What Does Success Mean To You

"What Does Success Mean To You?"

How to know that you have become successful? Do you consider it as objective metrics like job title and money in your account, or is it determined by the colleges you or your children are into? Is it subjective metrics like resolving issues at work or the joy of uniting with your peers or a happy home?

What is Success Actually?

Success means different things for different people. For certain individuals helping others brings happiness. Some individuals believe that making others happy is equal to being successful. For others, business or products brings happiness. Certain individuals prefer remaining isolated, while others want to indulge in something constantly.A person unable to fulfill his difficult-to-reach success criteria, or unable to define success for himself often experiences frustration, disappointment, and dissatisfaction in life. According to eminent actor Bruce Lee “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out to look for a successful personality and duplicate it”.

Success comes to those who do what makes them happy.

We have achieved success in several ways by having such a mentality. Considering yourself a failure will never make you happy. Recognize what you have accomplished so far and keep moving ahead in life.

What Success isn't?

Before walking on the path of success, it is vital to determine what success isn’t. You might have scrolled social media where people have been coming up with their own definitions. For such individuals being rich, having an ideal relationship or having massive social media followers. At times their definition of success is associated with famous people.

It is not wrong to have opinions but leading a life like theirs won’t make you successful. Once people have succeeded in their endeavors, they feel burned out or miserable. This means that they are adopting the wrong definition of success or don’t match their values.

From childhood to adulthood, we have learnt different ideas of success from parents or teachers. Everyone imposes their own agenda and ideas of how it should be achieved. Others’ ideology of success is what they wish to do in life, not yours. This doesn’t mean you should let them impose their ideology on you or meet their expectations.

Why is it important to be successful?

Success brings confidence, a sense of overall well-being and offers a greater level of hope and leadership. Without success, your dreams and ambitions won’t survive. Success is important and helps you move ahead in life.

It should not include something that doesn’t matter or is not significant. For instance, if you are unable to look after your children, they will be taken over by the state. In case a company is unable to launch new products and keep the customers happy, it will be considered a failure.

Success is a journey, not a destination, and people who enjoy that journey are real winners. All people’s trying and hard work shows us how much success is important for survival and overall well-being of every one of us.

How to Become Successful?

There is no perfect combination or one single formula that can bring success. There are certain steps that you can take to be successful in various aspects of life highlighted below:

1 Bring a Growth Mindset

According to psychologist Carol Dweck, individuals think with two basic mindsets one is fixed, and another is growth. Those with a fixed mindset suppose that intelligence is static and cannot be changed. On the other hand, those with a fixed mindset believe that success is not an outcome of hard work but depends on innate talents.

Most born without talent quit very easily. It is because they think that they don’t have the innate skill needed to become successful in life. This kind of fixed mindset will lead everyone to failure.

Individuals with a growth mindset, however, often change, grow and learn from their efforts. They believe that the more they grow, the more likely their chances of success will be. When things get tough, they enhance their skills and keep moving until the goal is achieved.

2 Set Achievable Goals

Successful people set goals that are moderately hard to achieve. It is not easy to achieve them, but if you aim for something, the day isn’t far when you get what you desire. Selecting a goal like “I am going to spend 30 minutes on learning French” is way better than “I am going to learn French. “Break your goals into smaller goals, and once you achieve them, embrace your accomplishments. By doing that, your brain releases dopamine more often and you will feel better.

3 Be Courageous

The world’s most successful people have achieved success by being courageous. They are willing to deal with risks even in the case of failure. These individuals stay positive even during adversities which gives them a competitive edge over others. Enhance the tolerance of risk by incorporating the following ways:

Emphasizing the positive emotions instead of the negative ones
Balance the risk with common sense: Being careful and pragmatic will help you in several ways, according to the situation.

4 Concentrate on Intrinsic Motivators

Find what motivates you the most. Do you get motivated by external rewards, or is it the intrinsic motivators? Certain individuals feel motivated when they are rewarded or get appreciated for their work, while others feel motivated after doing things that satisfy them personally. As the intrinsic motivators kick in, they keep people going and have helped us determine the performance quality better.

5 Strengthen your Willpower

According to research, success comes to individuals who possess traits like perseverance and willpower. Furthermore, there are several ways that you can incorporate to improve your willpower, like distraction and practice. For instance, if you are planning to lose weight but cannot resist eating snacks, try to distract yourself. Willpower comes with practice and persistent efforts, so make sure that you work on these two aspects to get where you want to be.

Wrapping Words
Determine what success means to you and take steps to achieve them. If you want to become successful or need some sense of direction in life, all you need is the right guidance and support, consult ‘Dr. Alireza Sharifi’ at (647) 671 0002 or email me at alireza@altatc.ca.

What Does Success Mean To You