Success is a Journey -1

WHAT IS SUCCESS?

How can you define the success? What does it mean? Is it temporary? Is it permanent? As I have pondered these questions in my mind and watched the performance of others, I have come to the realization that success is not an end result. It is an ongoing process, it is a journey.

However, there’s an ebb and flow to success. It is not linear. It comes and goes, there are ups and downs. One day you have a great day, the next day is so-so, and the third is absolutely rotten. But on the fourth day, something good happens, and you are back on top of the world again. Or, maybe you have a bad year or season, but the next one is much better. That’s life!!!

To be successful in the business of life you build upon your successes. You set goals --- achievable goals --- for yourself, and accomplish them. Then you set slightly more goals and go out and accomplish them.

The ultimate goal in life is not just to succeed; it is to continue to succeed. To continue to improve. To continue to be the best that you can be. The best in your business, profession, or chosen career. The best husband, wife, father, mother, son daughter, friend… you only have one life, and you have the opportunity to make it a great one. The future is yours, and it is unlimited. You can make it into anything you want.

Success is the act of trying to improve upon the things you’re already doing. It is growing and developing. It’s accepting bigger and greater challenges. It’s not being afraid of making a mistake, suffering a setback or failing. It’s trying to do your very best.

And if, in the end, your best wasn’t quite enough, you just have to back to work and prepare a bit harder for the next time.

It is through the act of participating, as you try to achieve your goals, that you succeed. Nobody succeeds 100 percent in anything they do. When you’re able to recognize and accept this fact of life, you realize that failure and losing are as much a part of the game of life as are success and winning.

So embrace your goals, dreams and desires. Pour your energy into completing those daily tasks. Go out and play your game and play it to win! But don’t think only of winning games, think of winning championships!

I’ve spent many years studying successful people and have identified the skills, talents, and characteristics that enable them to succeed. As you look at and study these s, t and c, you’ll realize that you possess many of them yourself. The following is a list of the s, t, and c you find in successful people.

1. Successful People Have a Dream
2. Successful People Have Ambition.
3. Successful People Are Strongly Motivated Toward Achievement.
4. Successful People Are Focused.
5. Successful People Learn How to Get Things Done.
6. Successful People Take Responsibility for Their Actions.
7. Successful People Look for Solutions to Problems.
8. Successful People Make Decisions.
9. Successful People Have the courage to Admit They’ve Made a Mistake.
10. Successful People Are Self-Reliant.
11. Successful People Have Specific Knowledge, Training and/or Skills and Talents.
12. Successful People Work with and Cooperate with Other People.
13. Successful People Are Pep Guys.
14. Successful People Never Quit. When They Suffer a Setback, They just Pick Themselves Up and Keep Going.

REMEMBER:

1. Success begins with a state of mind. You must believe you’ll be successful in order to become a success.
2. The important thing is not where you were or where you are but where you want to get.
3. With hard work come results. The joy in life comes with working for and achieving something.
4. Happiness is found in doing and accomplishing, not in owning and possessing.

Thanks to KD
(anectode from the first chapter of Success Is a Journey - 7 Steps to Achieving Success in the Business of Life' by Jeffrey J. Mayer.)