This was the question my friend, Monika asked in the comment section of one of posts which I titled "Discipline". She is a smart person and she knows I would write about it. Thanks for the heads up, Mo.
Her question is thought-provoking and I love questions like that because it makes you take a pause, ponder and re-evaluate your steps. It makes you remember the things you have abandoned which you shouldn't have and also know how to measure the progress you have made so far.
Success or being successful is relative and we all have different yardsticks to which we can measure what we call success in life. What is success to one might not necessarily be success to another but it doesn't mean we have to reduce what others have achieved through sheer hard work into rubbles. Everyone makes progress, I believe, even if for some it might be slower and for others, it might be faster. When opportunity meets readiness, success is inevitable and this is why we need to always be ready in whatever chosen field we have carved out for ourselves so that we won't be caught unawares when the opportunity comes.
A lot of people want different things in life. For some, having a child means they are successful while for others, getting married is a pinnacle for them. Others might be buying that long-coveted car while for others building that dream house would be the real deal. For others, it might be gaining admission into the University of their choice while for others it might also be graduating from that institution. We can only understand what success means to most if we only understand where they are coming from. For some, they are the first person to gain admission in their family combined while the same might be the case for the person celebrating his or her graduation.
Success shouldn't be a one-off, it's a measurable step as we keep moving in life because the moment we have attained one level, the more we want another target set and that's how life is. Success is a reoccurring process that we have to subject ourselves to as our goals and dreams keep changing after initial accomplishments. This is why we don't have to plateau when we achieve a certain level of success. We have to keep pushing ourselves to attain more. We have to constantly set goals and when we have achieved them, we have to set even greater ones. Yesterday's achievement they say, it's tomorrow's mediocrity. You don't and shouldn't live on past achievements if you truly want to be relevant and be successful.
You can't say because you have gotten the child you wish to have then you won't take care of that child. It doesn't mean you won't send that child to the best of schools for quality education and give that child the necessities of life. You won't say because you have graduated you won't bother looking for jobs or doing something to earn a living. You won't say because you have gained that admission into your preferred University or school, you won't study so that you can graduate. Every success we have attained opens us to push further to achieve more and consolidate that success.
To answer Monika's question, I would say, yes, I am successful and I still want to attain more success. The stage I am presently was what I was praying and working to achieve many years ago; family-wise, financial wise, creativity wise and the lives God has used me to help along the way. My purpose in life has always been infused into helping people along the way in whatever target I hope to achieve. I've had to help a lot of people in relationships, I've had to touch the hearts of a lot of people in words and gestures and that alone, to me, it's a success. I've always wanted to have people thanking God for coming in contact with me while I allow my influence to spread like fragrance.
Just like I said, for everything I have achieved, there is always more to be done. I don't say because I now have a family, I now have people I help or I've gotten what I prayed for many years ago that I won't want to improve, of course, just like everyone else, I want to. It's hard to understand how hard people work when there is not so much to show for it yet but we need to keep at it because when preparation meets opportunity, success is inevitable and I am ready...prepared.
The next target that would make me call myself a success is to write that book... In the last Life's series I did, a lot of people told me I need to put it into books, so as of today, I am working on two books at the same time and it would be a success determinant for me too. The sales of it would be another target to face but one step at a time.
This post also appeared here and it's my original work on my blog on [Read.Cash](https://read.cash/@Olasquare/do-you-consider-yourself-to-be-a-successful-person-bef788bc).
Thank you for your time.
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