Success Essay: Success Is The Key To Success

While growing up, I have often been told to be successful at what I do. Success is what drives human beings to achieve greatness. But what does it mean to be successful? Many people would say that being successful is being good at a task, but success can mean something different to everybody. To me, being successful is loving what I do, staying positive even if failing at first, and feeling a sense of pride or accomplishment when finished. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” This quote by Herman Cain, an author and radio host, which properly explains how I view success. It is my mom that distilled in me from a very young age that being successful means to love what I do, and she has encouraged me to always do so. She has always told me that if something is not necessary and I do not enjoy it, not to do it. Even if it is just to stop reading an unenjoyable book or a future career choice.

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Perseverance is the next step after failure, and has been said to be the power key to success. Perseverance is an attitude of persisting an idea to achieve success, in spite of facing many obstructions or failures. My mom also taught me to persevere and try again if I am ever unsuccessful. When I was really young, and was learning how to do a new task like tie my shoes, my mom would not assist me after she knew that I knew the proper way to tie my shoes. She would make me sit on the floor and start to tie my shoes about half an hour before we had to leave to go somewhere. She would encourage me and not rush me until I finally got my shoes tied. It took me some time to learn and tie my shoes well, but eventually I did. Now I know the value of perseverance when it comes to success in life. When people persevere and work harder for their success, they usually have a larger sense of pride or accomplishment when they do