Faith: The Ultimate Trump Card
What do you get when you mix hard work and determination with a well developed and well-researched plan? Logically, it seems that these elements are the building blocks of success. But if someone working to achieve success does not have a lot of faith in themselves or in their outcome, they are often left spinning their wheels.
How many times have we seen people with faith in themselves, achieve amazing success? Rocky was Sylvester Stallone’s first screenplay. Stallone’s purpose of writing it was to create an opportunity for himself to star in a feature film. Rocky’s success served as the launching pad for Stallone’s successful career as an actor.
However, when one thinks of an incredibly talented actor or writer, Sylvester Stallone is unlikely to come to mind. Regardless of Stallone’s writing or acting talents, his faith in himself catapulted him to stardom.
How many times have you heard of business executives, who don’t seem at all qualified to have achieved that level of success? How many United States senators and legislators don’t seem qualified to run the United States?
I once worked at an office where most of the executives couldn’t even figure out how to use the coffee machine. Some of them had terrible professional reputations, but they continued to experience success in their field. It didn’t matter whether that they were savvy or good at their jobs. They believed in themselves, and as a result, they experienced success.
It didn’t matter if they were accused of sexual harassment, if they fired the guy recently diagnosed with cancer, or if they only worked in the office for 20 hours a week. The executives who believed in success, achieved success. The executives that worked hard and struggled to maintain success, were not nearly as successful as the executives who had faith in themselves. Most of the executives who lacked faith ended up losing their jobs, including the man with cancer.
In the game of life, faith is the ultimate trump card. Hard work, determination, and research are all significant complements to faith. But without faith, those qualities are almost useless. When I first moved to Los Angeles, I worked hard to get my first full-time in television. I volunteered for production companies and media festivals, joined professional organizations and set networking meetings with every media professional I met. I even reached out to people I didn’t know for informational meetings to learn how I could get my first job.
My intense study in spirituality came out of frustration because my hard work was not paying off. Once I understood the concept of faith and completely applied it to my life, my life changed overnight. Now, whenever I experience a challenge, faith is the first card I take from my deck. Without the faith card, none of the other cards in your hand even matter. But once you throw down that faith card, you win the whole game.
