Success is a glorious phase of life that is earned with a lot of determination and strong headedness. There is no hard and fast rule as to how one can taste the flavor of success in life, but there are certain parameters on which one weighs the achievements and accomplishments of a person. Consider your ambition as a dart board and you have to ace the test by shooting the arrow at the right point. Your choices, actions, words, and dexterity can only place you on the crest of the waves in life. In simple words, where defeat can trigger the pull in you to become resilient, success makes you tougher than ever before. Success makes you a fighter and not just any other fighter, but the one who never looks back.

Here is a list of 10 things that you can learn from success:

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1. Success – The Path of Thrones Glided with Ornate

Success looks very endearing on the outside, but actually it is a path embedded with spines that crush your soul when you lose hope. It can be deduced that success comes with a lot of responsibility that demands extraordinary inputs from your side. So, you have to walk on this path, whether you like it or not. As it is said “Every Rose has a thorn” so does the path of success.

2. Consistency and Perseverance

Success pinches you and then it just fades way in no time. It happens when your success lacks a continuous course of actions and persistence. There are many examples where people have reached the zenith of success and have become arrogant. Such people fear the loss of their fame and wealth because their arrogance compels them to minimize their efforts as they believe that they have reached their saturation point. In fact, perseverance is something that knocks the door of all the losers and pushes them to move forward.

3. Overnight Success Is Never Long Lasting

How many actors have you seen who have gained popularity overnight have been able to sail smooth in Bollywood? Remember the main leads from ‘Aashique’ film or the stars in the film ‘Love Story’ from 1980s? These actors could not maintain their stardom; this is what happens in common man’s life as well. Gaining success for once is easy, but to retain that success is even harder. So, don’t let your lives be blown away by such acute success pops and search for a better protract solution.

4. Believe, Retrieve and Achieve

Do you remember the mantra mentioned in the movie “The Duff?” If not, then here it is for you, to recover from stress in life, there is a three level theory to it – Believe, Retrieve and Achieve. It simply means that you need to have a strong belief in yourself. Do not underestimate or overestimate yourself. Then, retrieve the courage from your strengths and weaknesses to bounce back in form. Finally, when you have conquered self-belief and motivation, then you are ready to keep your eyes on your goal and achieve it.

5. Burn The Midnight Oil

Hard work and success are the two terms that complete one another. To possess talent is one thing, but having unprecedented will to polish it and putting in consistent efforts to reach the far flung goal is something that everyone does not have. So, the simplest way to guarantee success to oneself is sheer hard work.

6. Measure The Milestones

A person’s rewards are not counted by the number of trophies or certificates that one gains; rather it is gauged by the struggles that one goes through. The benchmarks that a person sets for his/her life become the historic achievement of his/her life. Records, medals, and prizes are just flashy items; they are not an authentic display of your momentous achievements. You need to rise above these materialistic benefits.

7. Mistakes Are Bound to Happen

Success is the outcome of mistakes and their rectification. Without committing blunders, you would not get to know whether you are doing something right or not. So, success does not come with ease. If you think that you can beat your chart of flaws and create a record of your own, then success will eventually touch your feet.

8. Don’t Forget About the Favors

As it is said that “Behind every successful man, there is always a woman’s hand,” it is not just a woman’s helping hand, but there are many well-wishers who always stand beside you during your highs and lows. Don’t ever forget about the act of benevolence that your benefactors show towards you during your days of hardships. Remember that you could also become the ladder for someone else’s success too. To display gratitude is another way of saying that you are grounded and humble.

9. Fate and Feat Are Intertwined

Destiny is certainly given a lot of importance by people when it comes to gaining success in life. People consider destiny to be the game changer. The reality is that fate is just one of the factors that mark the way to success, but it can’t be called the ultimate road that ends with fruitful benefits. Destiny is a canvass that you need to paint with your colors. Splinter the paints as you like and don’t give undue importance to fate. Your fate changes with a fraction of second; so don’t rely too much on your destiny and have faith in your ability.

10. Be Ahead of Others

In the race of two competitors, who do you wish to become – the one who pulls back the other competitor to win the race or the one who takes a few steps ahead for the victory? The latter would always lead to a prolonged satisfactory accomplishment in life and the former would result in exactly the opposite. It means that being successful preaches that to let the dice be loaded on your side, you need to select the honest way to have an upper hand over others. You have to be prudent; otherwise you’ll end up doing constant mistakes that will make your life a labyrinth.

Success is timeless. If you embrace it with grace, it stays with you forever and if you disrespect it, it hits you back on your face. Do you want to know the real essence of human life? Let me tell you that humans survive on their meager income, but what earns them self-esteem is their achievement. Different perspective towards life leads to the diversity in the living conditions and that is why the success story of every individual differs from one another. So, what are you up to? Are you not desperate enough to chase your dreams? So, don’t hold back, just spread out the red carpet and shimmer the happiness in your life with your deeds.

Success is simple. Do what is right, the right way, and at the right time.

Arnold H. Glasgow