Success means different things to different people. To some
it means great monetary wealth but some people have no
desire to be millionaires, some only dream of having their
writings published, others to stop as many children in
third world countries from dying of hunger.

I'm sure my father's idea of success was working his way up
the ladder at the manufacturing company he worked at for
over 40 years, to give us the best standard of living he
could and have enough in his pension to enjoy his
retirement. To him that was what he classed as a successful
life.

Whatever your idea of success is you will find that great
success never comes all at once, great success is made up
of a number of small successes, putting these smaller
successes together makes the big success.

We find overnight success like the so called overnight
success of celebrities, pop idols or the people from shows
like Big Brother and the like, don't seem to last long.

On the other hand we can see a celebrity or star become
what would appear to be an overnight success turn into a
big success, but if we look closely we would find they are
not an instant success, they without a doubt, have been
working at their craft for a long time, out of the
spotlight, notching up small success after small success.

If you look at very rich and successful people and go back
far enough you will find somebody somewhere started from
nothing and started building on small success after small
success

You will find these successful men and women were, and are,
people that are prepared to go that extra mile, have clear
defined goals and a clear plan of action and have one thing
in common, they never give up.

If we look back through history we find that inventors,
like John Harrison the horologist, who worked a lifetime to
design and make a clock accurate enough to be able to
assist mariners who, from the heaving deck of a ship could
calculate longitude and find their true position at sea,
had many setbacks but he never gave up and finally achieved
his goal and received recognition and monetary rewards he
so rightfully deserved. (£20,000 from the government
which in the later end of the seventeen hundreds was a
fortune)

Scientists like Thomas Edison after thousands of attempts
and setbacks finely invented the light bulb, he never gave
up.

When we look to the past whether it be business people or
explorers the successful were the ones that were to go that
little bit further and not give up. When asked in an
interview what advice he would give anyone wanting to reach
success Elton John said "find what you like doing and keep
doing it".

Commonsense really if you think about it. If you find
something you like doing and keep doing it you will become
good at it, if you become good at anything you will make
money at it.

About the Author:

Barry Share is the Founder and editorial director of "The
New Lifestyle Programme" Where you can get your copy of the
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