Anything is achievable as long as one believes and takes the necessary action. There is no huddle that is so insurmountable that it cannot be conquered.<\/p>\n
Everything we see, everything we treasure, started with a dream that seemed to defy all the tenets of reality then.<\/p>\n
It was impossible that humans could manufacture a place that would be flying in the sky against the power of gravity. It was considered impossible that people could talk to each other on phones that were not connected with wires.<\/p>\n
It was impossible to believe that Rwanda could shake itself from the dust and ashes of genocide to become a brightening success story in Africa. It was impossible to believe that apartheid would reach its downfall in South Africa. It was impossible to contemplate that after the Second World War, yoked with the bondage of reparations, Germany could become a top economy in Europe. It was impossible to consider turning a barren land into an agricultural hub as the Israelis have done. All success stories are just a manifestation of defying the impossible.<\/p>\n
There is one inalienable element that leads to defying the impossible \u2013 it is the ability to see things not through the eyes of the majority but the tinted glasses of vision. When you aspire to achieve the impossible, you think differently, you live differently; you are way above the majority that you converse with. It is therefore normal that people would not believe you, would consider you mad and give you all sorts of bad references. Actually, when you are heading towards a dream, most will tell you how others tried and failed, they will actually tell you that you are no super hero, you have no unique abilities, you are just wasting your time and better go along the tried and tested models of living. That is what you must defy. You are a unique being endowed with all the tenets of success. The worst thing you can do to yourself and humanity at large is to go to the grave and get buried with the brilliant ideas that never saw the light. Never be afraid to try. It is better to try and fail than fail to try<\/p>\n
When people deliberate in conferences on successful economies, the tiger Singapore often comes to mind because it is a rare economy that moved from third world to first. The same is true of Turkey. At one point in time the Ottoman empire which now constitutes Turkey was called the \u2018sick man\u2019 of Europe. But Turkey now is a renowned force in Europe<\/p>\n
Lee Kuan Yew sums up the story of Singapore brilliantly. Yew writes: \u201cWe had been asked to leave Malaysia and go our own way with no signposts to our next destination. We faced tremendous odds with an improbable chance of survival. Singapore was not a natural country but man-made, a trading post the British had developed into a nodal point in their worldwide maritime empire. We inherited the island without its hinterland, a heart without a body.\u201d<\/p>\n
Consider how the press wrote an obituary of Singapore. Denis Warner writing in the Sydney Morning Herald of 10 August 1965 gave Singapore no chance of survival. He stressed: \u201cAn independent Singapore was not regarded as viable three years ago. Nothing in the current situation suggests that is more viable today.\u201d On 22 August 1965, Richard Hughes wrote in the London Sunday Times that Singapore\u2019s economy would collapse if the British bases \u2013 costing more than 100 million pounds sterling \u2013 were closed.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is where the power of defying the impossible came in. The Singapore economic miracle machine Lee Kuan Yew says: \u201cI shared these fears but did not express them: my duty was to give people hope, not demoralize them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now Dr. Henry Kissinger paints a clear picture that defies all the perceptions that bombarded Singapore. He writes; \u201cAnnual per capita income has grown from less than USS$ 1000 at the time of independence to nearly US$ 30, 000 today. Singapore is the high-tech leader of South East Asia, the commercial entrepot, the scientific center.\u201d<\/p>\n
Be the Lee Kuan Yew of your dreams. Build the Singapore of your dreams. Every great achievement is a dream before it becomes a reality. With superior intelligence, discipline and ingenuity, lack of resources is no deterrent to a successful life. Scale the heights of impossibility. Defy all the odds. Write a new chapter in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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