Is that the success you want?

I saw a film today. It was about a man doing an impossible thing. What he did is unimportant, the point is that he did what everybody else thought was impossible. - He's crazy, they said, - that's never going to happen. But it did.

The question you have to ask yourself, trying to achieve some goal you set up, is: - Do I really want this success? - Is this what I really want? Because one of the key points about success is that you have a burning desire to get there. One thing successful people have in common is, that they all know exactly what they want and then go for it.

Are you aiming at a promotion just because it is expected from you? Would it really make any difference to you if you succeded? Do you want to be a millionaire? - most people would answer yes to the question, but most millionaires admit that it didn't make them happy. To be successful you have to feel successful. If you don't feel the rush of happiness, then you did not succeed in getting where you wanted to go.

Take a second, a minute, a whole year if needed, to realise what you want. Because achieving a goal that you have a burning desire to reach, will give you the greatest feeling of success. It will make you stronger and help you go even further.

Along the road to your goals, there are many other, less desirable things, you need to do. You have to reach some milestones before you reach your goal. You have to identify what is needed to be done to get what you want. Do not mistake what is needed to be done, with your goals for success. Money, for example, is nice to have. It is a mean to help you to get what you want. Very few people are happy about having money, it's what they can do with the money that makes them happy.

Find out what you want and put up some milestones to keep you on track.