The Key to Success in Life

Famous spiritual leader and philosopher Swami Vivekananda, once said the way to success is to

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone." To me this quote embodies what is it takes to be successful. Much like a marathon the goal isn't to come in first place and win but to simply finish and to do that you have to want to keep going, the pace at which you do so is irrelevant as long as you finish. Success has no definite definition like love it has many different meanings and holds true to different things for different people. Although society has its claims on what success may look and feel like the path to becoming successful cannot be written down into theories and statics. Whether your meaning of success initials money, being happy, or another personal gain, one must work to obtain this. Personally I can argue that there is no actual specific key to success but many keys to achieving it , it is said that “it isn’t always the destination but the journey that was all worth it”, success should be measured by the amount of dedication, determination and passion put into making it real.

Outliers: the Story of Success, written by Malcolm Gladwell, explains that there are perhaps specific formulas and scenarios one can follow and in turn become successful from it. For example in the book the outliers the author describes whats called the 10,000 hour rule which claims that it was “In fact, researchers [that] have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.” To me this is saying that only when someone has practiced som...

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... therefore making our ideas of success very different. Personally being happy with what you've done is success , making the amount of money to where your comfortable is success , having a family that you are proud of and love is success in its own and being happy with what you surround yourself with is success. Everyone's idea of it embodies who they are and how they view themselves, my only hope on success is that I never stop having that extreme hungry for it. To be successful you have to want it and be dedicated to that single goal without wavering from it , you have to be determined in mind body and soul and you have to really have the passion so that in the end you are happy by it. In my eyes success isn't something you can touch and feel like money, it's on other words intangible, it's something that warms your heart and fuels your fire for personal greatness.