By Jon Eborn
Success is a buzzword when it comes to personal and business
development. There are hundreds of resources out there with many tips and
tricks to achieve success and I am a fan of many of them. I love to study
the principles of success, as well as read stories of men, women, and youth who
have overcome all sorts of obstacles in order to find success. In all my
years researching this topic, I have come to realize that if you want success
in any area, your understanding of what success means is a key ingredient in
actually achieving it.
I like the way Deepak Chopra defines success. He states that success is “the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.” Society defines success much differently most of the time, as many people define it based on things like social status, material possessions, degrees, financial status, and so on. Granted, those things can be related to success, but they are not necessarily the definition of success.
I like to daydream about success. I like to strive for success in all areas of my life. Deepak mentions ‘the continued expansion of happiness’ as success. I think most of us can agree that external things really don’t bring us lasting happiness. The hot car, the upscale home, and the money in the savings account can make us smile and feel good, but that feeling doesn’t last forever. I remember thinking plenty of times in life, “I’ll be happy when…..” and then that thing comes and two weeks later I’m left thinking, “Now what?” External things bring us temporary happiness, which hey, I love, but I’m after something that lasts for the long haul.
Deepak also mentions ‘the progressive realization of worthy goals’. I’ve become a goal-oriented person over the past few years. I am a firm believer that success in any area in contingent upon setting goals, creating an action plan, and actually taking action to attain them. So in essence, Deepak defines success as being happy and learning to do what makes us happy.
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I like the way Deepak Chopra defines success. He states that success is “the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.” Society defines success much differently most of the time, as many people define it based on things like social status, material possessions, degrees, financial status, and so on. Granted, those things can be related to success, but they are not necessarily the definition of success.
I like to daydream about success. I like to strive for success in all areas of my life. Deepak mentions ‘the continued expansion of happiness’ as success. I think most of us can agree that external things really don’t bring us lasting happiness. The hot car, the upscale home, and the money in the savings account can make us smile and feel good, but that feeling doesn’t last forever. I remember thinking plenty of times in life, “I’ll be happy when…..” and then that thing comes and two weeks later I’m left thinking, “Now what?” External things bring us temporary happiness, which hey, I love, but I’m after something that lasts for the long haul.
Deepak also mentions ‘the progressive realization of worthy goals’. I’ve become a goal-oriented person over the past few years. I am a firm believer that success in any area in contingent upon setting goals, creating an action plan, and actually taking action to attain them. So in essence, Deepak defines success as being happy and learning to do what makes us happy.
Continue reading this blog post by Jon Eborn here:
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