THE GOLDEN RULE

The Golden Rule is : I KNOW ACT

Hopefully, most of us would want to be better than we are today, and sometimes we wonder how to make it happen. We may be discouraged that there is no way out, or some times we gain hopes but the question is how do we go about to make success happen. 
Success is a relative term, and there is no one formula for success or for life, but generally speaking we can agree  on the following: -

1. If success is defined on individual basis, then we have the individual who form part of the success process, 
2. Success can not just come to us, there must be a way to access it- therefore actions should be there, 
3. We therefore need knowledge to know what actions to undertake and how to undertake such actions so that we can produce success.  

From the above introduction, we produce the golden rule – I KNOW ACT.

Before we go deep into discussion of the golden rule, here are some inspirational quotes related to the golden rule- I KNOW ACT :

 The  I part of the golden rule

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." Vincent T. Lombardi 

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand."-- Bruce Barton 

 The KNOW part of the golden rule

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. -HOSEA 4:6

If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise.——— Prophet Muhammad (s) as reported by Abu Darda in Sunan Abu Dawood, hadith #1631.

The ACT part of the golden rule

Action is the foundational key to all success.- Pablo Picasso

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.- Marva Collins

Ok, let us continue with our discussion of the Golden Rule – I Know Act

I – stands for self ( I)

The success is about you hence you are the first one to decide how you want it to be, and when you want it to happen. I don’t mean you can determine exactly when the success will come,  but your desire and efforts determine whether it will be soon, late or it will never happen.  

You are the one to figure out how you can do what is necessary to achieve success, who can help you , how you can cope with challenges and how you can turn problems into success. Even when you fail, you know you will wake up and do it, but if you quit to  try, you will not achieve the success.

KNOW – Stands for knowledge. 

I am purposely mentioning knowledge here and not qualifications because it is not true that to succeed you MUST HAVE certain qualification/qualifications.  As we saw in the post; Watch What Decides Your Visio,  the amount of information you have may decide how your life is or will be. The level of knowledge determines your vision , opportunities, and place you on certain level of success or risk of failure. You can shape your knowledge through academic qualifications, continuous reading of books and internet materials, seminars, workshop, the contacts you make and mentors you can have.

ACT – This stands for ACTIONS. 

What matters the most is not what you have, it is how you use or  act on what you have.  You can have good contacts, good knowledge, good qualifications but you end up having uncomfortable life, as you don’t act on what is right for you. 

It is not about just acting, it is about acting in a smarter way as Grant MacDonald suggests: "The way to success is to work smarter, not harder.’ No successful man became a success by this idea. Successful people do BOTH - they work smarter AND harder!"