According to the dictionary, success is an event that accomplishes its intended purpose, or it can also be A state of prosperity or fame. Success is a state of the mind. Success is a personal accomplishment. Your definition of success can be different from what the other guy at the conference is, it can be different from what Wikipedia, the dictionary or even motivational speakers say. It is a personal definition for personal use. Sometimes success can be that littlest thing that you accomplish, what makes you happy, it can be marriage, a job of your dream or even to the extent of the workout you completed yesterday. If you let people and society define success for you, you will end up in misery and wretchedness. Sometimes people tend to measure success with how much they earn, their educational qualifications, how popular they are, but trust me, success is more than that it is more like a daily subscription, everything you achieve daily. Everything that revolves around you can be your own form of success. People tend to lose the meaning of life when they start to see things as just as they look, but not what they are. People tend to see the world in one dimension and thereby forgot what it actually looks like. They keep seeing the same thing on different days and trying different things in the same way and expecting the same result. Sometimes, in order to achieve success in your own term, you need to learn how to think like an engineer, you need to see things in three dimensions. You need to see things as they are, not as they look or as they seem to appear. Sometimes things might look normal or just like a routine, but it is more than that, it is one of your ways to prove how successful you can be. Always do one thing that always makes a difference one day. Try whatever you plan to do. Don’t be scared of losing it or failing at it the first time. Keep trying. That is one of my own definitions of success: my ability to do it all over again without feeling sorry for myself. Develop a routine, then be stable at it. From there, you will learn your own art of success. Success is not giving up. Sometimes success is not giving a fuck, not caring about what other people think about you, not allowing yourself to be controlled and manoeuvred by society. Be the boss of yourself. The ability to control and restrain yourself is a sign of success. The ability to define what success is by yourself is a sign of success. Everybody is successful, just the way we define it differs.
First published on Medium.