I recently read a series on a forum where someone fired other people who wrote successfully. He argued that they wrote successfully, but they did not succeed.
I did not notice, just smiling and the others drowning in waste which was nothing more than a talk of self-glorification. To make such a statement he must have had very little idea of success, which may have been related to great success and wealth. Even in the narrowest of meanings, how could he possibly know in the world that some successful writers have succeeded? He could not.
By that statement, he had shocked almost everyone in the world who could write. Success is a personal and individual success. You can examine the life of anyone else, and point out success in their lives; and if they can write, they can write successfully. Such achievements might go beyond a haughty person who judges people based on their wealth. However, that little success in that person's life may be of limited value to that person, whether a child, a teenager, or an adult, and his or her family and friends.
Success is always related to, and can relate to, any part of human existence. No one should be dismissed as a failure. One can, of course, fail at some endeavor; however, if they withdraw from the effort at all, it means that they are “more successful” than the person who did not have the motivation to do so, even though he wanted to.
It can even mean “success” and “failure” at the same time. I take an example from my life, when I was in my late teens I wrote my first two novels. I felt very satisfied, and I considered the second novel at least a success, even though I had never found a publisher and never made a penny of it. As a novelist, I was a failure; yet I felt successful.
When contemplating your success, you should keep in mind the meaning of the dictionary, just to help you keep it in perspective: success is “an event that accomplishes its intended purpose.” That's exactly what it is; it does not have to be an elaborate treasure, nor does it have to be public.
The most obvious success, of course, is visible in society and can often be accompanied by significant wealth. However, you will often find those successes preceded by many small and intangible achievements, as well as failures, all of which were essential to that ultimate and great success that everyone today sees.
For example, a famous and successful musician may have had his first success in knowing his first guitar song. It was an important achievement, but it was small and meaningless at the time. The same artist may have started to play in public, where everything went wrong and the audience roared, and those present dismissed him as a failure. However, it was an important step in their final success.
Long-term success in anything depends on a series of steps, each of which must be taken to reach the destination. Each step can be a step in the right direction, or sometimes a failure that triggers a long-term effort to achieve success in the long run. Each is as important as the other.
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