People’s natural adherence to remain in onecomfort zone has always created a potential enemy within. This enemy within is the good that is beingallowed to kill the best. The majority of people in the world don’t say ‘no’ tothe good in order to say ‘yes’ to the best. This ensures that about 70 percent of people in the world remain more orless in the valley. They have been stuckto the valley because they lack diligence while few have struck success by being able to overcome challenges that come their way, and inthat way solving problems for thesociety, enhancing the world social fabric while cultivating development. Todaythe stories of people like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and some other billionaires on the pages of Forbes Magazine andsimilar other publications.
The world associates with them. And as the sayinggoes “success has many uncles.” Their stories offer a memorable motivatingexperience to people, especially the young ones. They can either go for theAmerican-influenced international figures or learn from the Asian Champions.
But their diligence helped put them on the world stage.With the sound of waves created by the experience of thesepeople and crashing of evocative stories into the consciousness,one has to wonder why he or she hasstayed helpless for sometimes and wonder also why motivational speakers even needs to promote diligence and its fruits.Another standout in the crowd of world greatentrepreneurial leaders is the crop of rag to riches cases. Beaten bycircumstances, diligence offered them lifebuoy. This was done to perfection.Life’s bitterness turned to sweetness forthem and tasted divine.
The success they recorded on breaking out more thanmade up for the disappointment they have encountered. Three people come underfocus here Oprah Winfrey, Larry Ellison and Li Ka-shing.Withtheir stories they have become people’s libraries and some of the mostimportant institutions that impact youths’ personality, talents and abilitiesacross the world. Each of them are pamphlets in the libraries and the worldhave taken this concept to heart.
Each of their stories provides useful lessonsin diligence and determination. It provides a number of educational as well asmotivational activities for people, such as shaping and re-shaping their worldviews, impacting them with knowledge and organizing mind workshops while also providinga sort of training sessions for whoever is lucky enough to read their stories.