developing, growing, they are quite different than yours. So the first thing that you need to do is ask yourself, what is success with respect to your own life, with respect to your own preferences? And what are the key things within your life that you need to develop or change?
3. How can we Measure Success and Your Course Project: So in the previous video, we explained what is success and what you need to do to help you tackle that aspect of your life and actually be successful. And the first step starts with defining what is success. I'm simply recapping from the previous lecture, which is simply the act of accomplishing or achieving a specific goal that's called success. So in this project, your project for this course would be to write down three things in your life that you would like to change for the better. And it could be anything. And this is the point of the course guys, to help you mold the view of success to match your own life. And the way to do it as quite simple, write down three things that you would like to change your life for the better. It could be more money. Having your car, graduating from university, or living healthy lifestyle, losing a couple pounds. And success changes over time, by the way, just important to keep that in mind. I mean, if you write your goal right now, it could change after two or three years once you accomplish that goal. And that's the thing about success is not written in stone. It changes as you change. Goals, change, your preferences, change, so you need to adapt as you go. It's not about having locked on vision and one goal and you just simply crush your goal and that's it. You're done. Success changes over time. The measure of success for your changes over time. Let's add this point in time. You want to lose five pounds. Thus for you is the level of success they want to be up. And you've got, you've gotten to that point, you've lost those five parts and then watts, maybe when it was five more. So you said the board bit higher and the same thing from a monetary aspect, you want to have your own business and then you have 1.52 more businesses would have your own company. So success is related to you sold. So this is the purpose of this project. You're going to be writing down three things in the upcoming year that you need to change within your life. And what are they in terms of importance, you can list them down as 1, 2, and 3 are starting with the most important than three as the least important. That would be your project for this course is very simple, very straightforward, but you'll be surprised how challenging it is for you to reflect and actually find out the important things that you need to work on in your life without having the background noise that you'll be hearing from, let's say the media wherever influx of information I've been receiving around you, that's molding your view on success. Success as something which is personal, some something which is related to you solely. So go ahead throughout this course. Once we're done with the course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge that you need in order to help you mold your view on the success and what you need to do, what you need to take into account in order to be successful and apply things in your life in a fashion that facilitates the process of being successful.
4. The Secret Formula for Success : So we've learned what is success, how come that success is quite personal rather than a generic concept that applies to every single one of us. Every single one of us. We have our own interpretation for success and with think of success in various ways. For some of us it's leading a healthier lifestyle. For others, it's basically having more money for others, a better education, a better job. And you set of clothing, all of these things, they are specific to the individual who is considering them. Replay that part, think about it. These aspects. They could be a representation of success if the individual considering them actually thinks of them, thanks on them as quite an accomplishment or goal. Because if you recall the basic definition of success, it's the accomplishment of a task or goal. So it's a very personal journey when it comes to success. Something that it's not something just simply acquire and you just simply tried to apply throughout your life and expect if it worked for someone to work for you as well. The definition of success for individual is exactly the same definition that you have for success. Or you tried to apply it as is without having your own preferences in the point of view. Now that over time, let me to ask a very important question. Is that a way can I formulate a success as an engineer? I always like to put things into equations and numbers. And is there a way to actually create a formula that would include all these aspects that help define success or give us the outcome of being successful. And surprisingly, yes, there is. And it's a very simple formula in terms of the structure. But at the same time, every single parameter of the formula is a world on its own. So let me break it down to you. The formula of success is as follows. Success equals to being prepared Plus opportunity. Let me replay that apart. Being prepared Plus opportunity equals success. Pause this video at this point in time and reflect and think about these parameters. You can write it down as well. Being prepared or preparedness plus opportunity equals to success. If you're being prepared based on whatever skill set that you have, whether you're a soccer player, basketball player, a doctor, a lawyer, a programmer. If you are fine tuning your craft, you are on top of your game. Even an athlete, him or someone who's trying to lose weight. You are trying to develop your skill. You're trying to become better. You're always being prepared, harnessing whatever pieces of information or environmental factors that will help you reach your goal that you have set the mind that's part of being prepared. A learning, developing, exercising, growing professional development, personal development, all of these factors, the fall under being prepared, you are preparing yourself for that goal that you have in mind, which for you resemble success. Now that by itself, unfortunately is not enough. You have to add the other part of the equation, which is the opportunity being prepared without having the chance or the circumstance or the opportunity to apply. That level of preparedness will not give you a success. You shouldn't have both. You shouldn't be prepared, and there shouldn't be an opportunity in front of you in which you apply what you have been preparing for and grab the opportunity in order for success to pop up in front of you. And that's how many people are successful and that's how they get successful because of this formula, that's part of their life. Success equals to being prepared, plus the opportunity to apply what you have been preparing for it in the following segments, we're going to be breaking down the details of this formula in order for you to have a concise, a complete picture for the formula of success.
