Women Between Failure and Success, and Success Stories of Female Personalities

Some wonder whether a woman can be a distinguished housewife and mother, and at the same time a successful working woman in her job, and can a woman prove herself in a male-dominated society, the answer is yes, and with ease, a woman can overcome all challenges and circumstances and achieve success in her life. Personal and professional, history is full of success stories of female personalities, today we will talk about the importance of success in the life of women and we will review the most important success stories that women have achieved over time.

What is success?

It is the ability to achieve goals, objectives, and dreams, and success is not limited to the academic field only, but extends to practical success, and family success, that is, success in all areas of life, and there are those who define success as the ability to overcome difficulties and obstacles and the ability to find solutions to all problems. Success has many definitions and interpretations, but it remains a dream of every ambitious person who seeks to change the circumstances of their life.

The importance of success in the life of every woman.

For many years, women have played a vital and decisive role in the cultural formation and the cognitive influence of societies. They have been a major driving force for future growth and the renaissance of all humankind. Until now, women are still struggling to prove their abilities to make success. Below we will learn about the importance of success in the lives of every woman.

• Self-Proof: After many years of neglect, the woman was able, through her success, to convince her society and world that she is capable of achieving what some think is impossible, and this has boosted her self-confidence, and increased her enthusiasm to work hard and dedication to achieve more great achievements.
• Honest competition: The woman did not try to wrestle with the man in the practical field, but rather dealt with him on the principle of honest competition, and this is what prompted her to bring out all the creative abilities inside her to achieve success, which contributed to the service of society.
• Gaining experiences: Women did not get success easily as some think, as they have gone through many failed experiences, and this is what gained them a lot of experiences that weighed them abilities and potentials, which made it easier for them later to correct mistakes and achieve success.
• Strengthening social relationships: Women leaving their home and going to the outside world contributed to them getting to know people of different races and cultures, which helped them to form social relationships with them and gain more experiences, all of which contributed to the success of women.
• Feeling the pleasure of victory: In the past, a woman did not experience the pleasure of victory, and this is what made her imprisoned in her dark thoughts about herself for many years, but when she was able to reach success, she experienced feelings of joy and happiness, and this reflected positively on her life, and contributed to achieving more achievements.
• The progress and development of society: Thanks to the inventions, discoveries, and sciences that they presented in various areas of life, women were able to spread culture and awareness among members of their families, and members of society.

Ways that lead women to success according to the book (what’s holding you back).

Dr. Linda Austin, author of the book “what’s holding you back”, says that a woman unknowingly puts a very transparent glass barrier in her mind that prevents her from succeeding, and this exposes her to failure again and again. Therefore, in her book, she presented some ways that help every woman achieve success in her life:

1- Turn your inner drive for success into real action on the ground.

It is not enough to have a goal that you wish to achieve in your life, you must take practical steps to achieve this goal on the ground, then you will be able to reach success.

2- Learn to be more daring and adventurous in your life and know that you will not achieve success as long as you are captive to fear and hesitation.

In fact, as long as you are afraid of failure and afraid of trying new things, you will not be able to achieve success, so be bold and brave so that you can reach success.

3- Instead of fixing the problem, first try to find the cause of the problem:

When you face a problem, you must first identify the reason that led to its occurrence, and then find solutions to it, this will help clarify the vision in front of you, making it easier for you to reach success.

4- Learn to love competition, and adapt to the atmosphere full of enthusiasm without withdrawing whenever you feel pressure:

If you think that the path to success is easy, you are completely mistaken, as it is full of pressures and charged atmosphere, so you must adapt to this matter, and be enthusiastic and courageous in facing all circumstances, only then you will reach success.

5- Learn the art of dealing with difficult and demanding people:

It is difficult to choose the personalities that you will deal with in your life, so you have to learn the art of dealing with different types of personalities, and be flexible and open with them so that you can achieve progress and success in your life.

6- Focus on your self-esteem, and try to avoid blaming those around you.

It is very important to evaluate your professional and personal progress, and if you find any regression, correct the situation, and avoid blaming the people around you, or criticizing them in a negative way, as this will affect your success in life.

7- Work on developing your ability to communicate with others, as it is one of the most important factors in a woman’s strength:

In order for you to achieve success, you have to improve your relationship with your surroundings, work on developing your abilities to communicate with people, listen to what they say, and try to benefit from their merchants and their experiences. Believe me, this will help you strengthen your knowledge and experience, and thus achieve success.

