Steps to Success

In the last few posts we have discussed how to win success and what it takes to win it. Today, I wish to warn you that success should not be confused with mere amassing of wealth, collecting a fat salary on an easy job, reaching the pinnacle of glory as a politician, a writer or an inventor, or enjoying thunderous applause as public speaker, an athlete, or a sports hero.
Success is more than the mere achievement of an objective. Take the case of the man who was determined to forego all leisure, pastimes and enjoyment in order to spend every moment on amassing wealth. His aim was to be rich enough to afford eating a chicken for supper every night. When he finally became that rich he had no appetite for chicken and no teeth to chew it. Would you say that such a man had won Success? Certainly not!
There are others who reach the pinnacle of fame; and in their pursuit of power have lost all their friends. When the world lies at their feet, they lose the zest for life; and some of them have finally committed suicide out of sheer boredom.