5. The First factor of Success : So we have said and establish the formula for success as per my own point of view and Part 11, insight on the subject and took me a while to figure this out. Because when you're taking a look at the success stories for various individuals, there are some commonalities thing in common between them. There are success stories. They have something in common between them on somebody or completely different. But if you take a look at this story and the path to success, whatever the goal is for all of these successful and the visuals you've been hearing about, it all goes back to this basic formula, which is success equals to the opportunity of being prepared. Let's take the first part which is being prepared. That's solely your responsibility. Many individuals failed because they are not willing to grow and develop and fine tune their skills and tasks. This is something which is solely your responsibility. You are the only one getting into your own way if you're not being prepared all times. If you are not fine tuning your craft all times, if you are not having a plan, if you are not having gold, if you are not having things that you're working on to reach the thing they have been thinking of. That what means to be successful? We're losing body fat, making money, a growing, developing, have your own company, a graduating with a degree. All of these things, they are personal to you by you should have a clear set of steps, tasks, a structure in order to reach those goals. Which includes being prepared and looking for information, asking people, learning from others, acquiring knowledge, fine tuning your skills, learning new skills, exploring new skills, self-development, reading books, attending webinars, seminars, all of these things that will help you develop and prepare yourself to be on top of your game at all times. And that's solely responsibility because nothing is worse than you are having being presented with an opportunity. Something is handed over to you. A great opportunity in front of the knee are not able to grab the opportunity because you haven't done your homework. Let me give you an example. Let's say you are a top-notch athletes and you have been slacking behind for a couple months now. And all of a sudden you are brought up or come up with a great, again, a great contract to be part of a great team and you shouldn't be playing the first kickoff game tomorrow. However, you've been slugging for the past couple of months. You're in bad shape. We're not able to exercise, you're not able to compete at that level. So even if the opportunity is given to you, you are not in the right shape. You are not prepared to actually grab the opportunity and yield success from it. So you see the importance of being prepared because you have no idea. There's an importance that saying, which says, The opportunity is like a clouds. It passes by. Not many people would be able to grab it, but some will grab the opportunity. They could be less intelligent than you are. However, they'd been quite more consistent with their work. Quite determined. They had been acting and they are prepared over being prepared over and over again for that opportunity when the time it comes and the time has come right now for the opportunity and the we're ready to grab the opportunity. However, you can be the best. But at that specific moment where you slack and you decide, you know what, I'm not going to be prepared right now just to have a break. It's not the right time. The opportunity could pop up. And you would not be in the right place to actually grab the opportunity and make something out of it. And that's simply your responsibility. So the first aspect, The first factor to success is being prepared. You have a clear goal. You want to get somewhere with that specific goal. Actionable steps. And you're being prepared, you're working on those goals. You're working on yourself waiting for the opportunity to pop, for you to grab it and then yields success out of it. And that's simply in your hands. It's your sole responsibility to be prepared. That's the first part of the equation, guys, success equals opportunity plus being prepared. So we tackled being prepared. Now in the following video, holistic look at opportunity.
