Can you be Successful?

byMMcSwain7

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10 years ago

Success is a mindset. There is big success that takes time and dedicated effort, but also daily success. We achieve success anytime we overcome an obstacle in our path to getting what we want. I'm here to tell you my story and how I found success, ultimately trying to help you do the same.

I play football and have been an athlete all my life. Success was evident as long as I continued to work hard. In the case of sports I loved the work it required therefore I always found a way through it. The training was tough but I loved to get better and that's how I saw it. I have many success stories from the field of athletics however soon after I graduated, wanted to be a writer.

Still playing football which I love, and really because I never saw a future anywhere else for myself. For me to start reading and writing was so so difficult, coming from someone who rarely ever did any throughout my childhood. But I wanted to pick up the big books and write the winning novels way before I was ready. I looked at the big picture of an award winning novel and tried to take all that on. Bad choice, for me at least.

I got frustrated and never finished any story I started. Struggled to finish books because I thought about the entire goal (finishing) instead of just taking action. I feared I'd never finish a book or a novel and put them down for a while. My imagination is vivid though, and I found myself in a pickle of wanting to express my thoughts while reading others. But mentally not feeling up to the task.

My curiosity for the two only grew and I was determined to make it happen. I picked up my next book and came back reading and understanding better than ever. But mostly enjoying just reading, all I wanted to do was finish before. I grew to understand why I wanted to read and ever since, I've finished around 25 books so far and counting. Just reading is the goal now. Enjoying the work of others is how I look at it, and that simple change of mind has me reading daily now.

That to me is an achievement of success I didn't think I would be able to do. Each book, each chapter, every page started to become a success to me. Because I was reading, I was doing it and I loved it. I've grown mentally, I do what I love everyday and that being reading, writing and playing football.

So to answer the question can you be successful. Yes, you can be and all it takes is dedication in surpassing the obstacles that stand before you. We truly only hold ourselves back from determining what we can and cannot accomplish. The big success will come, but enjoy the little ones everyday that make life enjoyable.

Base it off what you do now to get what you want, live in the now and learn to be successful everyday. Enjoy challenging yourself, much like I just enjoyed writing my first ever blog post. Wow this is a big accomplishment to me, I'm grateful.

Maurice McSwain