The success snowball effect.
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How many times have you said or heard someone else say that they want to be successful or some variation of the kind.
Success is a very subjective matter. The dictionary defines success as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Since we are all aiming for different achievements, what I call success will be different than what you’d call success.
The person who sets a goal to run a marathon and completes it is no more successful than the person who set the goal to run a 5k and achieved it.
In many ways, the person who set the goal to achieve a 5k and achieved it is more successful that than the person who set the goal to run a marathon but only ran half of it.
Sure they did indeed accomplish running further, but that doesn’t make them successful. They didn’t reach what they set out to do.
Now this isn’t to say that we should set low goals. But perhaps if we are feeling unsuccessful, we would be wise to set a goal that is small and could be achieved fairly quickly.
You’ve probably heard of the snowball effect. I’d argue that goals, achievement and success can operate under this principle. We start small to get the ball rolling. Let’s use running as an example. Perhaps the first goal is to run one mile. Then it’s to run it faster, then to run farther and longer.
Each time we set set the bar a little higher, just enough to stretch us but within our reach of achievement. This starts to create a positive cycle of goal setting and achievement which leads to a sense and feeling of success which continues to helix upwards to greater and greater accomplishment.
I want to live a happy, successful and fulfilling life, reach my potential and help others do the same.