To talk about this term, there are as many definitions as there are people in the world. Throughout history its conception and look has changed, its meaning is also seen culturally in different ways.
Nowadays, Thanks to the impact and scope of social networks, the concept of success is slowly being deconstructed. Until a few years ago (I dare say pre-pandemic) we considered socially successful a person who achieved economic, professional goals, even the gaze was set on someone who had achieved what “ideal and socially expected” in all areas of your life.
Currently, this concept is losing strength, and success is beginning to be talked about as what each person considers it, based on their achievements and experiences.
Etymologically speaking, the word success comes from the Latin “exit” what does it mean end, exit, end”, as a result of a path or process.
From philosophy, great thinkers like Nietzsche and Aristotle spoke of success as “achieve happiness”but the first ensures that in addition to obtaining something desired, it is also when it is socially validated and recognized as such.
From my experience, having traveled the path of entrepreneurship, with all that this entails on a professional and personal level, I consider that to formulate an equation of success that applies to all our domains of life, it is necessary to have a clear objective and follow it with passion: a north, or vision of what we want for ourselves and/or our environment or business, that moves us; a high tolerance for frustration (what we consider not achieved, a stumbling block, or an undone expectation), learn to accept what was not as we expected, and as soon as possible continue persisting on the path to the goal; Courage: this quality of bravery to continue, in the face of something that we consider to be risky or dangerous, such as undertaking in a complex economic context, or to go against what is expected of us; and finally the generation of habits: regular and repeated behaviors that, based on discipline, feed the objective.
Even when we are clear about what we want, what we see as success and its equation, there is always a margin of inaction that is everything that does not depend on us, therefore, we only have to enjoy the journey to the fullest.
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by CEDOC
