HAVE YOU SUCCEEDED LATELY?4 min read

So, I’ve finally bought a new phone.

I like it. It’s actually the first high-end phone I’m ever using…though it’s not really high-end anymore. But all the same, I’ve succeeded in buying it.

So, tell me about you, how have you succeeded lately?

I’ve been worried about you for a while now…

and that is actually why I’m writing this to you.

Seriously, tell me how you’ve succeeded.

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Have you ever thought about that?

…that you’ve already succeeded – and I’m not just saying in one aspect of your life, but in many.

I’m saying this because I feel concerned about how many people go about their lives. And I don’t want you to make that same blunder.

Once the word “success” is mentioned, many people envision receiving a Grammy, taking a joyride in a new Lamborghini, or chilling in a jacuzzi at a 7-star hotel – with roses, music, wine, diamonds, and their haters kissing their asses.

What many don’t realize is that success is categorical.

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There is academic, spiritual, fitness, and emotional success just to mention a few.

I’m not downplaying financial success…doing that would be being hypocritical, because, as I write this to you, I too seek that earnestly…

…but, not at the cost of my other successes.

The blunder many make is sacrificing their academic, spiritual, emotional, fitness, and all other successes in search of one more category of success.

And, just as expected, when they achieve the “success” and the feeling of insufficiency doesn’t leave, they marvel…

they can’t wrap their heads around the banality of it all…

…because you see, just as they overlooked academic, spiritual, fitness, or emotional successes in search of that success, they would soon find themselves overlooking that success in search of more… sometimes they even go back in search of the things they had and lost.

And it becomes twice as difficult most times because many people burn bridges and cut ties in their pursuit.

Some realize this trap and decide to proceed with caution. Some others continue the chase with all recklessness… seeking more and more in pleasure, power, fame, etcetera, seeking the end, the pinnacle, the limits, the final…seeking the mirage – all to no avail.

Here is the thing…there is no end to success – just as there is no end to numbers.

But it doesn’t always have to be this endless chase. You can find satisfaction and happiness if you understand the secret.

Look, success is categorical. This means you can have a gamut of success to be grateful and happy for.

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So,…

…if you successfully got to date your crush, you’ve succeeded.

If you successfully got a nice grade in a course, don’t downplay it.

If you got a good job, that’s a big score.

If you finally lost the weight, you’ve made it.

If you learned something new, you’ve won.

Remain grateful, and cherish all your successes…

…and when someone comes dangling the success you “most desire” in front of you, remain vigilant that you don’t lose the successes you already have.

There would be something else. Something special. Something desired. Something craved. Something begged for – fought for, and maybe even worth dying for…

…but remember that if someone succeeded in one aspect of life and you succeeded in three others. You are a whole lot more successful.

I always encourage people to “grow up, level up, and step up”. But you can’t do that if you’re always shedding off your dignity, respect, peace of mind, love, and so on, in search of one extra success.

No, that would not make you happy. Okay, it would make you happy for a while, but soon it would all feel biennial…it always does.

That is why you must learn to acquire your successes wisely – to do it gradually, cautiously, and consistently. To heap, one success upon the other like a bricklayer builds a castle. To protect what you have.

You must learn to build. To grow up, level up, and step up.

So, I ask again, how have you succeeded?

I’ll let you think about it.

And if you didn’t get the point of this, well…I’m afraid you’d have to go back to the top and read to the bottom again…till you successfully understand…

…because even understanding is a success.

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