Greatness: Your Tuesday Morning Inspiration with Gerald Chinogara

Hard work works, and it wins every time without fail, it is just that simple. The diligent end up on top, and the lazy end up at the bottom. This is a true rule of business and life, which Solomon the wisest and wealthiest king who has ever lived observed as captured in Proverbs 12 vs 24 “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labour”, and God inspired him to this write down to give you wisdom and success.

Diligence, which is hard work, requires focused attention, maximum effort, and patient persistence. In a generation when most are lazy and impatient, with diligence you can rise faster and farther than ever before. Talent and training leverage diligence, but talent and training cannot replace diligence. Diligence is a choice and adding it to your personal arsenal will help you up the success ladder. Or, you can choose to be lazy, and carry the ladder for others to climb and watch them rise to the top like cream does in milk.

Most of us deceive ourselves by thinking that taking life easy makes life easier. But we do not see the pain, poverty, suffering, and trouble that laziness causes. We will not interrupt morning sleep to get up early, though the consequences throughout the day and our lives will punish us for the lazy and slothful choice of extra sleep.

Athletes use this wisdom every day, by saying, “If I put in one more lap, or one more set of exercises, than anyone else, I will eventually win.” They know hard work brings results, so they work harder than their competitors, and they are soon defeating them in contests. They cannot change their God-given abilities, but they can outwork the competition. Overachievers can defeat the talented.

Are you gifted? Are you well trained? Thank God for this, and mercilessly leverage on your gift and talent to catapult yourself to greater success by being diligent. Diligence does the basics well every day; apply focused and intense output for the whole day; and has staying power until the job is done. Diligence is crucial to a successful life no matter what part of life you consider.

From your marriage to your house, and from your children to your soul, diligence is a main ingredient for success. Make the wise decision to be diligent in all the affairs of your life starting today and witness yourself transform into a success magnet with mathematical precision.