There are lots of leadership talks that keep on happening in my company where people at top positions talk about their life and how they became successful. They always tend to follow the same theme and have a similar reason to why they are so successful in life. There are some common reasons that I always hear from these leaders.

Don’t be afraid of your failures. They are stepping stones to success. If you have never failed then you have never tried. Do what you like. Follow your heart. Don’t do the things under pressure from the society. You have one life to live so make the most of it. Do not be afraid to keep your point in front of others. Have confidence in yourself and be straight forward. Every day is a new beginning. So don’t think too much about the past and try to live in the present moment. Keep learning something new each day. Try to stay relevant in whatever field you pursue. Try to be at ease with yourself. Don’t be stressed out and make most of the opportunities you get. Try to do as much networking as you can. Having friends at the right places always helps.

The list does not end here but all the main reasons kind of hover around these points. I always ask myself if I follow all these points can I be that successful. Can I assume living in the moment, rising from my failures, being confident and doing what I love all these will make me achieve my dreams?

I think these leaders miss some key points while giving all these reasons. They do not talk about the role of luck in their lives. How sometimes they have been really defeated in their lives and then something magical happened that turned their lives upside down. I know many people believe that there is nothing like luck in this world. It’s the talent and hard work of these individuals that helped them climb the ladders of success.

Talent and luck aren’t mutually exclusive. You can be good and lucky at the same time. I think all these leaders must agree to one thing that at some point in their lives they have been saved by their luck.I have also some small shares of success in my life and I think I would not have achieved success if luck was not on my side.

These leaders also don’t talk about the roles of some people in their lives that helped them at various points in their lives and help them recover from countless failures.Those people can be their families, their mentors, friends or anyone who believed in their abilities and did not leave them even in their hard times.

These leaders don’t talk about the good schooling and college education which they were able to afford from their parent’s money. A lot of people in this world are not able to afford such education.

I think I am not qualified enough to solve the mystery of how one can be successful in life. Success is not an overnight thing. It is the result of years of hard work . I respect all these leaders for what they have become in their lives but I want them to understand that they should make people aware of all the factors that contributed to their success. The people who get inspired by these leaders have the right to know why these people are so successful and why being successful ain’t that easy….