French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has an effective success formula that I can't wait to share with you:
Passion + Work + Perseverance = Success
French soccer star Zinedine Zinedane summed up the ingredirents of enduring success in one statement that anyone could use to create a road map to his or her own triumph in any field of endeavour.
The following words of the soccer star and twice world best player should be food for thought for any aspiring talent; speaking on the occasion of his debut match for Cannes in 1989, Zidane made this observation:
That day I discovered that the passion of my life was football and, I thought I could go far through work, responsibility and perseverance. (emphasis mine)
The secret of Zinedine Zidane's success is contained in the words in bold. Now let's take a look at each of these attributes and see what role they can play in anyone's success.
?Passion is the key to meaningful achievement in any calling. You have to love what you do for a living or else you would never be happy and successful. In his book ?Everyday Wisdom for Success?, Dr. Wayne Dyer says that doing what you love is the cornerstone to having abundance in your life.
?Work is the foundation of all business, the source of all prosperity and the parent of genius. Work can do more to advance youth than his own parents, be they ever so wealthy. it is represented in the humblest savings and has laid the foundation of every fortune says an ancient sage. Everyone who desire success must be willing to pay the price and for those who have a true passion for their vocation you do not just pay the price, says Zig Ziglar, you enjoy the price.
?Perseverance This game of success calls for a lot of self-reliance and one has to grow up nurturing the habit of perseverance. All stars who have attained enduring success have met difficulties and frustrations along the way but the man/woman who wins is the one who PERSEVERES to the end.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says ?Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it soon or late?
Another great mind puts it this way:
?Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, is oft but perseverance in disguise?
Michael Jordan was cut out from his high school basketball team because the coach thought that he was not good enough. Yet he did not give up. With PERSEVERANCE, he became the world's greatest Basketball star. His mantra is ?I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying?.
So whatever your dreams and aspirations, you can make a success out of your life. Take the Zinedine Zidane formula and implement it in your life. You do the math:
Passion + Work + Perseverance =?""
