The Sixteenth Card on the Deck

In this world, some says, there are losers and achievers. It is up to us in which category do we want to belong. Definitely losers are those who just let things happen. Winners, even if they fail, they learn and constantly move on forward. Many asks what is the secret of those successful people. Some says it is hardwork, while others say it's because of luck. In my own opinion, I think it's neither of them. For me, working hard is totally different from working smart. We do not have to work hard for something, if we really want it, we would enjoy doing it. There is always another way. If we continuously do a process redundantly, definitely there is something wrong. Every process should be easier at every passing moment. There is always a new way to do things better and a lot easier. Improvise. Innovate. We don't just do things the first time, always keep on improving. Processes should be always keep getting better and better. A very good example of it is the basic evolution. Animals to man. Creation keeps on improving. Another is technology. Would you like to use the Smart Bill-crusher type of analog cellular phone? I don't think so. Times change, so we do also.

I think luck is not what is not expected to happen. I think luck is an opportunity given to a long-prepared person. Say can you say that a person who won 300 million peso jackpot money from lotto lucky when after three years he came back broke and mishandled the opportunity? He is not definitely lucky. He is pitiful, a pitiful person who possessed something but didn't know what to do. So definitely, luck is the mid-portion of a process into which a person who is given an opportunity, and of course he should be ready, which he draws his best efforts toward success.

I think, in my opinion, the secret of successful people are "EXCELLENCE". "EXCELLENCE IS NOT AN ACT BUT A HABIT." Compete with yourself. Outdoing your previous accomplishments raises your standards. Quality that seems to be unbeatable by any other person. A daily effort of doing things better, improving in your daily work, and most specially morally and spiritually at ease everyday. Yourself is the first competition that you have. How can you convince others that you are better than them when you yourself know that you didn't do things in your best efforts. Excellence is by doing a daily improvement in yourself, in your responsibilities, and after that, even with others. Constant improvement, being excellent yourself will make you live each day in glory. The three of diamonds reminds you that "EXCELLENCE IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A HABIT."