But only one out of 20 does that.

Take away the first 15 years of my life, and I have spent 40 plus years trying to avoid failure. Hiding from it, never admitting to it. Wearing it as a cologne. More recently, I have worried less about me failing and more about not risking failure enough. I am reasonably sure that there is not a failure I cannot survive. In fact, if you know me at all, you know there is not a failure I cannot survive. I have had many.

Lose the fear of failure and great things happen to you. Many will say you are lucky. We all know it is the absence of fear, we are failing our way to success!

A quote I love, “Failure is an absolute prerequisite to success; You learn to succeed from failing.
My failures in life are too many to mention. I have always run the other way. Failure was never an option.  It is true; failure is not an option. It is a necessity if you want to succeed.

What is success?

First, we have to define success and here is the best definition I’ve ever been able to find:
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” Earl Nightingale.

Success is the school teacher who is teaching because that’s what he or she wants to do.

Success is the entrepreneur who starts his own company because that was his dream —that’s what he wanted to do.
Success is the salesperson who wants to become the best salesperson in his or her company and sets forth on the pursuit of that goal.
A success is anyone who is realizing a predetermined worthy ideal because that’s what he or she decided to do … deliberately. But only one out of 20 does that

If you believe success is simply making (or having) a lot of money, you may be setting yourself up for failure. I'm often amazed at how many people define success as making (or having) a lot of money.

It's very strange, because many of the people who think this way are harried, stressed and, frankly, pretty miserable.

 Is success necessary to be happy?

Many measure success regarding monetary wealth. That is achieving financial independence and prosperity. But I feel that success should encompass the following areas;

*Happiness in family life and marriage for the married people.

*Happiness or satisfaction in the occupation or vocation one may have.

*Rich in respect to one's friends and other relationships.

I feel that financial prosperity without the aspects mentioned above does not necessarily mean one is successful.

If anything it means that one is just wealthy, but one's successful life is not complete.

On the other hand, is it possible to have a successful life without being wealthy?

My point for this rambling, we all fail, we can all succeed and find happiness. It is up to us. 

What is your definition?

Remember, you are always in the right place at the right time if you have the right attitude.

Make up your mind to be happy.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.

Robert Louis Stevenson

·        Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

·        Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.

·        Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.

·        You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you.

·        Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.

·        Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.

·        Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.

·        Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, enmity, grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.

·        Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.

·        Don't hold post-mortems. Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things.

·        Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.

·        Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.

Remember you are always in the right place, at the right time, if you have the right attitude.