Know that you are Already a Success

TNG

Researching and dissecting what success is and what is not has allowed me to make a simple conclusion about it.  Many people think that it comes in a Big package with a red bow on it.  Many believe that it is a zillion dollars in the bank without having a care in the world. And some believe that it is being known by many people who they don't or will ever know.  Being in a society of instant gratification, we always miss the most important components of success or what being successful is all about.

We forget that we must pay our dues.  Meaning Hard Work is the element needed to achieve anything great.  I was sitting here thinking about the last two years of my life.  Honestly, it has been bitter sweet.
Bitter meaning  I have to always count the cost before making a decision involving finances.
Sweet meaning that I have been able to pursue and walk in my purpose.  Entrepreneurship and writing has always been what I have been commissioned to do and be.  I am so grateful that I am doing what I absolutely love to do.  When I reminisce, I am reminded of wearing my mother's heels to teach my sisters (they will tell you I was always the teacher).  I am reminded of writing in my journals and creating short stories, just because.  I am reminded of being an A student in one of the hardest English teacher's class at the high school I attended.  So the sweet trumps the bitter when you take a look at it like that.

Anything worth having or being great at, will take more Hard Work than you'll ever know.  While you are toiling, pushing, and being relentless, that is when you are at your best.  This is what Success is...

1.  It is never ever giving up.
2.  It is forever working on what you love.
3.  It is understanding and knowing that you are already a Success just because of your determination, tenacity, and burning desire to be what you know you should be.

When you look at ALL of the Great people of our time (i.e. Oprah, Shawn Carter, Suze Orman, Tyler Perry etc.), also take a look at their time line. There were so many failures in getting it right, and restructuring, and being broke as a joke, and most importantly adversity.  Dale C. Bronner said it best when he stated that every adversity is a bridge to victory.  The fame came after their Success and that is the conclusion I have come to, in understanding what the Big "S" is and what is not.