Seeking Success

“The key to happiness is having dreams, the key to success is making them come true.”  James Allen

Success, like your purpose in life, is what ever you wish it to be.  The only question is how much success do you want? 

When I was in high school, many long years ago, there was a kid who many others would make fun of because he didn't seem to “be all there.”  As one fellow put it, they “kept him around for laughs.” 

To make a long story rather short, the one they made fun of found a job in a small company, discovered that a product they were using was wearing out on an almost daily basis, checked into how to make it and much to charge for it by asking another small business owner, and now produces it in his basement.  When I last heard about him, I was told that he paid cash for his house and car, and worked an average of about twenty hours per week.

Don't know about anyone else, but I call that success!
He did what was necessary to accomplish his goals.  He just kept putting one foot in front of the other, did not hesitate to ask for help when he needed it, and didn't mind what anyone else thought of him.

The problem with most of us, including your's truly, is that we never took the time to just relax and ask ourselves what we want out of life.  We all have the tendency to listen to the television and radio, and read magazines and newspapers, where they tell us that in order to be successful, we have to go to college, get married, pump out a bunch of kids, but an expensive home and vehicle, and purchase lots of other high-cost items.  If we don't, we are left with the impression that everyone else will think we are a worthless blob of DNA, and no one will like us.

In other words, we don't think for ourselves...we only think we think for ourselves!  We really have no idea what the word “success” means.

Success means, basically, to set a goal, and then do whatever it takes to accomplish it.

If you believe that success is having a lot of money, thats fine and good...nothing wrong with that!  Just do whatever is necessary and go for it!  However; don't forget that it will take persistence, studying, courage, setting goals, some luck, and some other qualities...such as a belief in yourself, and the one statement I believe in the most>>>”as long as you keep trying, you can't lose.”

Of course, we all realize that in order to be success at anything, we usually have to make some changes in our lives...if we go about doing the same thing everyday, then nothing is going to change, we are going to keep attaining the same results.

However; the absolute most important success we can have as human beings is to be happy with ourselves...and in order to be happy with ourselves, we have to provide ourselves with the basics in life---food, shelter, clothing. And how do we do that successfully, and be happy doing it?

In a nutshell, write down what makes you happy...what type of individual you wish to be, what you would enjoy doing for a living, what type of hobby you would love, what type of vehicle you would love to have, what type of home you would be happy to live in, and anything else you believe would make you happy. 

Once written down, make a step-by-step list of what is necessary to accomplish each one...then hop on your steed of enthusiasm and go for it! 

Please keep in mind that every time you fulfill one of the steps needed,  you are successful.  Maintain the habit of accomplishing at least one step per day, and one day you will wake up and discover that your goals have been attained. 

However; I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when you have attained all your goals, you will then have to set some new goals in order to continue being even more successful.