How do you define "success"?

How do you define "success"?

Is success making lots of money? Buying a big house on the water? Helping your kids through college? Being happy? Obtaining the perfect career that you love? Getting to Heaven?

You can see what I'm getting at, none of these things are right or wrong, but they are all different measures of success.

Success is defined as "the accomplishment of one's goals." These goals are your own. YOU get to decide what they are.

Whether your goal is walking on the moon or becoming famous the attitude you need to achieve your personal success is the same.

 First, and most importantly you need to know what you want. Sounds simple enough, right? Set goals for yourself to get you to where you want to be.

Second, you need to have "a burning desire to achieve your goal." - Napoleon Hill (1938) "You cannot just kind of want it, you need to want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe." -Eric Thomas

Third, never give up... NEVER. "Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something, if you have a dream, you've got to protect it." -Will Smith "Many of life's failures are people who didn't realize how close they were to success when they gave up" - Thomas Edison or my personal favorite:

Even if this quick post only helps you for the day, I feel like it is worth it. Come back and reread it on your toughest days. Read somebody else's advice. Watch a motivational video. Comment on your favorite motivation in the comments below. Look at all of the endlessly successful people who failed and kept pushing on to succeed. Then ask yourself, "If everything I wanted was so easy to achieve would it taste as good in the end when I finally get it?"