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Thoughts on Success
Success is an interesting concept. It is used and thought about on a day
to day basis whether we realize it or not. This is especially true in the
United States culture where we are taught from childhood that life
revolves around this “race to the top”. What so few people take the time
to ask themselves is, where is the top and why do I want to get there?
Herein the lies the complex notion of success.
The amazing thing about success is that there is no one else in the world
who can know you are successful other than yourself. As much as our
society has tried to emphasize that success means things like money,
status, big titles and fame; at the end of the day, society does not have a
clue whether or not you are successful. This is the case because it is
you who defines success and who is in charge of achieving that
definition.
The great disconnect is that so few people are taught this concept from
the beginning and for that reason they adopt, often unconsciously,
someone else’s definition of success and claim it as their own. The
problem here is that you will spend your life trying to be successful only
to find that that particular definition of success has nothing to do with
what success really means to you. So many people are guilty of this and
to be honest, it is no one’s fault. I have certainly fallen into this trap in
the past but thankfully, greatly as a result of the reading I have done, I
have recognized this shortcoming and have been able to correct it,
although it is a continuous process. It is our surroundings that are
dictating so much of what we decide is correct.
No one in this world has the right to tell another person that they have
been unsuccessful. How am I to know what fulfills you and builds upon
your success? It is you who decides if you have been successful or not.
It is so easy to take a look at someone who has what looks like a
meaningless job or hardly any money and think they are not successful.
Please be careful with this. You may find that that person is as fulfilled as
can be because the life they are living is what perfectly defines success
for them.
I ask any and all of you one thing as readers in search of success.
Please, before you go any further with your career or your relationships
or any other journeys for success, take a minute, an hour, a day, a week,
a year, and become crystal clear on what it is that defines success for
your life and each and every component that contributes to it. After all
how often do you try to leave on a trip without having a destination? How
can you expect to reach your full potential of success if you do not really
know what that is to you?
Don’t ever look at another person and think they have more or have
accomplished more than you have just because they better fit a general
definition of success. This is not a race. In the end each and every one
of us is racing against no one but ourselves. Once we define our own
success, we all en up having different finish lines.
There was nothing more liberating than the moment I came to this
realization.
-Reading for Your Success
to day basis whether we realize it or not. This is especially true in the
United States culture where we are taught from childhood that life
revolves around this “race to the top”. What so few people take the time
to ask themselves is, where is the top and why do I want to get there?
Herein the lies the complex notion of success.
The amazing thing about success is that there is no one else in the world
who can know you are successful other than yourself. As much as our
society has tried to emphasize that success means things like money,
status, big titles and fame; at the end of the day, society does not have a
clue whether or not you are successful. This is the case because it is
you who defines success and who is in charge of achieving that
definition.
The great disconnect is that so few people are taught this concept from
the beginning and for that reason they adopt, often unconsciously,
someone else’s definition of success and claim it as their own. The
problem here is that you will spend your life trying to be successful only
to find that that particular definition of success has nothing to do with
what success really means to you. So many people are guilty of this and
to be honest, it is no one’s fault. I have certainly fallen into this trap in
the past but thankfully, greatly as a result of the reading I have done, I
have recognized this shortcoming and have been able to correct it,
although it is a continuous process. It is our surroundings that are
dictating so much of what we decide is correct.
No one in this world has the right to tell another person that they have
been unsuccessful. How am I to know what fulfills you and builds upon
your success? It is you who decides if you have been successful or not.
It is so easy to take a look at someone who has what looks like a
meaningless job or hardly any money and think they are not successful.
Please be careful with this. You may find that that person is as fulfilled as
can be because the life they are living is what perfectly defines success
for them.
I ask any and all of you one thing as readers in search of success.
Please, before you go any further with your career or your relationships
or any other journeys for success, take a minute, an hour, a day, a week,
a year, and become crystal clear on what it is that defines success for
your life and each and every component that contributes to it. After all
how often do you try to leave on a trip without having a destination? How
can you expect to reach your full potential of success if you do not really
know what that is to you?
Don’t ever look at another person and think they have more or have
accomplished more than you have just because they better fit a general
definition of success. This is not a race. In the end each and every one
of us is racing against no one but ourselves. Once we define our own
success, we all en up having different finish lines.
There was nothing more liberating than the moment I came to this
realization.
-Reading for Your Success