Success means?

In order to succeed you must first believe that you can – Nikos Kazantzakis

Success in my opinion is a state of mind. I do understand that we all have different markers or indicators of success (be it attaining a set goal or being rich or passing exams) but that is all these things are; indicators. Please do stay with me, I would like to use an analogy; When you are healthy it shows on your body physically (clear skin, urine color, temperature and what not) even though it is an internal thing and likewise when you are ill, it shows via symptoms which differ individually, how my body expresses malaria might not be how yours does. Same thing goes for success, it comes from within. Achieving what you desire is a symptom of success. We need to understand that success is different from achievement. Yes there is a sense of fulfilment that comes with both, and you cant have success without achievements, but you can definitely have achievements without success (sounds contradictory, I know). This is because achievements are the indicators of success.

Success is not a one hit wonder or trial and error thing. There are many times people get to a certain level in life and they begin to crash or they have a hard time maintaining things or going further, because they believe the indicators of success to be success it self. Anyone can cram for an exam and get 10/10 that doesn\’t make you knowledgeable in that subject matter, because immediately you get what you want, you let go of yourself and if tested on that thing again, you would most likely fail (or not perform as well) but on the other hand, when you study, the information is sited in you, you understand, so you can produce numerous 10/10s on that subject matter.

Going back to the health analogy, your state of health is a gradual and continual thing, you would have to take care of your self on a daily basis (drink water, eat healthy, do exercises) to remain healthy. Just like Robert Collier said \”success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out\”. It is just like watering a plant, the growth is happens from the inside first and manifests on the outside but there is a need for continual watering. Success is based on continual and conscious effort, it doesn\’t happen overnight, it is an evidence of substance and hardwork and it\’s reward is more hardwork.

Tell me what you think of success.

Stay Shining lovelies