Success is a combination of standards. We live in a society where the definition is loose, perceptual, and often unrealistic. We base it on the monetary number and the ability to enjoy the conditions money bring. We base success on having the most expensive of toys, the biggest home, and private vehicles for global travel. We base success on the people we entertain and those we call friends who can share in the extreme spending for basic entities. Success, as we know and most agree, is the amount of money and the ability to enjoy extreme activities.
Life teaches us a lot. Life teaches truth and the more you pay attention, it shows us value. The experience we endure shares a systematic approach on what to appreciate. From simple laughter to finding a shiny rock on a stream, we learn to place a one of a kind feeling on the situation or item. Value, yes, the everlasting lesson in life.
Today, we learn to redefine success. We have self created ideas on what is valuable. Many of us separate the systematic desire of wealth to a reality driven financial freedom machine. We focus on our value as being success. A writer values the ability of story telling. An artist values their work on canvass. A physical trainer values the body change of clients. Success is what we make of it vice some social standard we’re not likely to achieve.
Success can be a simple task of walking down the street, based on the physical ability. Success can become the value of honesty. Success is the smile you receive or give. Success is your standard and no one else’s. It doesn’t mean settle by any level. It does mean set a level of excellence and become the best at whatever your heart desires. Then and only then can you say you’re successful.
Lonz Cook 