The life of a modern person is fleeting, it is full of stress and difficulties, every new day is filled with events and emotions, which as a result puts considerable pressure on our psyche. As a result, there is often a desire to change something in your life, to catch that same wind of change and learn to live differently, but is it really that simple?
In an effort to achieve great success, we often drown in the cycle of events, getting lost and dissolving in time, forgetting about many important and valuable things.
As a result, certain patterns emerge: women who are successful in their careers lose the opportunity to build a personal life, and staunch homemakers who devote themselves entirely to family and children are unable to realize themselves in other areas.
But there are also pleasant exceptions, examples when women of different eras and times achieved considerable heights in a wide variety of fields, succeeding in everything at once, making all their dreams come true! How do they do it? Is it true that there is some kind of “success formula”, if you follow it, you can come to a successful life without much care and hassle?
How to become a successful woman in the real world, and not indulge yourself with constant pipe dreams in your own imagination? Let's try to understand this difficult, but very important for purposeful people, issue.
Secrets of real success
What is success? What does this concept include for you? After all, this is the main problem; for everyone, the concept of “success” hides something of its own, personal, and this is not a character trait. It is rather an acquired quality that can only be developed through hard and painstaking work.
In order to become a successful woman, it is not enough to have good external data; for this you need to learn how to competently apply certain knowledge and skills.
As a result, a successful woman is not one who has a well-paid job or a large family, but one who has learned to value and respect herself and has found her favorite business, which brings her not only material benefits, but also real joy.
What, then, is joy and happiness? Perhaps this is the most important thing that a harmonious personality should strive for. After all, it is a happy woman who can really do everything that is not included in this promising and capacious concept: easily combine a career and household chores, have a strong family, manage to take care of her appearance, and also have time for creative self-realization, while feeling comfortable and receiving pleasure from life.
If you try to communicate with successful ladies who have long been able to realize themselves, their secrets of success may be very different, you will be surprised how different the advice you will receive. Some believe that the main key to success was his unshakable faith; indeed, there are people who, from childhood, clearly know what they want and, as a result, achieve it.
Others believe in luck, and still others even insist on a good environment and the right connections. All of these answers can be combined into a general list of basic steps that will help you achieve your goals.
The most successful women in the world
1. Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama, the wife of the former President of the United States, is rightfully ranked at the top of the list of “100 most influential women in the world.” In addition to political events, she is involved in charity events and donates money to organizations involved in environmental protection, and also manages to be the ideal keeper of the family hearth: a caring mother for two charming children, a loving wife and support for her man. Michelle also demonstrates discreet but good taste in clothes and the ability to select accessories to match them. 2. Angela Merkel. The leading woman in Germany has consistently occupied one of the very first places in the ranking of “The Most Influential Women in the World” for many years. Angela not only leads one of the most powerful and richest countries in Europe, but also has an untarnished reputation in the elite circle of rich people. 3. Lady Gaga. A charming American with Italian roots, Stefani Germanotta (the girl's real name) is a very rich and authoritative pop singer. She donates money to charities, helps orphanage children with cancer, and is not at all ashamed of her ability to sympathize and empathize with those who are more unlucky in life than she is.
The fact is that from childhood, Stephanie was bullied not only by her peers, but also by her own parents! From birth, the baby had a huge nose, which was the reason for the appearance of many offensive nicknames. The girl did not despair, but, on the contrary, motivated herself to achieve results. Stephanie had a great strong voice and was moving in that direction.
Now her achievements in the field of music can be listed for a long time - the singer has made a huge contribution to the development of pop culture and for several years has been impressing her fans with her shocking style (remember her costume in the shape of meat?) and sharp antics. Despite the setback in her personal life, Lady Gaga has many fans around the world and tops the charts of the most streamed singers in the world after Katy Perry.
Believe in yourself and only yourself
Most successful women who have found their “place in the sun” are united by their belief in their own abilities, as well as a clear awareness of the goals they want to achieve. The main problem of many girls who just can’t find themselves is the lack of understanding in what area they would like to succeed, as well as a clear understanding of what is needed for this.
Unfortunately, many ladies who dreamed of one profession at a young age end up doing something else, which often does not bring any satisfaction.
Refusal can be explained by many reasons: low wages, parents’ rejection of the chosen field, lack of self-confidence, by the way, is not the last step in the ranking. Why should I audition for this role if “I’m not beautiful, active, smart, talented enough” is the right option to emphasize.
The right thing to do is to let go of your fears and clearly follow your dreams. Even in case of failure, a person gains invaluable experience and confidence, getting rid of the thoughts that poison life, “what would happen if I tried...”
