A fascinating word is “success.” According to the Cambridge Dictionary, it is “achieving the desired or hoped-for results”.
Depending on who uses the word, its definition will change. Success can be measured by a person’s riches, their career goals, or the fulfilment of a long-standing personal objective.
Yet success usually follows the accomplishment of the goal. As you can see, even the definition above includes getting the desired results.
That makes sense, and I can see why. You do understand that success comes from really achieving our objectives, don’t you?
Perhaps. I wonder, though, if we lose out on the word’s ultimate beauty when that turns into its only meaning.
Isn’t success just the product of a focused effort to achieve the right outcomes? Isn’t it a sign of accomplishment when we live our lives to the point where, looking back, we can be proud of the choices we made? even though the outcomes fell short of our expectations or desires?
“No, you didn’t succeed if you didn’t achieve the results,” some people may argue. However, I want to define success in my life in a different way. Because, in reality—as any parent will tell you—I cannot control every result, no matter how hard I try.
I think the secret to success is controlling what I can (my actions) and dedicating my life to the right things. If I can do that, I will be satisfied with my lifestyle choice. Moreover, I will consider my life a success no matter what happens.
- Selecting Our Own Principles
It is simple to let society, fads, and trends influence your decisions throughout life. Taking charge of our interests and goals is not easy, of course. It necessitates reflection, quieting the clamour, and a profound comprehension of both the world and life itself; perhaps this is why there are so many divergent opinions of what the purpose of life is.
Making the effort to identify your own personal values and how you want to define your life is the first vital law of living a successful life, regardless of the values you pick for yourself.
- Putting Those Values and Resources in Line
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter,” stated Francis Chan.
Finding our highest values is not enough to live a good life. A successful life also centres our limited resources (money, time, and energy) on those ideals. I am so excited about minimalism because it is a lifestyle that enables us to fulfil this very commandment.
- Respecting Continuous Improvement
Even though I have a few months till my May 27th birthday, I’m getting there. But I’m thinking ahead to what I’ll write about when that day comes. If I could turn the clock back to that day, “committing earlier to personal development and growth” would undoubtedly be at the top of my list of things I would do differently.
Our lives won’t reach their full potential unless we come to the realization that we can always become better versions of ourselves. From everything around us, we can learn. And we will always be able to positively impact more lives if we strive to better ourselves as much as possible.
- Living with the Intention of Others
Whatever your background or ideology, the evidence for this argument is just too strong to be disregarded. Those who decide to live a life without self-interest for the benefit of others report higher levels of wellbeing, contentment, and pleasure at the end of their lives. This has been repeatedly demonstrated to be accurate. Living for others is so important that it has to be acknowledged as one of the fundamental rules of success.
- Taking the Next Appropriate Action in the Best Way Possible
Squire Bill Widener is quoted by Theodore Roosevelt in his book as stating, “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” And it sounds like success to me.
The amazing thing is that everyone can apply this law of success at any moment. We can all do the next right thing in the best way we know how, regardless of where we are in life in terms of experience or education, or the resources or circumstances around us. The secret to success is to keep selecting that option over and over again.
– All of us ought to strive for success. Measuring words that are commonly used by the majority is just not a sensible decision.
– The expectations of society should never be used as a standard for success. It has to be gauged by the principles we uphold and the amount of effort we put into the things that count.
Let’s take the intentional route so that we can look back on our choices with pride and less regret. We might as well live as successful a life as we can if we only have one.
- Controlling Your Attention
The most important skill for the twenty-first century is the capacity to manage your attention. Given the plethora of distractions that are always available to us (if we allow them), learning how to focus our attention on what matters is a worthwhile task. Without it, we waste much too much potential.
- Refusing to Measure Your Life by Someone Else’s Rule
No one will ever live a life like yours. Furthermore, you will never live someone else’s life. As a result, comparing oneself to others is not a reliable way to determine our success.
Each person is unique in their talents, skills, and life experiences. We don’t start from the same place. Even how long we spend here on Earth varies. Although it’s wonderful to be inspired by the accomplishments of others, we should never use comparisons to define success.
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