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Skills and Attitudes That Are Necessary For a Successful Life

 By Ven.Eindobhasa

            What is the most important for a successful life is ‘Learning’. It is absolutely true; ‘Learning’ is a very basic foundation and most important for a successful life. Some people can ask when we will get the end of ‘Learning’. Anyhow, we must keep on ‘Learning’ at the end of our lives. The person who wants to be successful continuously in his/ her life always needs to be ‘Life Long Learning’. The main essence of ‘Learning’ is that ‘Learning is never stop’.

            For example, we have studied for ten years, after which we stop ‘Learning’ for a next year, then our learning will be shown in minus. Hence, we must try not to be minus of our development and success in our lives, and the only one not to be our ability, development and success in minus is ‘ to be continuous learning’ day by day. Yet, it is not said that ‘Learning’ means ‘only studying at schools, colleges and universities’. Generally, there are two kinds of learning – Formal Learning and Informal Learning. What is formal learning is included all classes of studying at kindergartens, middles schools, high schools, colleges and universities systematically due to the curriculum.  ‘Informal Learning’ means learning from one’s own experience, from reading books, and from seeing and hearing of what is useful for a successful life. For example, reading a book is taking a lesson of life informally, and watching television is also learning how to cook curries informally owing to their teaching of cooking.

            In reality, we find that informal learning in our lives is more important than formal learning to be a successful life. Why? Indeed, formal learning that was trained us at schools is the lessons of life to continuous informal learning for day by day life. On the other hand, we can say it (formal learning) is the very first step of learning practical way. We can see how important the informal learning is – Mr. Bill Gates has not graduated, however, he is the greatest inventor of computer, and he is also one of the richest ones in the world. Why is that he studied ‘Informal Learning’ up to the end of his life.

            As the first step, we besides ‘Formal Learning’ and ‘Informal Learning’ for a successful life, who wish to be successful ones in life must be willing to success at first. What were, are and will be happening in the world are based on the wishes. As second step, we after wish of success may believe ourselves that we can be successful ones. If we don’t believe in ourselves, no one believes us. After believing ourselves as the ones being able to be successful ones, as the third step, we must have a plan to do to success. There is a famous proverb concerning plan – “ Fail to plan is plan to fail.” We, therefore, who want to success in life must have a plan at least, how to do to become successful ones. Having more plan is better. The last step is the most important; that is to implement the plan in the practical way. Many people can reach this step, but some of whom trying for a little while miss success in the reach of the hand.

            On the road to success, everyone when making plan practically may face the difficulties more or less. The more we can cross the difficulties, the more we can stand up on the top step of success. In this way, we must keep on march of success slowly and slowly and step by step.  The most important thing marching to success is ‘to get up seven times when failing eight times’. It is not sadness for us getting in trouble when we are trying to hold what we want in life. Not dreaming for a successful life is really sadness, and we no need to feel sorrow over un-success when we try to get to our aim, but it is really sorrowful for us if not dare to have a big dream and strong wishes.

Hence, the big dream and strong wishes is a very first step for a successful life.