I say to myself daily, “I have to be successful”. What does that actually mean?
Success defined by Oxford Languages and Google:
suc·cess
/səkˈses/
- the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
“there is a thin line between success and failure”- the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status.
“her success owed more to hard work than luck” - a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains fame, wealth, etc.
“overall the fair was a great success”
- the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status.
- ACHAIC
the good or bad outcome of an undertaking.
“the good or ill success of their maritime enterprises”
While Jim Rohn stated the following for success and failure:
What is the definition of success? A few simple disciplines practiced every day.
What is the definition of failure? A few errors in judgement repeated every day.
-Jim Rohn
What is my definition? I define success as, in possession of what I want. The word possession does not necessarily mean materialistic, but to me, can also mean non materialistic, such as knowledge. What would life be like when I am able to do everything that I want to do? 🤔️ I wonder if the billionaires of the world are free from life’s limitation of being able to do what they want to do, or are they bound by their “success” and see what they are doing daily being unlimited? 🤔️
If I could do what I truly want to do, what would I be doing? Until just know, I have really never asked this question. I currently do not know, and maybe why I am where I am doing what I am doing because I have no direction of where or what I really want to do. The day leads me, instead of me leading my day. Huh! Amazing that I have never thought of this. Maybe this is the definition of failure that Jim Rohn spoke about, my errors in judgement. Well, another thing I need to correct, and change my failures to success by Jim Rohn’s definition! Making the necessary changes. I have made some major changes in my life in 2026, and the year has just started!
I believe, to me, there are many ways to succeed, but the first success is to get started!
