How important is success?

Thoughts on Success

We all live in a time where “success” seems to measure an individual’s worthiness.

The question must be how we define success and, more importantly, who defines success for us. An over-emphasis on material success at the expense of emotional or spiritual success could be considered a particular issue in today’s world.

Success is the progressive realisation of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. -Paul J. Meyer

The Secret of Success

A boy once asked a wise old man what the secret to success is.

After listening to the boy’s question, the wise man told the boy to meet him at the river in the morning, and he would be given the answer there.

In the morning, the wise man and the boy began walking toward the river. They continued on into the river, past the point of the water covering their nose and mouth. At this time, the wise man ducked the boy into the water.

As he struggled to get out, the wise man continued to push him further down. The boy felt a fish slip by his leg and squirmed to get up even harder. The man eventually pulled the boy’s head up so he could get air. The boy gasped as he inhaled a deep breath of air.