Idea 6: True success
For the cause that lacks assistance,For the wrong that needs resistance,For the future in the distance,And the good that I can do.
George Linnaeus Banks
To succeed, according to the dictionary, means to attain or to be attaining a desired end. Both people and things succeed when they are effective in gaining their purposes or ends, either in particular or in general. The antithesis of success is failure.
What does success mean to you?
Exercise
My object in living is:
People who are commonly described as successful by others are usually doing relatively well financially, it is true. But to be successful implies more than even a modest degree of prosperity: it suggests the fulfillment of certain goals or ambitions, independent ...
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