Why Success Is So Important in Life
Have you ever wondered why so many people are fascinated with success in life?
And just as important, even though many are chasing success how come so few find it?
There are so many definitions of success, as obviously ‘success’ means different things to different people.
And furthermore, success in one field doesn’t necessarily negate complete failures in others.
If you are a successful business person yet your family don’t know you and your relationships are cold and distant – are you truly a success?
And what if you’re a tremendous giver, a person who cares and gives much to charity, but your health suffers, and you don’t have the vitality to do your work can you class yourself as successful?
One of the best `definitions of success can be found in earl Nightingale’s seminal classic ‘The Strangest Secret’.
In it he defines success as ‘the gradual realization of a worthy goal.’
Initially this definition may surprise people, as it did me, as it seems to put more emphasis on the ‘gradual realization’ than the worthy goal.
And one key myth about success is that once you find it, you’ll be happy. (Ultimately isn’t that why we all want to be successful?)
Often success driven people are driven by goals, but I have personally learnt that much of life’s happiness, much of our feelings of fulfilment comes from the realization that we are ‘walking the path’ rather than reaching our destination.