Why do some women fail to achieve success?

There are dozens of reasons that keep a woman away from her dream of achieving success. These reasons can be summarized in a few points:

• Lack of focus: Trying to do more than one thing at a time distracts you and weakens your focus, which leads to failure, and the inability to achieve success.
• Inability to make a decision: In many cases, failure occurs due to a poor choice, and the inability to make the right decision that fits the problem you are facing.
• Fear of the unknown: Fear frustrates your hopes, kills your dreams, and keeps you away from your ambitions and goals. Failure occurs over and over again.
• Excessive negativity: Negative thoughts keep you in a closed circle that you cannot get out of, and this is what causes you to make repeated mistakes and fail.
• Impermanence: Giving up on your dream just by falling into one failed experience is the main reason behind not being able to achieve success in life.
• Many excuses: your continuous excuses are nothing but a failed attempt on your part to evade admitting mistakes, and whoever looks for excuses is impossible to achieve success.
• Lack of planning: success requires a lot of planning, research, and study, and if you do not rely on these factors, you will certainly fail to achieve your goal.
• Procrastination: Postponing tasks for a later time causes tasks to build up and become too hard to complete, which leads to failure.
• Loss of confidence: Confidence in oneself and in abilities and capabilities is the secret of great success, and the loss and lack of confidence will lead you to complete failure.
• Thinking about the past: Constant thinking about what happened in the past prevents you from exploiting your present and prevents you from planning your future, and this is what causes failure.
• Reliance on others: Avoiding responsibility, relying on others, and allowing them to control the course of your life, causes you to constantly fail.
• The search for perfection: If you are looking for perfection, you will not be able to reach it, and you will not be able to achieve success. Perfection is impossible to reach, and therefore you will fail many times.
• Setting self-restrictions: Not believing in your abilities and talents makes you feel weak and lack self-confidence, so you will fail and be unable to achieve success.

Success stories of female characters.

If we talk about women’s success stories, we must remember the physicist and chemist Madame Curie, the physicist Maria Goeppert, the leader Indira Gandhi, the media personality Oprah Winfrey, and the engineer Zaha Hadid.

Madame Curie:

Marie Skłodowska-Curie, known as Madame Curie, was a Polish physicist and chemist. With the help of physicist Henri Becquerel, Madame Curie discovered that uranium is an element that emits radiation weaker than those emitted by X-rays. Later, with the help of her husband, she discovered in 1898 a new radioactive element that they called “polonium”. This scientist was able to win a Nobel Prize in Physics, another in Chemistry, in addition to dozens of prizes.

Physicist Maria Goeppert:

Maria Goeppert-Mayer is a German physicist who has made significant scientific contributions. She presented research on how to determine the chemical composition of optical properties, and joined Harold Urey’s group at Columbia University’s Laboratory for Alternative Alloys, where she worked on finding ways to separate the fissile isotopes of uranium in fertile uranium. And in 1963 she won the Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discoveries in the formation of the nuclear envelope.”

Leader Indira Gandhi:

Indira Gandhi, an Indian politician, was born in the city of Allahabad and was the only child of Jawahar Lal Nehru. She received her education in various places in Bonn, Visva-Bharati university, and in Swiss and English schools. She followed her father’s struggle alone against colonialism, and when she was thirteen years old, Indira organized the Monkey Brigade for the independence for their country, and later joined the Indian Congress Party, and held the position of Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms, and under her leadership, India became a strong country that achieved development in various fields.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah Gayle Winfrey, an American talk show host and theater actress, lived a poor childhood and was raped in adolescence, but she managed to overcome her ordeal and pursued her secondary and university education. Her fame began in early 1989 when she presented her famous Oprah show and later opened her own production company to become one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful personalities.

Engineer Zaha Hadid:

Zaha Muhammad Hadid is an Iraqi architect, born in Baghdad, October 31, 1950. She received her primary and secondary education at the National Nuns School. She learned mathematics at the American University in Beirut and obtained a BA. She studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London from 1972 to 1977. She became famous in the West because of her splendor and the beauty of her architectural designs. Among her most important projects are the Strasbourg Train Station, Germany, the Guangzhou Opera House, the Modern Arts Center in Rome, Maxxi. Zaha Hadid was able to win many awards, medals, honorary titles and honorary certificates.

Try to follow these points and keep going forward.