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.
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