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There are many different ways to become successful. There are also many different
definitions of what success even is. The truth is everyone takes different paths to become what
they believe a successful path in life is. In this essay I will go over what I believe is a successful
path for me in life and how I will go about achieving my goal of success in life. As stated before,
there are many great options of success in life of which I can respect and appreciate all, but this
path is mine.
My definition of success is not really to complicated. I do believe that finances are
typically somewhat of a designation of how a person’s level of success may be in life. However,
I do believe that happiness in life is a very important part of life, and even though a person may
not be successful financially wise, they can still have a successful mindset in life by simply being
happy in life and enjoying every moment for what it is. That also means that just because a
person may not be financially successful in life right now, does not mean they are condemned to
stay the same as they are right now. If they have that positive and successful mindset and
approach life with a motive, they can then be much more likely to achieve their goal in life and
obtain the finances that they always intended they would accumulate. And on top of all that, they
would still have that same positive and beautiful mindset that they had from the very beginning.
Everyone can find motivation in many different aspects of life. Finding that motivation
may not always be that easy. This is when you have to get out there in life and just try new things
and just experience life for what it has to offer. I have always been an advocate of, “I’ll try
almost anything at least once”. A great example for me would be food. There are many different
foods both foreign from other countries and also simply things that I didn’t try. But nonetheless,
I will always be interested and curious to see how something would taste. I approach life with the
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same motive of, “hey, I didn’t try this so why not give it a shot and see how I might like it”.
Obviously you have to use your better judgment and not just do and try every single new thing in
life, because as the old saying goes, “to much of a good thing can become a bad thing”. So just
use your general common sense when making your decisions, find that good equilibrium and you
will see just how much better life can be.
Being self-aware is a very important part of being successful. You have to be aware of
where you are in life to be able to change something. If you don’t recognize that something must
change in your life, how can you take action to then change it. Is every decision you make in life
one that would be beneficial to your success? Do you always try your very best at all the tasks
you take on in life? Are you a dedicated person who is persistent with what it takes to achieve
your goals in life? These are the questions you should be thinking about and solving for yourself.
Only you can answer these questions on your own behalf and other questions alike.
Failure is a key to being successful in life. I can’t even stress how important this sentence
even is. Next to no one is successful their first try and if they are, they will not remain consistent
for to long. The only way to truly improve is to fail and get back up again and keep going. A
great example which is also closely related to me would be those who are committed to weighttraining. I am a person who has been dedicated to weight-training for a couple of years at the
time of me writing this essay. I know just how strict of a regiment you must follow and how
dedicated you must be in order to see the results you want to achieve. It is something in which I
believe is one of the most self-dedicated aspects of life you can dive into. Anyone can go a few
times and quit, but it truly shows how much you love something to be able to stick with it for the
amount of time you must in weight-training to see and achieve your goals.
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Failure can be that one thing that differentiates you from the crowd. Failure can be that
one thing that separates one from being a champion versus one from not being a champion. It’s
all a mixture of self-awareness and wanting to see a change, you also must do extensive proper
research so that you can create goals that are feasible, then you have to go out there and try, then
continuously fail only to get up again the next day and try it again. Now over course I know
weight-training is not everyone’s passion in life. But that’s what the fun part of life is supposed
to be. Going out there and trying new things and seeing what you like.
I had many different things that I enjoy doing in life because I went out there and
experienced them and found a love within them. For example, one thing I enjoyed doing a lot
was playing and training for basketball. When I was younger, it was a passion of mine and I still
love the sport dearly and, in many ways, it shaped me into who I am today. However, I have
come to realize how much more I found a love for weight-training. I am someone who has very
few regrets because I try and take all the shots I want to in life, however, if I can say one of my
few regrets in life, it would be not diving into weight-training sooner. But I do believe things
happen for a reason and maybe it just was not the right time for me to move on from basketball
to weight-training. Nonetheless, I cannot go back in time and change things, but I can change my
future from this point on. And I’m going to keep experiencing all that life has to offer and just
keep growing and changing from here and into the untold future.