I was having a conversation with someone few days ago about giving up. He said that when a person gives up, it’s because they have tried everything and that’s the reason they have this kind of an attitude of someone who wouldn’t wish to push the limits further.

I disagree to the extent that I feel, one can’t and shouldn’t give up when it’s something that other people have also achieved. For example, if a person says “I can’t reach the top of Mount Everest” then that would be a statement that holds absolutely no strength, because there have been numerous people just like you and I, who have reached the top of Mount Everest, on the other hand referring to a very common thing we go through in our lives is applying for new jobs. Lots of people give up when they can’t get the job they applied for.

Remember, you won’t get the job you are looking for if you don’t apply for the one you are most suitable for, simple as that. So if you are good in designs, applying for a job that requires a guy who is good with light bulbs won’t do the trick. And when you finally get in for the interview, NEVER EVER LIE! Yes, It’s in CAPS, because I feel that when you lie to get a job, you won’t manage to stay for long.

Honesty is definitely the best policy, if you want to stick around. When you can’t do something, just say it, don’t twist people around.

Lots of people have this level of “ego” that doesn’t let them work at a place which other’s would see as “low”
according to their experience or education. After working in London for a leading company when I came back to Norway, I didn’t get a job for a bit and in the mean time instead of doing what a few others do.. which is lie on the corner, I worked at a warehouse moving boxes here n there with a small machine, then worked at a 7-eleven store. Been asked a few times at that point that since you had your own glass office in London how do you feel working here now, I used to laugh and say “I am loving it..”

After that I got a web designer position So obviously nothing is bad.. if it puts food on your table, it’s the best thing you can ever do.. actually doing NOTHING is what I consider bad..

What about you? Where have you worked which others might see as “ohh man how could you work there…”

I have always been the advocate of positive outlook towards life. No matter sometimes I have come across situations that might have broken me into pieces if I hadn’t had the faith in me. Maybe it’s the thoughts that have been injected in me via mum since childhood. I feel that success and failure go hand in hand. Where there is success there is a chance that one will also fail. And when one doesn’t fail in something they won’t know the wonderful taste of success.

But does that mean that to be successful in your first go is wrong? Ofcourse not, but what I mean is that when you do fail while attempting to succeed, you will surely have the heart to handle any negative aspects along the way. Your “successful” persona won’t be shattered if you fall along the way, you will just hold onto the hope and carry on because you would KNOW that “I failed and I tried again and succeeded”

I in the past few years have worked from door to door salesman to working in a warehouse moving boxes around in a Norwegian company while looking for the job I was built for, Web Designer / Project Manager. I worked and worked despite some people in the family saying “Aww he is so talented why is he doing this or that” .. maybe if I had listened to them I wouldn’t be enjoying my office now, where I sit and manage a whole team of people. Maybe if I had heard of them, I would have sat home and gone nuts!

So all in all, success is not a final goal… it is the little steps you take along the way. If you are not failing while reaching there, you are definitly not giving your best. Because I feel if you don’t fail, you will succeed but you will definitely not learn how to tackle failure if you get hit by it at the wrong time.

What is success in your view?