So many times I have come across people who think success is
about getting and having money and things.
The truth is that nothing could be further from the truth.
On these warm summer afternoons, I often make time in my
schedule to go on bicycle rides. It is
great exercise and I am able to have a little “me” time. During these rides, it is fairly common that
my mind goes to a place of deep thought on deep subjects, everything from
relationships to creative business ideas.
The other day I could not stop thinking about the mindset of
success and all it entails. For 7 miles
on that 11 mile ride, all I could think about was the way in which people view
and think about success. How do they
achieve it? Why is it that only a few
people out of the masses seem to have it?
What are the common denominators for success? All of these questions began to consume me.
Society tends to label success by what you drive, wear and
what you live in. Meaning: how big and
fancy those things are. Personally, I
don’t drive a $75,000.00 car that I paid cash for and I don’t live in a 5000 sq
ft home. My bank account does not have 7
digits in it nor does it have 6 digits in it.
But the real truth to success is not in what you have, it is about what
you become.
Those I just mentioned are simply things you can acquire being
successful, they should not define your success. If this were not true, does that mean a
business owner who makes a million dollars a year and has chosen to keep most
of his money, or even give it away anonymously and does not live a lavish
lifestyle, is not successful?
Success is not having one, two or three million dollars, nor
is it owning several homes. It is not
about wearing a Rolex watch on your wrist nor is it about taking 3-4 expensive
vacations a year to exotic locations. If
this were the case, then you could classify every large lottery winner a
success. No, lottery winners revolve
around luck, and that is not what success is.
In large, people ‘become’ long before they ever ‘get’. They do certain activities in a certain way
longer and more frequently than others, giving them different results than the
masses. Chances are great they have
faced many challenges and struggles along the way and even when things got real
tough, they never gave up or changed course.
Why? Because they developed
daily, weekly and monthly habits that have yielded them a higher rate of return
than others.
I cannot teach you or anyone else how to make a million
dollars a year. Why? Because I have not done that yet, therefore
how could I teach it? You and I can only
give someone else what we possess. Oh
sure, we can give others our opinions on matters, but most times our opinions
are truly not our own, they are someone else’s that we have adopted. But that topic is for another time.
Over the next seven weeks I am going to share with you some
of the lies about success that society in general would have you believe. There is a profound difference in just making
a lot of money and in being successful.
Passion, achievement, fulfillment and ambition are all things I will be
covering in this 7-part series.
If you believe success is all about having an abundance of
money, you are in for a huge wake-up call.
If you believe having a lot of money will make you happy or fulfilled in
your life, you’re mistaken and have bought into someone else’s lie.
This series will be enlightening for most and an awakening
for others. By the way, I strongly encourage
everyone who wants to, to become successful.
But before you do, wouldn’t you like to know what success really
is? After you read this series, you may
see things a little differently.
Have a great Friday everyone, be blessed.
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