“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

Success is actually the satisfaction of mind, a satisfaction that you feel and experience following a great accomplishment. When you see that all your effort and hard work are reaping benefits and are being rightly paid off, it is then you are able to jump with joy and success!

Success should stimulate emotion when achieved, it should bring about a reaction like jumping off your seat, rushing to tell somebody what you have achieved or to shout from the roof top what you have achieved! However, success is a very individual perception, and means different things to each one of us. What is deemed as success to one person may seem mundane or ordinary to another. What is a minor achievement for you may prove to be a major success to somebody else.

When you think about success, you may consider the comparative achievements judging things from your own perspective. You will never be able to affect the success of others, but you can of course affect your own success by your own viewpoint. Success is something that can be achieved by anybody and everybody irrespective of their age and shape, as the only factor needed is will power and mental strength and stamina to go and do it!

In order to achieve success, the first thing you must have is self confidence. Yes, you need to believe in yourself, believe in what you can do! Once you start believing in yourself and your capabilities you will find yourself riding the ladder of success much faster! Remember, the famous writer Henry David Thoreau once said “We were born to succeed, not fail”.

There are many things that influence one’s ability to succeed, and the good news is most of the factors are under your immediate control. Once you follow the pursuits, then the characteristics you develop will help you to be successful.

It is very important that you know what success means to you.  What does it look like? Write down your goal. Once you start touching the milestones in your ambitions, you must appreciate your own achievements. Of course, if others acknowledge and appreciate your achievements, it is a bonus and adds to your self confidence, but appreciating yourself will strengthen your self belief.

For example, success to me now means something totally different to what it meant to me five years ago!  Success to me now means not having to put on those high heels and fight the traffic to work everyday.  Success to me now means having the freedom to choose to have fun when I want to, to take time out to relax etc.  If this is what succees means to you but you don’t know how to achieve it, I can recommend the Ultimate Success Plan as a great little guide on how to get started on this path.

By MaryAnn Roche

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