“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with
the bricks others have thrown at him,” once said by David Brinkley manifests the
idea that success comes from the experiences gained in life. When someone has
been through an array of predicaments, they learn from each one, a different
message strengthening the person more to face the next situation. A “successful”
man would acquire the newly found knowledge to structure their “foundation,” or
plan, to create a better life and succeed with their dreams.
Success is achieving our goals, our dreams, our potential
for anything. Success, whether for the poor, the working, the middle, or the
upper class, is reachable and attainable. The building blocks of success are obtained
from the mistakes made in the past, or the stories told by others, or the
advice given to us by the successful people themselves.
Experience is the key to success. Someone once wrote, “Experience
is the best teacher.” The quote that Brinkley wrote and this quote compare in a
way that explains Brinkley’s idea that the bricks thrown is experience,
knowledge obtained. Experience is the “A+” on a mathematics test, but for life.
When undergoing a problem, it’s worth the stress and the worry when the lesson
is revealed. Experience is gained and the problem is preventable from then on.
A goal, a dream, an ambition is anything a person wants to
take out of life. Imagination and the motivation to strive for success create
the foundation for a vision, i.e. business. Everyone has diverse interests and individual
dreams on what they would like to achieve in life, but the process to attaining
our goal is conquered the same way. Envision
the blueprints of the said aspiration, acquire as much knowledge attainable
through experience, and produce the final product.
When someone has a vision of opening their own business; a
law firm, a cupcake shop, a grocery market, a clothing store, they must have experience
for any kind of success. A successful outcome is a difficult and enduring
process that is not handed to us. A person is required to have a knack for
detail, a passion for organization and a commanding attitude. These could be
natural abilities; they are also abilities that could be gained. The experience
needed to create a successful business is used to accommodate the demands that
a successful business runs on. The knowledge and lessons thrown at us
throughout life are used as a base to the beginning of our successful lives.
