Sep 20 2008

SUCCESS-Plant what you want to grow.
What does success mean to you? How can you achieve success?

For some people being successful means having a lot of money. For others it might be buying a BMW car. Well, for me success means having a good relationship with my friends, family and better half, good health and pursuing a great career. It also means gaining the respect of people and the affection of children. No matter how I may define success, there must be a simple but very important definition in your mind about what success really means to you. You know exactly what you want in your life and what you wan t to pursue. And when you achieve it, it will be considered a success to you.

Before anyone can ever achieve something in life, they must first know what they want. You first need to have a desire of what you want. What makes you feel alive? You must seriously ask yourself, what makes you happy? Most people when asked what they want from life, they will say, “I want to be happy.” That’s great, except for two things: they seldom know what happiness actually means to them, and secondly, they never actually plan to be happy. If you don’t know what you want, how can you go about achieving it? A desire is a feeling of wanting a particular thing very strongly. Have you ever sat home alone, on the sofa and all of a sudden you just had a craving for something so bad that you did what you could to get it? It could have been a piece of cheese cake, a glass on concentrated orange juice or something else. There is no more powerful success than the success that the heart is joined to.

I will leave you with a short poem on SUCCESS.

What is Success?

Success is not all about becoming wealthy.
Success is not only remaining healthy.
Success is not about the name and fame.
Success is not taking life for a game.

Success is not just taking your career to the top.
Success is not staying in a little house at the hill top.
Success is working hard for what you believe.
Success is determination and efforts till you achieve your deal.

Success is having consideration for everyone.
Success is a strong desire and to live to help each one.
Success is to follow the belief, “Live and let others live.”
Success is to accept others as a mixture of nature; beautiful and alive.

Success is working for happiness of the world, a dedication.
Success is to love everyone unconditionally without any anticipation.

The underground to success in life is for you to be ready for opportunities when it comes.

By Cotney John