How do you know, how do you classify success?

Is it an individual's net worth or materialistic possessions as the norm would have it? And is it reasonable to say that success means many different things to many different people!

In a pleasant decision with a few close friends, it became apparent that we had at least one mutual perspective (which to some extent was influenced by some common books on personal growth that we have read) that is:

Your success is determined by three (3)  things:

1.) What you know and believe in

2.) Your strategy

3.) What you consistently do day in and day out.

Let’s briefly think about this:

The First Step: What you know and believe in.

This is the source of your aspirations, your desires, your drive.  If you know what you want (whatever it is) and you believe whole heartedly in that, you will begin to move forward to achieving that goal.   

The Second Step: Your strategy:

Is to focus, organize your thoughts and plan how you wish to accomplish that which you want or aspire to be.  Your strategy will keep you on track and it will guide you to achieve what you have set your mind to do.

The Third and final Step: What you consistently do day in and day out.

Everyday you have a task, your game plan, your routine, that will allow you to get another step closer to your goals.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a big task or small task. What matters is the progress or completion of the task on a daily bases. 

Once you have applied all three aspects above, before you know it, you have become what "YOU" deem “successful” within your capasity and by your accomplished in that which you have set your mind to achieve and perhaps, through this, you will have presented a new perspective of what constitutes “success”.

A wonderful thought, isn’t it.