Can you say whether Apactalypto is a success or not?
Well people and most critics enjoyed it and it made about 40 million so far and for a foreign language film that is not too bad. Plus it is nominated for Golden Globes. I would say at least a modest success
An interest test tell us whether we will be successful in a given occupation or not.?
False, you have to make it true yourself by portaying what yyou want to do
Can people with ADHD ever be successful?
ADHDers can be very successful and epic failures at work…Just like everyone else in the world. There are very few things ADHDers can’t do…except be normal. DON”T EVEN TRY! I wasted years of my life on that one.Don’t believe someone if they tell you that it can’t be done. If an ADHDer is really committed to doing something no one can talk them out of it. Be safe and learn a lot from experiences regardless success or failure.A similar “quick tip” would be to get out of your own way. If there is some kind of drive or passion in you and your ADHD knows about it then it is your responsibility to be true to yourself.The other posted answers are good but I would be suspect of the “10 worst jobs for ADHDers” from ADDitudemag.com. I usually agree with ADDitudemag but there are a couple of jobs they list as the worst but I feel that those are the same qualities that would make those jobs bad for neurotypicals.The article doesn’t say it but Engineering has been listed as a bad job for ADHDers. I CAN”T STOP being and engineer. I love diving into details of complex electro-mechanical systems. I’d be able to coach full-time if I could stop.So, if you want to be an accountant go for it. I’ve had clients who were accountants, financial consultants, engineers, entrepreneurs. They were all massively successful and needing help with the usual life balance things. Exercise/health, work promotions demanding more responsibiity, a growing family, life transitions blah blah blah.They came to me for help. Just like I sought out help and continue to do so.May you find success!David Boswellhttp://ADHDsuperpower.com
How can I overcome fear of not being successful in life?
Hello Rafella,Please know that you are normal to feel this way!Every single one of us (except for those impaired by abnormal psychology) experiences this fear as we take steps (or as we avoid taking steps) toward our dreams.What I hope to do in my response to you is reassure you that failures don’t have to come with shame! It’s unfortunate that so many associate failure with shame, as that shame will prevent so many from taking the risks that life calls for in our individual journeys to fulfill our dreams and realize our potential.I’ve failed so many times that I achieved failure-immunity! What is 'failure-immunity'? It’s actually quite liberating!There ARE hidden personal treasures you can reveal only by going through your own cycles of dream-risk-fail-repeat. I’ve created my first blog: The Crash-and-Burn Survival Guide: How To Find Heaven By Walking Through Hell in hopes of encouraging people exactly like you!Own your dreams! Know that these fears are part of the price of admission to your ultimate success. Proudly learn from your failures, and know that each time you misstep you have learned one more lesson that will help you ultimately succeed.Dream. Risk. Fail. Repeat.My best to you!Kim
Why would a person fear success?
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Its just one of those things like anxiety .Some of us will soar to the top and fall like a 100 lb. rock. Others will keep going ! I think it would lie in our self image,self esteem,and people skills. As they all play a big part in holding us back ,or helping us succeed. Its all what you do with it and how you cope.Plus success can mean so many things to so many people .What you may see as being normal may be a mile stone of success in someone else.
If you didn’t have any fear do you think you’d be more successful and happier in life?
Fear is a concrete alertness in the face of genuine dangers. I think what you are describing isn’t fear but more existential angst or anxiety. That is precisely the result of a lack of fear in your life. When you have real fear in your life you don’t worry to much about “success” or “happiness”. You are a mode of “don’t die, run, hide, eat, don’t eat”. Life is actually remarkably simple when there are real fears in your life because there are either concrete actions you can take to avoid the dangers or there isn’t. You can either flee the city under bombardment or you can’t, if you can you do, if you don’t you try to hide. But you aren’t really thinking about whether you could be more successful if you didn’t have a fear of dying in a bombardment.Now, yes. You would probably be happier if you didn’t have anxieties about abstract and unlikely dangers and threats ( like “not being good enough”, “looking a fool”, “people laughing at you”, “meteors falling from the sky and destroying the earth”, “dying a virgin eaten by cats”, “someone noticing your cameltoe” etc). But those anxieties are your own mental formations. You have power over your mind, you control your mind, you can shape your mind. You choose to feed the anxieties or you don’t. Understanding that those anxieties are often precisely about a lack of any concrete dangers in your life, and are just your idle fear instincts conjuring up imaginary demons to keep themselves busy, helps control them. Most of anxieties have no root whatsoever in reality so you must just go forward through the forest of mental images of imaginary fear and do what you have to do. Anxieties are like trolls on the internet, the more you ignore them the better.(* Source: I’ve been anxious most of my life, and for some time it stopped me from doing things I wanted because I simply froze because I was “afraid”. It took me a shift to countries where people face real danger to realize that I wasn’t afraid really. I was simply conjuring up all sorts of things that never happened. It took a conscious decision to ignore the anxieties and simply venture forth, to live a happy and relaxed life.)
What lessons can we learn from successful entrepreneurs?
I think entrepreneurs teach people about hard work and dedication because an entrepreneur has a desire to achieve, the push to conquer problems, and give birth to a successful venture. It involves hard work and most are generally workaholics (Everyone who knows Donald Trump knows he is ). Entrepreneurs have a nurturing quality and are willing to take charge of, and watch over a venture until it can stand alone. They have an acceptance of responsibility. They are morally, legally, and mentally accountable for their ventures. Some entrepreneurs may be driven more by altruism than by self-interest. They reward orientation and have a desire to achieve, work hard and take responsibility, but also want to be rewarded handsomely for their efforts; rewards can be in forms other than money, such as recognition and respect. They are optomistic and live by the philosophy that this is the best of times, and that anything is possible. They have an orientation to excellence and often desire to achieve something outstanding that they can be proud of. They have strong organization and are good at bringing together the components (including people) of a venture. They want to make a profit; but the profit serves primarily as a meter to gauge their success and achievement. The demand theory holds that entrepreneurs emerge out of the combination of entrepreneurial opportunities and people who are well-positioned to take advantage of them. Thus, anyone who encounters the right conditions might become an entrepreneur, if they find themselves in a position where they find a valuable problem that they alone can solve.