# Part 2

The 7 Keys to Success

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How are you today? I hope you’re always fine^^

Do you still remember two keys to success that I have reviewed a week ago? Yaps, as I said before that I will review the book with the title is “The 7 Keys to Success” for 3 weeks later, so for today I will continue with the third until seventh keys to success. If you wanna know, please read it until finish^^

3. Presistence

Presistence is the act of continually pursuing something in spite of obstacles. In this part describe about if we want get a success, we must refusing to give up, especially when faced with oposition or difficulty.

According to Will Edwards, presistence is what drives you on take the next step in your journey; presistence is what prevents you from getting discouraged by what may have happened in the past; presistence is where the rubber meets the road. In this part, the writter also tell us about the book with the title ‘Touching the Void’  which describe about Joe Simpson recounts how he and his friend Simon Yates, climbed Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. From the Joe’s story, we can learn that in our journey to success, we also need to be resilient and presistent, especially at those times when everything might seem hopeless. We need to learn how to access that inner strength that we definitely possess, that makes we stronger than we think.

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”-Pooh

When we meet an obstacle, as we inevitably will, presistence determines what we will do; whether we will give up or keep going. Presistence is what gets we back on our feet, dusted down and ready to go again.

4. Flexibility

To become successful, we need to notice what is working, and what is not, and be prepared to change our approach in order to get what we want –that is the essence of flexibility.

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”

In other words, if we continue doing exactly what we are now doing, then don’t be suprised when we don’t see any increase or change in our results. So, to get greater benefits in the future, we need to change what we are doing in the present in order to produce them.

As usual, in every chapter, the writter sometimes tell us about a story that can increase our spirit to get a successful life. In this chapter, the writter tell us about a story from Kevin Keegan, the famous footballer (soccer) and eventually manager of the English national team. Many people around him said that he would never become a footballer because he was not talented enough, he was not strong enough and he was too small. It would have been easy enough for him to just give up. But, what did Kevin actually do? Yaps it’s right, that there was nothing he could do about his height, so he worked on what he could. He worked on his physique until he built a strong, powerful frame and he also worked on his basic ball skills. And what happen to Kevin? Yaps, finally he got what he want. He success in his football team.

And Will Edwards said that, when he tell Kevin’s story at his workshop events and sometimes people will say something like this:

“What about all the people who tried and tried but still never made it?”

Will Edwards answer that Kevin was a winner and we too can become a winner. To become a winner, we need to inernalise the seven qualities that we are discussing right now.

If you really want to success, in whatever field of endeavour you are pursuing, you can have it. But you need to be prepared to work for it. Finding out and then doing whatever it takes, is the quality of flexibility.

5. Faith

Faith is strong belief in something without proof or evidence. There will be many people who will tell us that we will never, or simply cannot, achieve our dream. They are the 80% of people who once had a dream but have now settled for something less. But their experience of llife gradually ground them down and their dreams were relucantly put away. Those dreams still live somewhere, deep down within their hearts, but they no longer believe that they are achievable.

And in this chapter, the writter also tell us about a story from Glenn Cunningham. When Glenn was young, Glenn become trapped inside the school building when fire broke out. As a consequemce, he was very badly burned and it seemed that he would die from his injuries. But glenn survived, though unfortunately from his waist down, he was left completely paralysed. He always try everyday in order to can walk again. And finally he can walk again.

It is truly amazing what we can do when we believe in our own ability. That’s why we need faith –a deep down, dogged belief that, regardless of the evidence, we are going to make it! We are going to achieve what we have set out to accomplish. We are going to make a difference in this life.

6. Thankfulness

The laws of success tell us to cultivate a grateful attitude, but why should thankfulness affect our success?

It may be difficult, at first, to see exactly how thankfulness can be such an important key to our success, but by seeking to maintain an ‘attitude of gratitude’ we are indeed tapping into the timeless laws of success. On the other hand, having an attitude of gratitude impacts our countenance and our general outlook on life and people, generally, will prefer to work with happy, cheerful, grateful people rather than miserable, downcast, merchants of doom and gloom.

So, in this chapter tell us about that we must always thankfulness for whatever that we get.

“If you can learn to make gratitude a part of the way you live your life, you will be simply amazed st how the attitude of the people around you will change too”.

7. Passion

Will Edwards’ said that passion is youre heart’s one true desire or the deepest desire of your heart. Deep within our heart, there is a desire, the pursuit of which will bring you all the happiness, success and fulfilment we really want. So to find our passion is to identify our own unique purpose in life; to live our passion is to achieve what the author’s like to refer as the Deepest Desire of Your Heart.

In this chapter, the author tell us about a story from a poultry farmer. He placed an eagle’s egg in amongst his chickens to see what would happen. One of the chickens sat on the egg and nurtured it until it hatched and an eaglet was born. It grew up with the other chickens in the farmyard. One day a young eagle caught sight of a magnificent bird confidently soaring high in the sky, and he turned to an old rooster.

“What kind of bird is that?” a young eagle asked.

The old bird said “That is an eagle, the most powerful bird in the land.”

“I wish I could soar like that”

“But you can’t. He is an eagle and we are just chickens.”

And so, the eagle went back to startching the ground and he lived the rest of his life like a chicken, for that is what he believed he was.

So from that story, we can learn that we are an eagle. We were born to fly, we are destined to soar. We are called to achieve something important with our life. Don’t waste our opportunity.

So, that’s all of the chapter of the seven keys to success. What do you feel after you read the seven keys to success? Do you feel more excited to get your dream? I hope, after you read it, you can apply it in your life. And you must believe that we can get a successful life. Keep spirit, keep fighting and keep do your best.

For next week I still review about this book, so please keep stay tune on my blog. And I’m sorry if there are so many mistakes. Thank you for visiting my blog. See you later guys^^