THE SUCCESSFUL PERSON
WHAT MAKES A PERSON SUCCESSFUL? HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE SUCCESS? TO SOME PEOPLE, SUCCESS MIGHT MEAN WEALTH. TO OTHERS, IT IS RECOGNITION, GOOD HEALTH, A GOOD FAMILY, HAPPINESS, SATISFACTION, AND PEACE OF MIND. WHAT THIS REALLY TELLS US IS THAT SUCCESS IS SUBJECTIVE. SUCCESS MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE DEFINITION THAT I FEEL BEST SUMMARIZES SUCCESSS IS.
SUCCESS IS THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF A WORTHY GOAL.
LET'S LOOK AT THESE DEFINITIONS CAREFULLY.
PROGRESSIVE MEANS THAT SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION. WE NEVER ARRIVE. AFTER WE REACH ONE GOAL, WE GO ON TO THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND SO ON.
REALIZATION MEANS IT AN EXPERIENCE. OUTSIDE FORCES CANNOT MAKE ME FEEL SUCCESSFUL. I HAVE TO FEEL IT WITHIN MYSELF. IT IS INTERNAL NOT EXTERNAL. THAT IS WHY WHAT OFTEN APPEARS AS SUCCESS EXTERNALLY MAY BE TOTAL HOLLOWNESS WITHIN.
WORTHLESSNESS REFERS TO OUR VALUE SYSTEM WITHOUT WHICH GOALS CAN BE UNWORTHY. WHICH WAY ARE WE HEADING ? TOWARDS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE GOALS? WORTHINESS DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE JOURNEY. THAT IS WHAT GIVES MEANING AND FULFILLMENT. GOALS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY GIVE US A SENSE OF DIRECTION.
SUCCESS WITHOUT FULFILLMENT IS EMPTY.
I DON'T KNOW THE KEY TO SUCCESS, BUT THE KEY TO FAILURE IS TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY.
------BILL COSBY
SUCCESS DOES NOT MEAN BEING LIKED AND ACCEPTED BY EVERYONE. THERE ARE SOME GROUPS I WOULD NOT, OUT OF CHOICE, WANT TO BE ACCEPTED BY. I WOULD RATHER BE CRITICIZED BY FOOLS THAN APPRECIATED BY UNSAVORY CHARACTERS.
I SEE SUCCESS AS A MANIFESTATION OF GOOD LUCK THAT RESULTS FROM INSPIRATION, ASPIRATION, DESPERATION AND PERSPIRATION - GENERALLY IN THAT SEQUENCE.
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS GO HAND IN HAND. SUCCESS IS GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND HAPPINESS IS WANTING WHAT YOU GET.
EXISTENCE ALONE IS NOT SUCCESS! IT IS A LOT MORE!
❤ DO MORE THAN EXIST - LIVE.
❤ DO MORE THAN TOUCH - FEEL.
❤ DO MORE THAN LOOK - OBSERVE.
❤ DO MORE THAN HEAR - LISTEN.
❤ DO MORE THAN LISTEN - UNDERSTAND.
-- JOHN H. RHOADES
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SOME OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS
❤ EGO
❤ FEAR OF FAILURE/SUCCESS, LACK OF SELF-ESTEEM
❤ NO PLAN
❤ LACK OF FORMALIZED GOALS
❤ LIFE CHANGES
❤ PROCRASTINATION
❤ FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
❤ FINANCIAL SECURITY ISSUES
❤ LACK OF FOCUS, BEING MUDDLED
❤ GIVING UP VISION FOR PROMISE OF MONEY
❤ DOING TOO MUCH ALONE
❤ OVERCOMMITMENT
❤ LACK OF COMMITMENT
❤ LACK OF TRAINING
❤ LACK OF PERSISTENCE
❤ LACK OF PRIORITIES
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