Who and what determines whether you’re successful or an utter failure? Is this an outside job or just one of those things we outsourced due to convenience? Welcome to a marvelous simulation and a carefully designed maze perfectly decorated to make it hard to remember who you are and why you came.
We are born into this world without a name, religion, belief system, or other labels, and yet, we’re all pure, innocent, and absolutely beautiful. We perceive everything around us as magic until someone steps in and tells us who we are, how to behave, what to believe, and where to go.
Like layers of an onion, we put on several coats to master the game of life, only to realize that we never needed them as we came equipped with everything required to thrive. The unlearning and reprogramming begin, which is a process that requires us to turn inward and discover who we truly are.
It’s an adventurous journey with no beginning or end that requires resilience, discipline, and a relentless focus on uncovering our sacred gifts, talents, and strengths.
Back to our initial question:
Who and What Determines Whether You’re Successful?
Let’s make it short and quick:
YOU!
You determine your success.
You define the parameters of success and what meaning you give it.
Being a good father and spending precious time daily with your children might be one or your single most important element to success. Fostering a loving and harmonious relationship with your partner, husband, or wife might be another one of those key ingredients to success. Building a generational business, investing time and resources into community work, helping out charities, funding schools and education in poverty neighborhoods, etc. – all these parameters can be part of your unique success blueprint.
Does fame and fortune equal success?
If that’s essential to you and part of your success formula, then the answer is: Yes, absolutely! However, if you join this bandwagon despite having a different set of principles and values in life, you might end up disillusioned.
Don’t let the outside world dictate and overwrite your inner world!
You didn’t come here to be a sheepo and follow the herd.
The Intel Lies in Failures and Mistakes
I’m obsessed with failing fast and gathering vast amounts of data aka intel that allows me to tweak my approach and test new avenues.
I consider mistakes precious diamonds showcasing different paths, outcomes, and patterns. Learning from mentors, peers, teachers, colleagues, family, and friends adds further information to our adventure, helping us navigate the matrix better.
Life is a game of possibilities, and we get to pick and choose whether we go left, right, up, down, through, above, underneath, etc. You get the gist.
The very same applies to what we refer to as “success”.
We get to choose what meaning we give this word and whether we dance with it or leave it be. Don’t let duality cripple you; there’s no right or wrong.
Get crystal clear on what’s important to you, and remember to add fun, laughter, joy, and other exotic spices to the mix. Enjoy the ride. It’s a game after all.
Image by Duy Pham via Unsplash
Originally published on my business blog at StrengthInBusiness.com