6. The Second Factor Explained: Now the second part of the equation, which is the opportunity, let it break it to you before we get to the video. Not everyone is destined to be successful. You might try, you might work, you might do your best. You might think that you're better than others, and still you might not succeed, but you owe it to yourself to try your best. And that's the only way for you to know. If you have done what it takes to be successful and if, and if that's not enough, so be it. But at the end of the day, you know for sure that you have done your best. So we've talked about being prepared as one-dimension or one aspect of the equation to success. Second aspect is opportunity. Being at the right time, at the right place where you get to apply what you haven't been equipping yourself with, what you've been preparing for will help you yield success. And whatever form it says. If you have been preparing over and over again, fine tuning your craft and then you are presented with an opportunity. Could be any event, a phone call and interview, a job, a colleague, a friend of yours, or a relative. The pop at the opportunity could pop out of nowhere. And thus the thing, it's beyond your control. Unfortunately, when we're taking a look at the success stories for many professionals out there, many people out there. It's always assumed or you hear about it. They were self-made. Well, let me break it to you. They're not self-made. No one is self-made. You can be prepared, you could do your best, but definitely there are circumstances, there are paths, there are environmental factors, whether we're talking about a specific location, a specific timing, or specific background or environment, or specific educational background. All of these things fall under the umbrella of circumstances. Maybe you were born into they were given to you. They were facilitated by someone else. Along with you being prepared, helped propel you to being successful. But let's just simply abandon the norm that being successful or it's something that someone is called the self-made success. There's nothing call as self-made. You cannot be self-made. Success story. You do your job, you're preparing, you do your best. But in order to get to the path of success, in order for you to be labeled as successful. There are circumstances. There shouldn't be an opportunity for you in order to claim that opportunity from which you will be successful, whether you are in the right place at the right time. I remove heard many stories where you have someone have the right product at the right place with the right company in the right market at the right time. And the simply, the simplest thing that you have done is just simply taking the product and release into the market. And here we go, overnight success. They had been prepared, great. You've done your job. They've done the tasks. They equip themselves with the knowledge, perseverance, consistency to get to that point. But the needed circumstances to align forward them, they needed the opportunity to present itself in order for them to grab the opportunity and for success to be manifested. And they can be successful. Let's replay the same scenario and different contexts. You have that same person. Talented, hardworking, rock perfect product, perfect background, educational background, all of these great stuff in terms of being prepared, but they are at the wrong location, wrong time, wrong product, and the market doesn't need it, even though it can be a perfect product in a different location. They don't have any sufficient connections to help them push the APOC forward. Is nothing helping, No terms of the environment that we're living in. So all of these factors are getting in the way of the opportunity to be presented for those individuals to claim that opportunity based on what they had been preparing for. So these are the two factors that shouldn't be taken into account when you're considering your success being prepared. Plus, the opportunity being prepared is only solely dependent on you. But unfortunately, the opportunity depends on other factors which are beyond your control. And anything beyond your control is beyond your control. And you shouldn't be content with what you have at this current point. In the following video, we're going to consider some aspects that will help you increase the chances of having an opportunity. It's not guaranteed. Not all of us are destined to success, but we can try.