Irina Gofman - ex-CEO of Rambler
The story of Irina Goffman is truly unique. If somewhere there is a list illustrating the stories of successful women in the world, then Goffman simply must be in the forefront of it. Currently, Irina Gofman heads the largest Swedish enterprise, Modern Times Group. Before that, she managed to head one of the most famous media platforms in Russia - Rambler Media.
Irina has always been interested in the media technology industry. After graduating from the Faculty of Journalism, Goffman worked as a translator, business consultant, and director of an Italian construction company. Irina studied in the USA, after which she managed to collaborate with several publishing houses. Wherever Hoffman appeared, the accumulated problems were quickly and efficiently corrected.
Arriving in Russia, Irina Gofman began collaborating with the Rambler studio. Here she achieved success quite quickly: in just a few years, Irina grew from a simple employee to a general director. Irina believes that being an entrepreneur is not given to everyone. This is the lot of only brave, hardworking people who are truly interested in their work.
Hoffman, like many other businesswomen, is not a fan of “staying too long” in one workplace. According to her, a real entrepreneur often goes through “transitional stages”: you really want to give up everything and start creating something new. All the most successful women in the world do the same. In the entire history of women's entrepreneurship, Goffman believes, only very few ladies remained devoted to their business and continued to develop it. In the near future, Irina plans to create her own independent company.
We leave work at work
For many women, it remains a mystery how you can succeed at work, but also not forget about family and home, how to find time and energy for all this? Make a few important rules for yourself: never have an affair at work, even mail and social media accounts should be separate, which should only be used at work.
The first will help you avoid unnecessary gossip and disapproval from your superiors, as well as possible subsequent problems or even dismissal. The second rule will allow you to come home and completely forget about what remains outside the office.
Even at home, you won’t have to look through photographs and notes of colleagues, or receive unexpected messages about the need to redo the annual report overnight, until you check your email during working hours.
Never take work home, and do not mix work relationships and life outside of work. Thanks to the time saved in this way, you will be able to find time for loved ones, spend weekends and holidays exclusively with your family, without being distracted by work-related matters.
Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan - CEO of Disney CIS
Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan was born in 1971 in Moscow. In 1994, she graduated from MGIMO, after which she got a job at the Interros group. By the age of 26, Marina becomes vice president here, and a little later - deputy general director of the North-Western Shipping Company. Driven by cognitive needs, Zhigalova-Ozkan entered Harvard Business School in 1999. After studying there for two years, Marina returns to Moscow. Here she is invited to work at Prof-Media.
Since 2006, Marina has headed the Russian branch. Its tasks include licensing products, selling rights to films and cartoons, publishing printed publications and much more. Thanks to Mrs. Zhigalova-Ozkan, Disney feels quite confident and comfortable on the Russian market.
Probably, Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan should top the list, which can include successful business stories of women entrepreneurs in Russia. The head of Russian Disney is a truly successful person and a strong personality.
Faith in the best and the destruction of laziness
Laziness is an evil vice that needs to be eradicated in our minds at the root, because it is it that takes away many of our opportunities and prevents us from achieving our goals.
Remember, if you do today what others don't want to do, tomorrow you will live better than others can afford. The main thing is to never despair and believe that each successive failure brings you one step closer to triumph.
Marina Zharkovskaya - editor-in-chief of the magazine "Glavbukh"
The success story of Marina Zharkovskaya is striking in its amazing simplicity. All the activities of this woman make it clear that nothing is impossible, and success can only be achieved through quality work and a constant desire for something more. What allowed Zharkovskaya to join the list of stories of successful women in Russia?
Marina was born in 1975 in Bryansk. She graduated from school with honors, after which she entered Moscow State University to study law. For some time the woman worked as a simple lawyer. But one day Marina saw an advertisement inviting her to the position of accounting consultant. There she was noticed by employees of the newspaper “Uchet. Taxes. Right". By 1999, Zharkovskaya became the editor-in-chief of this publication. Thanks to her effective work, Marina quickly climbs the career ladder and soon becomes a manager. This is the largest magazine to date, with a circulation of more than 180 thousand copies.
Stories of successful women show that few business women decide to stop there. Marina Zharkovskaya was no exception. She decides to create her own independent project - the so-called Association of Accountants. Today this organization includes workers from more than 51 regions.
Marina herself characterizes herself as a modest, sometimes even doubtful person. According to her, such character traits allow you to constantly work on yourself, see mistakes and try to correct them in a timely manner.
