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Do you dream of being the CEO of a Fortune 500 company? Have you wanted
to buy that new home you’ve dreamed of for so many years? Exactly what is
your idea of success?
Success is having achieved that which you determine you will do!
YOU determine what success is for you. It’s not based on any judgment other
than your own. It’s not dependent upon materialistic measurements. And, for
some, success is the journey, itself.
Success may be something material, such as money or a new home. It could be
something egotistical, as the power and notoriety that comes with the position of
CEO. It could be emotional, as finding love and commitment. Success may
even be unselfish and altruistic, as seeing children in third world countries
healthy and safe. Success has no particular name or identity. There is no one
method to describe what success is, other than the definition above. It means
something different to each individual.
All successful people, however, have one thing in common — determination!
To be a success, you must first determine to be so. Though not always a
conscious decision, the seed that leads to action is to first determine.
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Diane’s story is a great example of having a desire in the conscious
mind, and the subconscious processing it as a determination. Diane’s
love of writing began in middle school, because her friends were writing
short romance stories about their favorite music idols. Diane thought she
would give it a try. Her stories became so popular that she began writing
them in segments. Her classmates couldn’t wait to get the next
installment. From that point, she wrote different types of things — poetry,
philosophy, and sometimes only her thoughts. She won a few writing
competitions in school, but most of her writings were for herself. It was
only a hobby. Something she did to pass time, or a way to put her
thoughts on paper. When she entered college, she didn’t give writing a
second thought. She graduated with a dual degree in psychology and
business management. Diane worked in business for several years;
then, “fell” into the writing profession.
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She thought it just happened; but in truth, each position she held had
some writing responsibilities — first, business reports and editing
manuals, then putting together and writing a monthly newsletter for the
firm. At the job she “fell” into, she started as a secretary, after having
moved to another state. Being used to a heavier workload, they finally
gave her a small job to do for their technical writer, who was writing an
employee handbook for the firm. Between her regular duties, Diane,
who had written a similar handbook at her previous job, filled in the
gaps, extended the contents so the handbook was complete, and gave a
draft to the technical writer for review. Her assignment was only to lay
out what he’d written. To make a long story short, they offered her a job
as a proposal writer, and then a position as their engineering
documentation coordinator, where she wrote customized engineering
manuals. Though it seemed to Diane that she “fell” into the job of
professional writing, she had “determined” it years before while writing
those short stories in middle school. She has now been writing
professionally for over 20 years, including books and novels. When I
once asked her why she didn’t just go to school for English or
Journalism, she said she never thought about it. Her love was
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