“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him”. David Brinkley
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
The diversity of mankind in our thoughts, attitude and way of life is what define us as unique individuals. However, no matter how distant our ideas and mindset about life seem to be from each other, there is always that common target point of “achieving success” in whatever direction we tread on in life.
We may seem to be walking in different paths of ambition and putting up unequal structures aimed at guiding us on these paths, yet, we are all heading towards a common goal of attaining “Success”.
The very fact that everyone one of us is working so hard towards a common focal point in life depicts the important and highly combustible nature of the point we are gravitating towards. Yes, the closer you get to success, the more difficult, stormy and fiery the path becomes.
The ability of a person to keep motivated, focus and hold up his path towards success is enshrined in his attitude, structures and the foundations laid to combat the turbulent path of success.
The foundation on which your success path rest therefore becomes the most crucial ingredient of fetching success, in fact, a determinant of whether you can resist the chaotic trail of attaining success or not.
Everyone would fairly expect that the important nature of the foundation we lay on our success path means we should have control and be presented with the opportunity to pick up the bricks we use for this very foundation so we can grab the strongest bricks and build up a sturdy foundation against “on-way” obstacles.
This is perfectly a rightful expectation, but who said life and the people we are battling with are fair players? The unfair nature of life and the people we live with means you have no choice in the bricks you use to define the foundation of your success. It comes as a gamble, whatever they throw at you; you definitely have to use those bricks to build your foundation.
And I do not have to remind you that life and these people will always throw the weak bricks at you. Do not ask me why and if you just did, I will tell you… because life is mean and will always want to “screw” you.
We are constantly at a game of war with life and others, either they succeed in screwing us on our path to success, or we screw them and beat them to their “own” game. If we are given the choice to pick robust bricks to lay the very important foundation, then we would surely beat our competitors (life and others) to their game and they do not want that.
Since we do not have that choice and are still keen on being successful, we must use whatever brick thrown at us to build a firm foundation. It is only when we build such a robust foundation from the weak and broken bricks that we can fetch the success we desire.
Remember life and its associates are mean. We should therefore not give up on our path to success when they throw their bricks at us. Instead of crying to the hit, we should quickly pick those stones, examine them, learn from their nature and fix it in our foundation.
We do not have a say in what they throw but surely we have a say in how firm we lay our foundation with what they throw at us. Let us lay a firm foundation by learning from our experience and that of others, look at how other successful individuals were able to crop a firm foundation from the weak bricks life threw at them and always remember “a successful man is the one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him”.
Check your foundation, If not firmly laid, let us patch it up as we continue to fight for success. Good Morning Readers and have a great week.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
You can read more of such motivational messages, personal development strategies and pick-up the right equipments and tools to achieve success and your dream life by visiting Chris-Vincent’s Personal Development & Human Success Blog. www.ScrewLife.Com “Success Is A Right, Not A Privilege”
My weekly morning ass kickin lol…another much needed reality check though! 😀 I agree though when ppl see u doin well or workin hard sometimes ppl switch on u…sad to say I hav experienced this from the very people I would think would want to support me! But as u also say life and people can be mean and unfair. Only thing I’ve learnt is surround yourself with positive, ambitious hard working people that will impact and influence your lire in the very same way!
Ta very much for your message! Luv it!!!
God bless ya! x
Thanks for inspiring me this morning. well noted. more of those
As said Goldinggul, “Only thing I’ve learnt is surround yourself with positive, ambitious hard working people that will impact and influence your lire in the very same way!”
Thanks very much for your message! Luv it!!!
As said Golden gul
“Only thing I’ve learnt is surround yourself with positive, ambitious hard working people that will impact and influence your lire in the very same way!”
Thanks very much for your message! Luv it!!!
This works well for me. Listening or in this case reading with keen eyes.
Chris, another nice write up. These are the kind of stuff that you guys should be cramping this site with and not this fake industry hoopla. Stuff like this goes a long way in helping all your young readers who need guidance and sane advice. With that said, I must say, I disagree with David Brinkley’s quote. ““A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him”. It sounds good but if you follow this, you’ll always be someone’s successful puppet. You see, you cannot build a strong foundation on bricks that someone has thrown to you. That’s no different than building a house on sinking sands and claiming your house sits on a strong foundation. You need to build your own foundation first, then use the bricks you’ll receive from other’s to put up the building. My case and point, other’s cannot create a solid foundation for your success, only you can. After all, if you don’t have any bricks to start building a strong foundation for your building, that’s a clear indication that you’re not ready to put up a building in the first place and perhaps needs more preparation. You see where am coming from? Am interested in your thoughts and what you think.
Am not commenting on the article contents per se, but just disproving why I don’t agree with the quote. A lot of quotes sound good, but upon care analysis, it turns out to be something else. Anyone can say something that sounds good to seem ‘smart’.
But all in all, this is a good write up. Big up’s for putting in work.
Good job dearie.This sounds like a real good motivational message.Such is life, when you think you ve made it to the top,someone somewhere might also be pulling you down but the only way to ignore such person is to use “whatever bricks they throw at you; to build your foundation:.The only reason why they do that is to discourage us,but the message is “We should learn to keep our heads up”.
Thank you Chris.