FROM SUCCESS EDUCATION COURSE
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Success and Failure
What does success mean to you? Success is about living beyond your means, reaching beyond what is comfortable and raising yourself up to a new threshold. Success is practicing your highest purpose and calling.
Success is usually associated with material wealth and acquisitions, but in our view that’s not necessarily so. Success might also be defined by something such as getting what we want. Clearly, we have to know what we want before we can get it. But not getting what we want might also lead us to success.
“One must be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.” Anton Chekhov
Failure is often perceived as the opposite of success. We perceive failure as the complement to success, not it’s opposite. Without failure, no success is ever possible or sustainable. Failure is what teaches us the road to travel. Accepting failure as a necessary complement to success is essential. Being afraid to fail is the same as being afraid to succeed. You must overcome this fear to ever be successful.
“Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.” Anonymous
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” Elbert Hubbard
Many Things to Many People
Success can mean many things to different people depending on their values, mindset and attitude. Success for one person may very well be perceived as failure for another. Is success about having a lot of money, fame, prestige, or recognition? Or are you governed by strong internal principles and values? Either way, life is a gift that we’ve been given regardless of the conditions of our birth, culture, economics or opportunities. Being truly successful at life is about manifesting your potential, living your life to the fullest and getting out of your own way.
In reflecting upon what success means to me, success is being able to work at home most of the time, having my family nearby and happy with their lives, listening to the sounds of birds and children singing, looking upon a sunset every evening that is an awesome work of art, being able to live in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and having work that is meaningful and profitable – work and a livelihood that makes a difference and uplifts other people.
“The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.” Dr. Samuel Johnson
What is Happiness?
For example, in my definition of success, happiness is the elusive state of being connected, truly connected with the source of all creation, at peace within and without. This is indeed a lifelong pursuit for the changing, growing, learning human being.
So what does success mean to you? Take a moment to reflect on what success means to you. Take a piece of paper and write down a list of ten words or more that equate with success before you proceed. We’ll be addressing your personal and professional goals later in this course. Now, push the stop button.
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