"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

– Albert Einstein --

What is success? Success stems from hard work, dedication, and motivation.
Success is comparable to chef’s perfect recipes, an engineer’s final drawing, or a
scientist’s research, which leads to saving lives. Without trial and error, there is no
such thing as success. A large contributor to ones success is making mistakes and
then learning from those mistakes.

Perhaps the most important realization that an individual can make in their
quest for personal growth is that there is no single formula that defines the path to
personal success. We all have different goals and priorities, which mean that
different activities and attitudes will make us feel good about ourselves. So how is
it that we can define success for each individual based upon his or her natural
strengths and weaknesses as well as inherited personality type? To be successful is
to understand what is important to you, to recognize your weaknesses without
hiding behind them, to strive for balance as well as open new doors in life.
Each personality type has views on what it is that makes them successful.
Often, many people state their views of success based on what someone else's idea
of what it is to be successful. However, among all these ideas of what it is to be
successful a common idea is drawn. Successful means being able to understand
what is important to you. If we spend our time and effort trying to meet somebody
else's idea of success, and ignore or belittle any of our contrasting views, then we
will find ourselves exhausted and unhappy. One cannot be successful until they
have reached this mindset of happiness; it is not possible for one to be successful
unless they are happy with their goals and achievements. Successfulness is the
ability to understand what goals you strive for in life, and prioritizing so that you
are able to achieve them. Realizing what is truly important to us is a major step
towards achieving personal success.
Personal success can be had when one knows their limitations. Being
successful means recognizing our weaknesses without hiding behind them. To be
successful one must discover who they are as a person and weather or not they
make decisions based on thinking or on feelings.