As a kid, success is often defined as getting rich, having high-end properties, luxury cars or even having a happy family later on. As we grew older, our perspective of success changes and what we used to define success is no longer the same.
Google defines success as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
As a youth transitioning to an adulthood, being successful is one of the major
goals that they would set to pursue in life. However, achieving success is
interpreted differently by each individual. For instance, education and
occupational achievement, happiness, being mindful, figuring out your identity,
doing what you love and loving what you do. To sum all of that up, there is no accurate
answer in what characterize success is, hence it is difficult to advise someone
on how to be successful, as success cannot be accomplish or measured by a
specific manner. Each individual have their very
own pathways to follow, to search, to desire, to want and to strive.
To achieve success; to be successful; to succeed,
it all begins from being who we are, loving what we do, chasing after our own
goals and dreams, being patience, perseverance and hard-work. Success is measured by
what we have set for ourselves to pursue, what we desired to achieve in both
short term and long term and most importantly, success is self-fulfillment and
self-enrichment. It is also being comfortable with your strengths and accepting
your weaknesses, working on your capabilities and constantly challenging
yourself by facing your giants. To me, that is what success is.
As
I mention before that success in adulthood cannot be characterized by anyone
else but yourself. There are a few things we should also keep in mind, as when
we set our goals and move forward to being successful.
Stay hungry [ Learn, experiment, take risks ]
Staying
hungry does not mean going in the kitchen and looking for something to chew on,
rather it means stay absurdly-never stop learning, constantly experimenting and
attempting new things in life and take risks that would challenge you to grow
out of your comfort zone.
a) Learn.
A
standout among the most widely recognized approach to learn is through
listening or reading. Reading helps expands your horizon, it opens up your mind
to alternate perspectives of thinking, writing style, presentation and also
stimulates the creative side of your mind. Learning could be about the subject
that interest you or a skill you intend to perfect for your career ahead.
Learning can also be pick up from the people who had come before you, the
lessons from the mistakes they have made and how they manage to get back on
their feet. Besides, your mistakes, your imperfections and your downfall is all
part of learning. Miley Cyrus, who is an American singer, actress and
songwriter once said: “the minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you
stop learning.”
Never
restrain yourself to what you can learn, keep an open mind. The capacity of
learning is more important than IQs or natural capability. Some of the most
successful people are not the most intelligent ones, however they worked hard
and never stop learning. They strive and never give up.
b) Experiment.
You
do not have your entire life to figure out your identity, your strengths and
your weaknesses. It is important for an individual to find an area they want to
pursue in, nevertheless finding that exact niche takes time. It also takes time
for an individual to try out something new. After many trials and error involved,
he or she comes closer to the path that they are destined to do. Therefore,
experimenting at an early age has its benefit, as he or she would know who they
are as a person and what they are capable of doing. With that, they are able to
focus on what they are good at and pursue the life goals that have set for
themselves.
c) Take risks.
Taking
risk is probably one of the scariest things in life, as it challenges you to
close your eyes and take a leap of faith out of your comfort zone. On the off
chance that you are reading this now, and currently you are stuck in a
situation of uncertainty and into the world of unknown. I CHALLENGE YOU. I
challenge you to take a deep breath, drop every fear you have and take that
risk.
To
achieve success in life, it will always involve great risks. When you take the
risk, you have a 50-50 chance of you losing and winning, on the other hand, you
instantly lose the moment you hold back. There is a saying goes: “if you want
it, go for it. Take the risk. Don’t always play it safe or you will never
achieve your dreams.”
Conquer the fear of
failure.
Now
and then, when an individual tries to attempt on something, he or she might
fall, tumble, crash and burn. And sometimes, it is alright to fail a couple of
times, what is more important is that you bounce back from failure, take that
failure as a lesson and move forward from it. Indeed, it is risky to fail,
especially if you are in the business field as there is a saying goes “mistakes
are expensive”. Nevertheless, that does not mean you should quit attempting or
stop taking risks, this would only result in you not being able to continue
growing nor fully understanding who you really are and your capabilities.
Failure
is part of growing up. No manual or handbook can teach us to be successful in
everything we do. Even the greatest and the almighty ones had once failed, so
why can’t we?
The
thing about failure is that occasionally failure can lead to fear and it will
incapacitate us until we take action to conquer it. Fear can be in any
structure of what other people think of you, of failing, of imperfections and
the fear of being vulnerable. Sporadically, fear can be the main reason for
holding us back from realizing our full potential or even holding us back from
our dreams and goals.
To
conquer fear, we need to acknowledge and grasp that fear is real; no one in
this world is completely perfect, we are all perfect with our own
imperfections. In spite of it, we need to move forward and learn to conquer it.
We need to get out into the world, make it our own world, test our individual
capabilities, dare to throw ourselves into experiences, even if we stumble and
fall, trust me, everyone do too. Whatever you do and wherever life may take
you, never live life in fear of failure and keep moving forward until your
dreams become your reality.
There is no definite interpretation of what
success is, as it cannot be measured nor there is handbook for being
successful, but these are the little things we can do to bring us one step
closer to succeed in life. The key to success begins with one person, and that
is yourself. In the book; The Naked CEO, by
Malley said that: “Make dreaming a habit. And never let go of your daring and
drive to actualize those dreams.” My question to you is, could you?
Written by Cliantha Cheah
Written by Cliantha Cheah
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