WHAT IS SUCCESS?

What is Success? We all want success and want to be a a successful person in our life, society and in our field without knowing the exact meaning of what success is.

To some people, success might mean wealth. To others, it is recognition, good health, good family, happiness,
satisfaction, and peace of mind. What this really tells us is that success is subjective. It can mean different things
to different people. For me success is what I define is The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. 



SOME OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS (REAL OR IMAGINED)
• Ego

• Fear of failure success ; lack of self esteem                
• No plan
• Lack of formalized goals
• Life changes
• Procrastination
• Family responsibility

• Financial security issues                                                                    
• Lack of focus, being muddled
• Giving up vision for promise of money
• Doing too much alone
• Over-commitment
• Lack of commitment
• Lack of training
• Lack of persistence
• Lack of prioritie


Some Examples of Successful Stories


1. Thomas Edison failed approximately 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb.
2. Henry Ford was broke at the age of 40.
3. Lee Iacocca was fired by Henry Ford II at the age of 54.
4. Young Beethoven was told that he had no talent for music, but he gave some of the
best music to the world


Let me share a famous life story with you. This was a man who failed in business at the age of 2, was defeated in a legislative race at age of 22, Failed again in business at age of 24, had his sweetheart die when he was 26, had a nervous breakdown at 27, lost a congressional race at 34, lost a senatorial race at 45, failed in an effort to become vice president at 47, lost a senatorial race at 49, and was elected PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA at 52. This man was ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. Would you call him a failure? He could have quit. But to Lincoln, defeat was a detour and not a dead end.


A New York Times editorial on December 10, 1903, questioned the wisdom of the Wright Brothers who were  trying to invent a machine, heavier than air, that would fly. One week later, at Kitty Hawk, the Wright Brothers  took their famous flight.



One day a partially deaf four year old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher, "Your Tommy is  too stupid to learn, get him out of the school." His mother read the note and answered, "My Tommy is not stupid  to learn, I will teach him myself." And that Tommy grew up to be the great Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf.