 I still remember the first time I was told I would be the president of a group comprising of highly intelligent people back in my university days. I was so scared when I was called out, I literally wanted to jump through the window to escape. Everyone cheered me on as I was called, but I cried as I walked forward. They thought it was tears of joy, but all the while it was tears of sorrow. I wished I had never been called out at all. I hated to ever have to lead this kind of group. You see, the reason is simple. The group was mostly composed of people who talked so intelligently and prized intelligence and well-spoken English that I knew I couldn't compete with them. At the time, my English sucked so bad that I missed my tenses. I could make a good sentence if my life depended on it. But as soon as we left that gathering and I was inaugurated into office, as soon as I assumed the office and started to function there, I got into this habit of reading books. I had been reading books before now, but this time, compared to earlier, it was much more serious. I bought books with almost every money I had. My team would visit my apartment and would find loads of books arranged in a corner. I read when I was sitting, when I was standing, when I was in the restroom, when I was walking, during lectures, after lectures, while waiting for buses. I read so much such that, before I knew it, my English had greatly improved and I had even become a writer in the process. A desperate desire to learn suddenly transformed my life. Listen, if you're not willing to live like this, you're not ready to succeed. Simple. The world is filled with people who wish but never become, who talk but never do, who desire but never achieve. The world is filled with people who desire to be successful but never become successful. So, if you want to become successful and you're serious about it, here are three things you must necessarily do to achieve repeated success. 1. Leave like no one. Everyone talks about success. Everyone talks about victory. Everyone wants to succeed. But very few ever succeed. Like I said earlier, the world is filled with people who wish to succeed but never do. The world is filled with people who wish to make it but never do. The world is filled with people who talk but never implement. The reason is simple. Success answers to live in contrary to the status quo. You can't keep going in the same direction as everybody and expect to be successful. They won't work. You can't keep going in the same direction as everyone and expect to achieve greatness. Greatness is not found amid the status quo. And the heap of the mess that is represented in the world below. Those who must succeed choose to climb above that mess to reach the top. You must choose to live the kind of life others are not willing to live. Most would love to work a job they hate but still expect to become rich. That's a joke. Success will never happen that way. Most would love to work so little and expect so much. That's also a joke. Keep staring at the sun instead. Most would love to sit down and expect to get lucky. That's even worse because you starve to death that way. If you must succeed, you must go after success with a club. You must get out of the box the world's people love to live in. You must think differently. You must take risks others are unwilling to take. You must go in the direction others are unwilling to go. If others are unwilling to climb the mountain or go over a fence to achieve success, you must be willing to do so. Live like no one else is willing to live and you will achieve the success no one else can achieve. 2. Dare like no one. Success is like getting into the lion's den to take out gold. Only the brave and dogged will ever go in alive and return safe. You can do this. You can achieve success but you must be willing to be daring, be bold, face your fears and act on your dream even when your loved ones are against you. I know how much my mom and my older brother mugged me when I insisted I would become an entrepreneur. I know how much I had to watch my bank account hit zero every time and I had to beg for food because I was trying to become a successful writer. I wasn't strong but I was willing to this so I could become my dream. If you can't dare, you can't succeed. If you can't take risks, you can't succeed. If you're afraid to fail, you're better of holding down a job and praying frivently that they keep you there for as long as it takes. But on the told of achieving the kind of freedom you desire, you must be willing to take steps no one else would take. You must be willing to go in the area no one else would go. As soon as Steve Jobs decided to make a 3D animated movie, in 1995, through Pixar Animation Company. Most movie companies caught on the idea with success of Pixar's first 3D movie, Toy Story. When you dare the impossible, you will achieve the kind of success no one else has. Most automobile companies were playing it safe at the time. But Henry Fortress defined another way to make cars cheaply and still retain quality. While others take things carefully, successful people dare. If you want to join the league of men who succeed, you must be willing to dare what no one else would dare. 3. Learn like no one. I love this last one. If there is anything that keeps me going, it is learning new things. There is a quote I learned long ago. It says, those who can read but never read are not better than those who can't read. To keep succeeding, you must be willing to learn, unlearn, and relearn. The depth of success you command is based on the depth of knowledge you have acquired. Imagine if you were the boss of a company with little or no knowledge about how to improve your company. Your company will go under in no time or a smarter staff will take over the company. Most people want to succeed without doing anything. There are tons of people who want to make money but know next to nothing about handling money. They never read books and money. They never watch videos on the money. They never attend even free seminars about money. The knowledge you do not have, you can never apply. I made so many wrong money decisions in the past and still regret them today. The reason for those wrong decisions is simple. I didn't know anything about handling money. I didn't read books about money or watch videos about money. Once I learned about the importance of paying off your debts fast, striving never to owe, and saving a percentage of your income. Those lessons have been helping me in my finances. The more you learn, the more you grow. In our world today, where you are paid as much as you know and knowledge is now dependent on school degrees, you will do yourself so much the service if you don't commit to learning again and again. There are YouTube videos you can watch. There are loads of free books and articles you can read to learn from. There are loads of skills you can learn for free just by watching online videos. The more you learn, the more you earn. The more you learn, the more you grow. Do you want to enjoy repeated success? Leave us no one else does. There what no one else will. And learn like no one else. Success is not achieved by luck. If you want success, you must go after it. If this video inspired you, share this video. We love you.