In order to succeed, we need to focus our strength and energy on those things we can control and continue to apply ourselves on a daily basis. This will ultimately lead to a successful life.
Keep doing what you ought to do. You can partner with God to make your God-ordained future a reality. Each of us can do something about our future. One of the ways to do this is to partner with God and to be a co-designer with Him. This is an ability that God has given to us as humans. Abraham Lincoln said “the best way to predict your future is to create it.” The ability to plan and to influence the outcomes of our lives is a unique ability given to man by God. God has a plan and a future for each life. If we keep moving in the right direction and doing the right things, we will ultimately make a success out of lives.
Success is maximizing our lives and living out God’s plan for our lives. However, what will make the success sustainable is knowledge. When we run out of emotions, our knowledge of God and His principles will sustain us. If a man can do what he ought to do and what he needs to do and keep doing them, the time will come when he will experience a breakthrough.
Jim Collins in his book “Good To Great” talks about the Flywheel and Doom Loop concept. Though Jim Collins applied the concept of the Flywheel to businesses and enterprises, it could also be applied to our personal lives. “A flywheel is a device that is made up of a heavy disk on the axle used to smooth a machine’s operation through the ability to store energy, generate momentum and maintain a constant rotational speed. Collins presents the reader with the task of creating enough momentum to rotate a flywheel weighing 5,000 pounds on a 2-foot thick axle measuring 30 feet in diameter for as long and fast as possible.” There are two terms that are relevant to Collins concept of the Flywheel: build-up and breakthrough. “Collins notes [1]Landes’s description of buildup as “the accumulation of knowledge and know-how” and breakthrough as “reaching and passing thresholds.”
[1]Collins credits David S. Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor (1998) with the terms buildup and breakthrough.