Remember that good old days? When you started studying and learn how to read and write.

But
as the time passed by, your parents encouraged you to study even harder beause they say, “When
you are intelligent, you’ll easily get a highly-paid job”. Since then, you started to study harder in able
for you to attain your goals, you were motivated to do something better, you were inspired to be a
new version of you. Your knowledge increases. You become wiser as if you know everything.
However, there is something missing in you. Is intelligence enough?

What is intelligene? Intelligence is the ability to collect and gather things quickly, it is also the
capacity to reason and understanding things. In other words, Intelligence is when you easily acquire
the lessons taught in your Major Class. But for me, it is not enough － Intelligence is not enough. It’s
not the only ingredient you’ll be needing in the recipe book that will bake the cake for success. You
should not always put “intelligence” in the first place but rather, you must apply and consider these
facrors: Courage, Behaviour, and Love & Happiness.

First is courage, why courage? Simply beause courage is the ability to do something that
frightens one, you have ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation. It is necessary
especially when there’s an instance in which you have a lot of learnings to be shared, but you don’t
have enough determination and confidence to express it. So all of your ideas will be nothing. It will be
worthless. For example, there is an individual presentation and you were prepared and knowledgable
about the certain topic, but you were frightened to speak in front of your class, you were’nt able to
prensent it properly. What happens to your ideas? They were vanished, all of your efforts went
nothing.

On the other hand, we all know that behaviour is the most important of all. Behaviour refers to
one's action before or toward others, especially on a particular occasion. It refers to actions usually
measured by commonly accepted standards. As what Rene Decartes said, “It’s not enough to have a
"good mind; the main thing is to use it well”. What I am trying to say is, intelligence plus character will
be more better than intelligence alone because that is the goal of true education. Yes, intelligence is a
potential. But if you disregard your character, it seems like you are worst than uneducated man.
Remember, a wise man should have good heart and a wise man with a good heart prospers.

The best and last thing to be consider is Love & Happiness. Why? Of course, you must put your
heart in every circumstances you will be doing. It is one of the essential factor to be applied, in order
for us to achieve success and even happiness. Whatever it is that you choose to do each day, do it
with all your heart. Do it with compassion. With passion we can create amazing things, offer true
value, help others, be happy, productive and successful. It doesn’t really matter what you do, but it’s
important to be passionate about it. Only this will make your performance good, will give you
purpose, satisfaction, joy and fulfillment.

So, intelligence plus these three factors will lead you to victory and success. It is not always being
smart, being intelligent. Some of us think that inteligence must be the top ingredient but it’s wrong,
definitely. It doesn’t mean you’re the smartest you could do more better, you could be more
successful. Life is like a building that needs to be completed, and in order to fully finish this structure
you will need many steps, just like in life to be successful. So, let’s have the courage and strength,
have a good character, be more passionate, be smart, and be happy in every single thing we do.