7. Second Factor Continued : So we've said that opportunity is not within our hands entirely. Being prepared as within our hands entirely, Yes, you can. You shouldn't do your best. You should have clear goals, clear outcomes, a clear vision for what is a success with regard to your own life? What does it, what does it mean to you? Well, they're having more money, having a new car, living a healthier lifestyle, and getting a degree higher education in Eukarya level, all of these things, they are simply dependent on you. And it's your sole responsibility to equip yourself with whatever it takes in terms of knowledge, self-development, to be prepared for the time when the, when the opportunity knocks at the door and you shouldn't be ready to claim the opportunity in order for you to be successful. Whatever goal that you have in mind. However, the opportunity aspect, the opportunity part of the formula is a bit tricky because it involves circumstances around you beyond your control, such as your location, educational background, the pleasure been living out, environmental circumstances, and amongst other factors which you have no control off. However, you can do your best, again, to help increase in the odds of grabbing an opportunity. Like we have said in the previous video, opportunities like a cloud that passes by, some might grab it, some might not. You couldn't, you couldn't be under white place at the right time, but you're not prepared to grab it or you couldn't be prepared, but there's no opportunity. You can be at the wrong place and add the wrong time. And both of them will not yield success. You shouldn't be prepared. You shouldn't be on the right place at the right time with bunch of circumstances aligned for you to be propelled to being successful. So what are some ways that we can incorporate to help us be more successful? Well, you can network bore. Go to events or seminars or webinars where you have people that have similar goals like the other ones that you have. Maybe there you'll be able to connect with them. And they might help you open doors from that specific location where they're at or from that specific background they that they have or they might share or refer your product or your service or your own. A trajectory to a certain destination or a certain path and give you that push that you need towards an opportunity. Maybe if you're trying to take things to your own hounds and you're going in a certain path, you'll be missing an opportunity. And it could take one person to give you one piece of advice to change your life completely and you'll be on a different direction. And on that specific path, you'll have a great opportunity waiting for you. So connect with individuals with similar goals and background or mindset in terms of shared vision for success, that will help you increase the odds for being successful. Also broaden your prospects now. And the world we're living in, we have many things within our hands. You have different platforms. We can view updates, news, the interest, or related to your goals to help you stay up-to-date with what's happening within the market. You'll be, you'll keep track of those updates, those news, these insights to stay on top of your game until the right time comes on the 4D, the opportunity pops in front of you and you'll be ready to grab the opportunity. Also, there's nothing wrong with developing your skill set or learning a complete new skill set. The best investment you'll ever make is within yourself. Learning a new set of skills increases the chances of coming across an opportunity. Increases the chances of success, increases your prospects for development and achieving your goals. That's why the best investment is basically the investment that you make in yourself. Because when you develop, when you grow, your horizons, expand, your vision becomes more. You're able to see opportunities. You haven't been able to see before? Many times. I've came across projects I was working on and I had no idea they are successful projects. But after a couple years down the road when you're working on them or acquiring specific set of knowledge or skills. All of a sudden your view on these projects or your view on these opportunities changes? At 1 in time, there was no opportunity for all of you, but you invested in your knowledge university and your skill set, and all of a sudden, you see the opportunity in front of you. So these are key important aspects that will help you increase the odds of finding that opportunity.
8. Final words : So we've come towards the end of the course where I've tried to highlight for you the formula for success, which is opportunity plus being prepared equals to success. And a truly hope that you found this course beneficial or, or helped you change your perspective onto success. And how it looks like a, what is it, and how can you be successful in your life? Keeping in mind that success is something which is related to you. You are the one to set the bar in terms of how can you be more successful, what you need to do to be successful. And I gave you the formula of developed in order to help you put a framework to your mindset in order to tackle those goals and hopefully become successful. Now towards the end of the course, I would like to leave you with a final note. Keep in mind that every single one of us has their own journey and their path and life. Success varies from one person to the other. Focus on your own work, on your own journey, on your own path, learn from others, develop and grow. And eventually, the time will come where your opportunity will pop in front of you and you'll be able to grab the opportunity. All of us, we operate on different timescales. Some of us will be successful with an ear. Some of us will take 10 years, 20 years. Who knows? But at the end of the day, you should have a clear vision. What you need to do. Actionable steps. Be consistent with the effort, grow, and develop and be prepared. Because the time might come and the opportunity will pop in front of you and you'll be ready to claim that opportunity and becomes successful. I truly hope you found this course but official, and it's helped you actually detach from that stressful norm of being successful and what it means and how it shouldn't be applied to your life. That's the main purpose of this course, and that's the main goal of this course. Keep in mind the project is something that you should be doing by yourself, where you will be listing down three different aspects of your life that you would link to being successful and what you need to do to actually get them done. And I'll see you in the next course.
Engr. Hussein Attié, Entrepreneur I Engineer I Educator
