In our daily schedule and busy lives, there are some lonely moments when we tend to think about where we are going in life! Is this the life we always wanted to live? Can we say that we are living a successful life, or even heading towards one? Or as a matter of fact, do we even know what success in life is?!
Is it getting a high paying job, or having a successful life partner, or something else? Do you define success as “Having a good job, making good money and having a good marriage?” Well, that statement may be true initially, but think about it, a high paying job is most of the time associated with a lot of stress and responsibilities, working even overtime, with no time to spend with family, not even with yourself… so can that be called true success?
Think about getting married to your true love, but then there comes a turbulent time in each and every married life where you have to meet the demands of marriage, work and yourself. At that point of time, would you call your life a true success?
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s very simple, really. Double your failure rate. You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success, but that’s not the whole story. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Do everything you can. Because remember, that’s where you’ll find success.”— Thomas J. WatsonAnna r
What are the keys to success in life?
How to achieve success in life really depends on what success means to you! If you tell me then having a well-paying job or getting married to your boyfriend cannot define success. I would call my life a true success if I am content with the way my life is, and if I live my life with a peaceful mind. My life would be a true success if I have time to laugh with my family, explore new places with them, and listen to their opinions about life. Can you do that? The reason why most people are able to be satisfied and happy with their lives is because they are not content with their life.
First, we struggle to get into a good university, then we struggle to get a good job, then we struggle to match the expectations of the job, then we struggle with our own life to maintain a balance in our personal and professional life, and then we keep struggling with our thoughts, when it is not a successful life!
We look for motivational answers to our questions, read great success quotes, and write to help get a sense of where we’re going in life…and now. While these things help, they’re just a snapshot of the essential keys that can help you become happier and more content with life.
Before learning more about what it means to be successful in life, take a look at these links. They will definitely help you understand what it is and how to achieve success in life:
How to Become Rich and Successful
How to achieve more in life by copying what successful people do
Earn to live, don’t live to earn
You would be surprised to know that most people define success by getting a good, well-paying job. But what we are forgetting today is that work is just a means to make your life easier and not to forget how to live your life easily! What is the point of making a lot of money if you don’t make time for the people who are most important to you in life. After all, you are earning for them and you alone, right?
Value what is most important, learn to prioritize
It is very important to prioritize the things that are most important in your life. Is family more important, or do you give more importance to your job or career? I remember having a discussion about this with my aunt, where she told me that she keeps her priorities in a jar. She says that family is the top priority, then symbolizes it as pebbles and keeps them in the jar. Next is money, yes symbolize it as sand and put a layer of sand on top of the pebbles and so on. Once you have prioritized, give it your time and symbolize it with water the moment you pour it into the jar, it gets soaked in all your priorities.
Maintain a balance between your work and professional life
Continuing with the above mentioned point, the next step is to be able to achieve a balance in each of the aspects of life, which is by far the most important and the most difficult to do. A balance can be established only if you follow some rules in life. If you are living a life that has no rules, there is nothing and it should not be that way, then it becomes very difficult to know what to do.
Be proud of yourself, but respect others!
It is very difficult to maintain a balance for these people who are always looking for more and yet are happy with the people they are currently living. More or less, it becomes necessary to be grateful for everything you have achieved in life and be proud of yourself as a person. Another key to success and balance in life is to be sure about the truth but also respect what others say. A person who respects elders and values their advice always becomes more successful in life as compared to those who are overshadowed with overconfidence and superiority.
Peace of mind and contentment
Another important aspect that can make you realize how successful you are in life is how satisfied you feel with your life. Sometimes when you are confused, you should always look at your near and dear ones. Because they are the only ones who remind you how beautiful love is, how beautiful life is! Before that, it is also very important to choose a life partner who should always remind you and help you count your blessings. Trust me, even if you don’t have the best paying job in the world, but you are blessed with a highly supportive set of friends and family, you will feel like the luckiest person on earth.
Be happy with what you have, don’t regret what you don’t have?
It’s sad to say, but most people tend to focus on the things they don’t have, rather than the things they do have. For example, you may be sad because a managerial position opened up in your company and someone else was chosen instead of you. However, you fail to realize that there may be thousands of candidates who may be dying to be in the position you are in right now. Until then, when you feel unhappy or sad, count your blessings and tell God what He has given you. Sometimes, counting the coins in your hand is better than mourning that you didn’t get any gold.
Live harmoniously, respect others, count your blessings and be young at heart. All these qualities are of people who are optimistic in life and understand the fact that living life successfully is about enjoying each and every moment, to wait for moments when you can truly enjoy your life. Of course, life is about moving forward and not standing still. But then, in the end, it is the experience you get from the journey of life, more than the destination you have headed towards.
Success in life may be different for different people, but living happily and enjoying every moment is the main key to becoming successful in life !
So, what are you doing NOW to live a successful life?
