Success is a gift you give yourself

div clthat they have climbed Mt. Everest, or run the Boston
We live in a society of speed. Everything is in aMarathon. To another it means they are a mother, and
“now” mentality. We get dinner fromto yet another it may mean that they finally got the
a drive through, we e-mail instead of phoning, we dopromotion they wanted. If you look at the people
everything we can to get more done in the samearound you that are truly happy, you will find something
amount of time. The result is not that we arethey all have in common. In their own minds, they have
accomplishing any more, or doing anything any better:achieved a certain level of success. They have
We simply do it faster. Why are we so consumeddefeated the odds and won. People that cannot find
with achieving more? Why must we set our standardssatisfaction in their lives have usually failed to
at this level? In my opinion, we need to achieve soacknowledge any of their triumphs. They have failed
much more because we are not achieving anything ofto see what great they have done. It is difficult
substance that gjves us any kind of gratification. Wesometimes for people to understand that what
have no sense of success. We, as individuals arematters for greatness is within you, not what other
failing ourselves.people perceive you as.
Success is such a trivial word. To one person it means