Success is a Journey, Not a Destination
Do you dream of the day you're finally successful?
Well, stop it.
Success is not a place to go, a destination, a final state of being.
When an actor finally wins an Oscar, do they stop acting? In many cases, that's when their career really takes off.
How about an author? If you're going to be published, there are so many milestones, so many stumble stones:
- starting
- sticking to it
- finishing the book
- marketing
Any one of these can stop an aspiring author cold. Every one overcome is a success.
And when it's over, many authors start all over again. They're successful, too.
Stop dreaming of being successful someday. Success is not a destination.
Success is action. Success is overcoming. Success is when you woo the muse every day, when you find another way to be creative in your business, when you give generously without thought of repayment.
Success is what you're doing right now, every day.
You are successful.
Recognize it. Make it a habit. Ride it to your dreams—but let some of them be, not someday, but now.
What do you think? Agree? Disagree? It's not a conversation until you say something. Go ahead. Speak up.
2 Responses to Success is a Journey, Not a Destination
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Yup, I know the picture. That's the way it is. I always think about the line Tom Hanks says as Joe Banks in Joe Vs. the Volcano: "Been a long time on a crooked road coming here to find you."
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We've been passing around a success graphic at work. I printed it out and have it posted on my wall. I think it might be a gaping void creation, but I don't know.
I wish I could attach it here in the comments, but since I can't, I'll attempt to describe it.
It's basically two side by side pictures with a 'Success' title at the top of each one. On the left is a picture of a straight diagonal line with an arrow on the upper end pointing up (as if it were a graph showing sales are up.) Underneath the picture is a caption that reads "What people think success looks like."
On the right hand side is a line that starts the same as the other diagonal one, except it then squiggles all over, looking like a hairball, and ends up with the arrow pointing upward in the same place as the other one. The caption on the bottom reads, "What success really looks like."
Pretty simple, but powerful.
Thanks for the encouragement. I am successful.