”You define success, which means you determine what it looks like in your life. It’s true that certain accomplishments are commonly associated with success: fame, wealth, and recognition. However, these things can be fleeting and do not guarantee a successful life overall, so defining your own meaning of success is key to actually achieving it. Success starts with identifying what matters most to you personally: in other words, the values that guide each part of your life, such as career and relationship goals. Successful people understand their priorities and make sure they are actively working toward reaching those objectives without wavering from their mission, even when faced with setbacks along the way or potential alternative paths that could lead to quicker results but ultimately don’t serve their long-term vision or purpose in life. Another important aspect of defining success is having realistic expectations about how long it will take you to reach milestones on the path towards realization, since immediate gratification isn’t always possible nor sustainable for any lasting impact on society at large. Oftentimes, slow yet steady progress can reap greater rewards than seeking instant gratification; this requires patience, self-discipline, tenacity, and often times sacrifices made along the journey, all while staying focused on short term wins within reason that propel one forward while maintaining momentum, regardless if obstacles arise during this process. Moreover, successful individuals recognize successes, no matter how small they may seem, as incentives – whether tangible rewards such as a promotion at work, or intangible rewards based off internal measures, like feeling proud when completing tasks and avoiding meagre distractions throughout everyday endeavors. Both need recognition by acknowledging individual efforts, instead of relying solely upon external validation, because ultimately we set our own standards through our actions taken repeatedly over time, rather than extrinsic motivation (e.g. compliments) coming from outside sources/peers. Resultantly, recognizing one’s personal achievements increases intrinsic motivation, allowing oneself to stay encouraged throughout difficult times, especially during periods where progress appears minimal due to either internal (self-doubt) and/or external pressures (such as societal norms). At its core, though, succeeding requires emotional fortitude, given there will be moments filled with both joyous days and tumultuous ones too. Hence, being resilient enough to cope through tough situations – mentally and emotionally speaking – remains paramount quality to embody if aiming not just to survive but to thrive in hardship amidst chaos, thus enabling an individual to move forward, fostering experiences essential to growth into a better version of oneself accordingly. All said, understanding and managing emotions/feelings plays a critical role in obtaining fulfillment, regardless of the end goal sought after. Successes here are defined by the person themselves, versus meted out by someone else, instead, only attained once a particular outcome is achieved, i.e. “x amount of money earned”, etcetera, so forth… Therefore, although tangible materialistic items might denote or symbolize good fortune and victorious battles won, still do remember the importance of the place emotions hold in the journey, relative to each person’s definition considered individually unique, opposed to a universally accepted conventional sense thereof.”

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Guest Post by Stephanie Hampton