“A time for Greatness”By: Micko Aldave

God has given us the strength to utilize here on earth and to be a blessing to others. We have a priceless dream. We have a dream that can be easily achieved if we have passion and commitment. As Denzel Washington said that “Dreams without goals, are just a dream.”

Furthermore, if we are not committed to our dreams, it doesn’t make sense. Nonetheless, your dreams will not be achieved if you have a negative mindset. You will be a successful person if you have a rich mindset and if you are optimistic. You have to prove your worth, or else, your weakness will prevail.

There is nothing wrong to be failed because it is part of the process. If you fail, you will learn and improve.

You cannot be a successful person if you are afraid to fail. All of those successful persons have failed because they are not terrified of failure. Michael Jordan has missed more than 9000 shots in his career, he almost lost 300 games before he enters NBA. Jordan has failed many times, his fans were dismayed, and his fans didn’t even trust him anymore. But eventually, Jordan has six NBA Champions, five NBA MVPs, six NBA Finals, fourteen NBA All-Star games, three NBA All-Star Game MVPs, and the 1985 Rookie of the year. All of these achievements are from the failures that he experienced in his basketball career. What does this mean Jordan realizes that failure is inevitable, but he learned a lot.

When Jordan learned from his failures, he is now considered as the Greatest NBA Player of all time. Undoubtedly, if you are in the process of success, you will never escape failures anymore. By all means, this is part of the process. Don’t let your failure define you, let your failure teach you to become a better person. Trust the process, and work hard to achieve your goal. You have to improve yourself every day. From my personal perspective, my only goal today is to become better than I was yesterday. I am just 20 years old, and I am still asking for learning.

Because a good leader is the best listener. It is fine to ask if you do not know something because that is part of the process. It is fine to be corrected if you are doing or saying something wrong. You have to take that advice because that is part of the process. It is fine to be judged by someone else, at least you are true to yourself that you are in the process.

If somebody belittled you, revenge on them. It is not to hurt them physically, but to show them that they are thinking wrong about you. The best revenge is to improve yourself You have to prove that they were wrong. You have to show your strengths. If your strengths have prevailed, means you have achieved your goals already. When you achieved your goals, you learned from your failures, and that is the power of the process.