How to take advantage of your intelligence

Do not walk  on a beaten track, that won’t help and who knows it better than Nick D Aloisio a Brit boy, who is only 17 now but has done some thing out of the box. He has developed an app called ‘Summly’ that can shorten a news item to summary level. I shall not go into technical details of ‘Summly’ but would like to talk about the wonder kid’s abilities to utilize his ‘art of ability’ You would be surprised to note that Nick has just managed to sell his app to Yahoo, one of the largest search engines for millions of dollars. Yahoo intends to use the algorithmic app developed by Nick in its mobile app. 

Success will follow you

Nick has proved that success is bound to follow you if you know the art of utilizing your abilities to the full and not only utilizing them but in an innovative way. Nick has also proved that a person with firm determination and full of self-confidence can do wonders in any field irrespective of his background or education in any particular field. I should mention at this point that the family background of Nick is not associated with technology as his father is in financial field and mother works as a lawyer. Both of them know nothing much about technology but let their son do what he always wanted to do. Incidentally, Nick had started coding right from the age of 12.

The app Summly that brought fame to Nick came online in November last and by the beginning of December, almost every company worth its name started their efforts to grab the app for their own use but was Yahoo succeeded in the end.  

The open possibilities

It’s not the story of Nick only who has done it successfully, but this being latest incident of thousands of such success stories for every one to see, which motivate people who have talents to write new history. However, the fact remains that people with only outstanding ideas stand a chance to reach to the top of the ladder otherwise the world is full of talented people who only succeed to a limited level. People willing to take risk and dig ideas from deep make the headlines of media. You only have to use your talent in right direction and you will see that everyone is after you. I have seen people complaining about others’ gains without taking into account their efforts. I know they are as talented but they did not use their talent to take full advantage.

How they do it

The best way to grab success is to increase knowledge in the particular field you wish to enter in, as much you enter deeper, your chances of reaching to your goal increase. We all know that we never reach to perfection and although most of us know it but at some point of time, we stop the process of learning thinking that we have reached to the point where we need not learn any more. That is where you lose the battle. We should know that there is no limit of learning process and that is true for every field and more so in technology where a particular technology becomes outdated in a matter of days replaced by new additions. One who keeps himself updated wins the race and the one who ignores left behind to keep complaining.

Be original

Everyone who reached to newer heights and fame was the one who used innovative ways and did something which was not done ever before because no one counts spent forces also, no one learns everything by memorizing books but doing things practically with own efforts. How many know the names of people who made different kind of phones after Graham Bell invented the original equipment that could convert speech into electronic signals. Even very few people know the name of Elisha Gray who submitted his project in patent office the same day but lost to Bell because he was late by few hours. So, it’s matter of speed and originality that counts and plays a major role.

You have to be original, that is the theme of success today, and you cannot do any thing unless you have done something to draw the attention of people who matter in your respective field. You have infrastructure to support you including internet, smart phone etc, which can turn you into world level player but these items cannot push you to make efforts, that’s up to your own self. This is up to you, how wisely you use your tools to take full advantage of the situation and knowledge. Never hesitate to catch knowledge, wherever you are getting it from, just go grab it.

Do not care for people who do not matter

Have you seen the movie ‘3 idiots’? Do you remember its hero Rancho who was a real idiot and good for nothing for his principal comes good in the end and proves his metal with his innovative ideas. You might find it too filmy but the fact remains that the world is changing at a very rapid rate and people with innovative and original ideas can only win the race. You have to make your own way to reach to the top of the mountain because the if you used the way on others climbed you would be known as ‘also rain’ and not the original Edmund Hillary who climbed Mount Everest. You must construct your own road that will lead you to your destination of success.

Concentrate hard

If you are willing to reach to the top of the world with new stories of success, you must concentrate and think constantly, keep trying even if people do not approve your efforts because this is you, who have to reach to the top of the hill. Trust me the people who are laughing today would stand in front row clapping loudly, the day you shall be rewarded for your efforts. You should concentrate hard on innovative ideas and you will soon see that you have become so used to thinking in those terms constantly. Your outlook would change to the core all you have to do is to take a step in that direction. Only the first step is an effort rest would be easy and you will see that you are nearing to your goal without much difficulty.

Photo of Nick D Aloisio from wikipedia