Define “Your Success”

Define “Your Success”

Simply wanting to be successful is not enough. You have to define “your success”, set your own standard and work towards achieving that success. This is because your own definition of success may differ from that of the next person and not defining yours clearly make cause you to be distracted/derailed by the other person’s idea of success. This may be damning as in doing that, you are only trailing behind someone else and your achievement of “their success” can only be second-rated at best. You lose yourself in another person’s dreams and get frustrated by the inherent unfulfilled potentials that your gut feeling will keep telling you that you have.

This is probably the reason some “successful” people end up committing suicide or derailing from the path of success. It is because they have allowed themselves to be distracted by other people’s definition of success and have lost their true selves in these definitions. Your parents may think their ideal child should be a medical doctor but you are convinced that being a teacher will be more fulfilling as you derive immense pleasure from molding destinies and setting young people on the right path. You may excel in biology and pass medical school in flying colours but finding true joy and fulfilment will be difficult as that is not your calling.

I urge you to clearly define “your success” and align your actions towards achieving it, do not get distracted by other people’s ideas of success and stick to your passion. You CAN get there, you WILL get there.