Success

As a highly motivated person, I think the true secret to success is dedication. I'm sitting here not wanting to write any of this because I'm not dedicated to my own thoughts. It's a frequent struggle for me, being so driven, to watch many of my projects slip by the wayside because I'm just not willing to struggle with them for long enough to see them succeed.

I think in giving up one is technically failing to a much greater extent than if they give a full effort and do not achieve what they set out to. Perhaps this is why success is so difficult, at least at a finite level. In order to succeed you have to be willing to fail at full effort, which makes you incredibly vulnerable.

I'm not good at vulnerability. I protect myself in a plethora of ways, and it's not the best. I think that Brene Brown has the right idea:



So maybe it's the case that in order to be successful and willing to try, you really have to be willing to fail, in whatever way that means to you.

I think for me, failing would be to give up on expressing myself merely because only a few people will ever read what I have to say. Perhaps it's fear of the unknown, of loneliness, of change, even, that can make us so unwilling to expose ourselves to others, but if it was easy to bare everything and open up to others, it would no longer be as unique, special, or powerful when it does happen.

Maybe my previous definition of success needs to be revised. I think now I would say that success is to do what you love and what you desire to do, learning to embrace fear and worry as just another piece of the puzzle.