What is success?

Some people spend their every waking moment pursuing SUCCESS, to the detriment of everything else. At the other end of the spectrum are people who feel that success is impossible. They conclude that it is destined only for a select few. And the rest of us in between are content with whatever we have. We may desire greater success, but we believe somehow that we’re not “fated” or “destined” to achieve it. However, these assumptions couldn’t be further from the truth. My take is, what you think you will get. If you believe you will be successful, you will be. If you think you cannot attain success, you never will.

You can’t hurry success, catch it, or find it by chance.You can’t inherit it, gate-crash it, or take it from someone else. Success is something you must work hard and long to earn, for yourself. It has a price, sometimes a very high one. And most people aren’t really and truly ready to pay that price, to do what success demands. To achieve success, first you must understand that success is a process. It requires time and patience. There are no short cuts. Anything else is just a temporary illusion.

In order to attain success, you will also need to acquire traits and skills that attract it. Define what success means to you. What traits or skills will you need to achieve this goal? Devise plans to acquire the needed traits and skills. Learn to do what you need to do, to get where you want to go. Find two or three people who have what you want. Write down the habits that have made them successful and resolve to copy them. And once you’ve made up your mind to achieve success, you must be ready to travel the road to success, oftentimes alone, and do whatever it takes.

Anyone can succeed, but not every one will. And success differs for each person. It’s your definition, and your willingless to achieve it.

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