Success – a provocative thought for the day!

It is and will ALWAYS be very humbling to hear people being open and straight forward about their appreciation they have for what this platform is all about (business owners helping other business owners) and what it provides for them (training and advice to advance their business to the next level). I too am very appreciative of what it has provided for me and my business in the past year.

I am not the only experienced or knowledgeable member in the ranks of WA that is for sure; there are many here with much more experience and knowledge than what I have.

I too, am grateful for those that are willing to pass on their knowledge they have gathered over the years to the rest of us for free. Goes to shows you that in this day and age there are still those that truly care about others and their well-being personally, financially, and business wise!!

However, some are so busy with their own businesses that they do not have the time to offer help to others. Then there are those that simply will not assist others. I am sure they have their personal reasons and some might be of fear of the competition they may create for themselves (who knows for sure).

FROM THE BEGINNING

I had such a rough time when I first started in online marketing that I do not wish that on anyone: it was horrific. This is why I am so willing to offer help to others as they are starting this great venture of global presences on the internet. It can be very intimating, frustrating, and costly if you are not guided by someone that has been there or lived through what you are trying to achieve.

Additionally, I for one know what a true mentor is and what they can help you succeed in doing. But at the same time, we also must be prepared to have to learn on our own and not rely solely on our mentors and coaches. Because if you truly want to advance and excel above the norm; you must learn to learn how to teach yourself on your own. All successful individuals that learn to do this have skyrocketed into a lifestyle of living that others can only image to what it must be like.

WHAT IS SUCCESS? REALLY!

Success is what each of us think it is: many believe it is only achieved with money and not wealth. I on the other hand believe you can truly achieve wealth without having a suitcase full of money, and while excess money is nice to have from time to time that is not wealth. Therefore, cash can or is related to success, but it does not define success in my book.

Wealth to me is the ability to live comfortably without having to worry about cash to pay the bills, provide a roof over my head, or were my next meal is coming from. Equally important, Success is not so much as my wealth but what I have forced myself to become over the years of personal development and the goals I have achieved along the way.

I think that Steve Jobs was one of the most successful people that I have ever meet, even though my encounter with Steve was very brief as we passed each other in a hall way full of convention members and others that wanted to ask him what they felt were very important questions for running a successful business.

His great success, to me, was so closely linked to his ability to become so passionate about a project that it actually became an obsession and over took him in his daily tasks.

Here is a screenshot form dictionary.com and how they define Success:

GOALS

As Jim would often tell me in some of our conversations together on the phone:

“In goal setting it is not what you what to achieve that matters, it is what you are forced to become or learn to achieve the goal is what really matters the most.”

You set out goals not so much as to the accomplishment of the goal itself; but rather what you have to learn and become to be able to achieve that goal. Equally important, in most cases this can be and is both self-motivating and inspirational at the same time, within our accomplishments toward our goals. Building and adding to your personal development is always a good thing and does not necessarily mean you are going to gain large amounts of cash along all the steps of your journey.

I think maybe that, Elaine Welteroth a 30-year-old New York Times best-selling author, summed it up pretty good when she said: “It’s important that you ask yourself, if you don’t already know the answer, ‘What makes me feel alive?’ and ‘How can I reorient my life to be able to do more of that every single day?’. Because I guarantee you that it will result in success”. Passion is what leads us to success, and success builds our passion for something more and more.

But this goes without saying, that just passion alone will not lead us to success, we must learn valuable lessons along our journey. Otherwise, our success will become useless to us later on in life as we begin to climb the ladder of popularity and wisdom simultaneously with furthered education and growth from within.

YOUR IMPUT PLEASE

So how do I define success: I think it is the ability to have a very healthy open-minded mind set toward life and business: while maintaining and establishing respect with in your chosen career; and lastly surrounding yourself with people you admire, value, and enjoy!

I would love to hear:

1. What you think success really is?

2. What do you plan on doing to achieve it in the near future?

And before you respond let me give you some of the things that not so successful individuals that fail to get to the top happen to stumble upon or find some of the list very hard to overcome and in some cases unfortunately will lead to the demise of their businesses.

Life can be one big risk, and many fail at attempts in business. But if you never try how will you know that you can succeed on not. Wealthy Affiliate was designed by Carson and Kyle to help those interested in starting and running their own website based affiliate marketing business.

However, the more hurdles you overcome it will without a doubt greatly increase your odds of achieving success and provide you with greater personal growth than if you simply did not strive to improve yourself or your business at all.
Remember, by simply surpassing or being able to completely avoid these obstacles that fall in the faces of many of us in our journeys and daily struggles to climb up and not falter. By no means, will it guarantee that success is right around the corner or that you will even experience success at all.

A SHORT LIST OF AVOIDABLES

Here is a short list of things that you want to try to avoid for those wishing to truly succeed in life and business alike:

1. Forget to schedule -

Proper time management gives you more time.

2. They ignored loved ones -

Everyone needs moral support.

3. Let technology take over -

It can make you very lazy.

4. Rack up expenses

Management of money is a must.

5. Stressed out -

Nervous breakdowns can cost you your business you can only do one thing at a time: prioritize.

6. Forget to unwind -

Your time off is just that, time off: enjoy doing what you like to do most.

7. Lack of sleep -

A healthy mind makes health decisions.

8. Get to comfortable with time off.

Vacations are great but know your limits.

9. Not living in the Present -

Being prepared is one thing, however being a workaholic is not always productive.

10. Fail to reflect -

If you don’t assess what is working how do you know which way to head in the future.

Again the list is short but I hope it is still helpful to many and there are many other aspects or disciplines that should be learned in our business journeys. If you can think of others please list them in your reply’s we all can learn so much from each other here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.

If we are just willing to contribute a little bit of our wisdom and knowledge for the benefit of others, we all gain from it. What you share here today may help many in the near future!

As always, Living Life Large!