Success (the opposite of failure) is the status of having achieved and accomplished an aim or objective. Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals.
Success in life means attaining your vision of a good life. It means achieving specific goals that result in the future you have planned for yourself. Success in life is defined by the individual. Your vision of success looks different than someone else's.

What Is Success?

M Abbas

Success is not an accident. It is the result of our attitude and our attitude is a choice.

Hence success is a matter of choice and not chance.

Most crackpots keep waiting for a jackpot. But can that bring success?

A priest was driving by and saw an exceptionally beautiful farm. He stopped his car to

appreciate the bountiful crop. The farmer was riding on his tractor and saw the priest at

the corner. He drove towards the Priest and when he got there the priest said, "God has

blessed you with a beautiful farm. You should be grateful for it. The farmer replied, "Yes,

God has blessed me with a beautiful farm and I am grateful for it, but you should have

seen this farm when God had the whole farm to himself!"

How come one person moves forward with one success after another, and yet some are

How come one man goes through life crossing one hurdle after another, accomplishing

his goals while another struggles and gets nowhere?

If the answer to these two questions can become part of the curriculum, it could

revolutionize the educational system. The uncommon man seeks opportunity, whereas

the common man seeks security. We need to keep our minds on what we want, not on

A lot of research has gone into the subject of success and failure. All that we need to do

is learn our lessons from history. When we study the life histories of successful people,

we find that they have certain qualities in common no matter which period of history they

lived in. Success leaves clues and if we identify and adopt the qualities of successful

people, we shall be successful. Similarly, there are characteristics common in all failures.

If we avoid those characteristics, then we shall not be failures. Success is no mystery,

but simply the result of consistently applying some basic principles. The reverse is just as

true: Failure is simply a result of making a few mistakes repeatedly. All of this might

sound too simplistic, but the fact is that most truths are very simple. I'm not saying they

To win the respect of intelligent persons

and endure the betrayal of false friends ;

garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

Success and happiness go hand in hand. Success is getting what you want and

♦ Fear of failure success ; lack of self esteem

♦ Giving up vision for promise of money

In order to get the winning edge , we need to strive for excellence, not perfection. Striving

for perfection is neurotic; striving for excellence is progress, because there is nothing that

All that we need is a little edge. The winning horse in the races wins 5-to-1 or 10-to-1. Do

you think he is five or ten times faster than the other horses? Of course not. He may only

be faster by a fraction, by a nose, but the rewards are five or ten times greater.

Is it fair? Who cares? It doesn't matter. Those are the rules of the game. That is the way

the game is played. The same is true in our lives. Successful people are not ten times

smarter than the people who fail. They may be better by a nose, but the rewards are ten

We don't need to improve 1,000% in any one area. All we need is to improve 1% in 1,000

different areas, which is a lot easier. That is the winning edge.

People who have overcome obstacles are more secure than those who have never faced

them . We all have problems and we feel discouraged some time. Most people get

disappointed; but winners don't get disheartened. The answer is perseverance.

An English proverb says, "A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." Everything is

difficult before it becomes easy. We cannot run away from our problems. Only losers quit

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

True success is measured by the feeling of knowing you have done a job well and have

Success is not measured by our position in life but by the obstacles we overcame to get

Success in life is not determined by how we are doing compared with others, but by how

we are doing compared with what we are capable of doing. Successful people compete

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