Success is domain of the streets smart not the books smart

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who learnt from his mistakes and fought against failure; who accepted every obstacle without sigh and bid adieu to them with smile; who learnt from his life to move forward and face every problem; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.

So, what do you think? Is success the domain of the book smart or street smart? I think success is the domain of the street smart.

Think over it once. Is it only academics that prove you to be a successful person? Of course not! Have a look around you! The past, the present and the future. Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Steve Jobs! Were they all academically good? No they weren’t but they were successful even more than the ones who were academically good.

Let’s have a look on a few of them!

Einstein! Albert Einstein was known as a genius. But did you know that he was a high school dropout?

Now one of the most famous names in history-William Shakespeare. There is not much information about him but based on some of his writings scholars suggested that he didn’t attend school past the age of 13.

The last but not the least, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. He created the 1^st successful personal computers, and over the years helped introduce numerous revolutionary products such as iPods, iPads and iPhones. And he did this after attending college for only 6 months.

Now what do you think? “For the most part, the more schooling you receive, the more successful you will be in your chosen path,” said Jeff Kelley. But after what I said now, do you think the same as Kelley said? Do you think only people who are academically good can gather success?

Successful people are those who look around them instead of being a nerd or a geek. Accepting the world around you and expressing your views is all that is needed to be a successful person.There’s this dialogue from the movie 3 idiots “Never run after success, do your job at your best, and success will come running behind you.” Studying is good but every time studying makes it feel like you are running after success. But enjoying the world around you, learning from it good things and putting them in real life will lead to success running behind you.

I would like to conclude by saying what I believe,” success is with the man who doesn’t include it in his life.”