What Being a Success Means?
We all want to be successful don’t we? It is absolutely normal to wish for success and whom should we ask how to attain it if not the very people who achieved it themselves?
What is success though?
Trying a definition, success is to achieve your goals and to be among the best in your field of interest. In addition to that, one should also have all the other important fields in a good balance. In other words you can be the best in business but at the expense of your family life. Yes success has a price and it is painful to realize that you arrived in the top of the pyramid…alone… because you’ve lost the dear ones on the process.
But is the other side better? A happy family and just enough money to live decently? Well, after seeking advice from the wisest of human kings, the King Solomon, I have come to his conclusion: "better a piece of bread and love than loads of meat and hate."
But is a happy family enough? Is that all there is to success?
Successful businesses do have trustworthy advisers, experienced and trained people who’ve "been there, done that" experts who can give essential information to propel companies higher and to avoid unseen disasters. This is a key to success: a good adviser! It never hurts to hear more opinions and use your discernment to see what would work best in your case, but even the best of them might fail under certain circumstances.
Yes, a business can go well in a stabile economy and following certain steps like a good market research, good promotion strategy and a good "stay on top" plan. However there are things that cannot be foreseen, for instance what goes on in America’s economy today; it is a major crisis and experts try to find the way out.
Even if most economists’ advice relies on the principle "better prevent than cure" , not everything can be prevented. Therefore, you can have the best human experts in the field you want to be a success in but keep in mind that there are situations that no man can anticipate, circumstances that do not depend on us. So best advisers and improper circumstances can lead to a dead end on the success road.
What to do? Where can you find everything you need for success?
Looking at the life of the Best of the Best, we see 2 main ingredients for His success: (1) total dependency on His Adviser, (2) Total dependency on His Adviser and we could add a third which would be "TOTAL dependency on His Adviser" once more. You have probably guessed by now that I am talking about the most influential figure in history, namely Jesus Christ, God’s Son. If He was so dependent on His Father, on God and we see today a life lived with the highest meaning and being the greatest success, shouldn’t we take the same Adviser?
When we have God as our Leader, Friend and Father, we have everything we need to live our life to the highest of our potential because we will know what to do, when to do and how to accomplish the goals of our life.
Because God knows everything about the future, there is nothing to catch Him by surprise, causing a crisis where HE wouldn’t know what to do. No, there is no such thing with God. Adonai’s advice is most valuable because He is the Wisest, He has all the power (power that He gave to His Son Jesus Christ) and He loves you intensely that’s why HE did and does everything out of love.
Without God’s advice, our pathway would be so slippery that no man could walk on it, but God holds the hand of those who ask for His guidance, tells them the right direction and also warns them about the wrong direction and its consequences and you’ll know where to go, avoiding thus a disastrous end. God never forced anyone to choose the right way, He gave us free will but He warned us about the consequences. Here are God’s words: "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants" Deuteronomy 30:19
What is success? I believe success is knowing God’s plan for your life and following that plan as Jesus Christ did, in complete surrender to God’s will. You couldn’t do a better, smarter, filled with more love and joy plan! God’s plan for your life will ALWAYS exceed your wildest dreams and expectations! Oh, I can tell you for a fact, not just a story! When I saw a little of God’s plan for me, I said "Incredible! WOOOW! I would have NEVER dreamt!"
Yes, a life with God is so exciting! It is a daily adventure! Try it, taste it and you will see!
Trying a definition, success is to achieve your goals and to be among the best in your field of interest. In addition to that, one should also have all the other important fields in a good balance. In other words you can be the best in business but at the expense of your family life. Yes success has a price and it is painful to realize that you arrived in the top of the pyramid…alone… because you’ve lost the dear ones on the process.
But is the other side better? A happy family and just enough money to live decently? Well, after seeking advice from the wisest of human kings, the King Solomon, I have come to his conclusion: "better a piece of bread and love than loads of meat and hate."
But is a happy family enough? Is that all there is to success?
Successful businesses do have trustworthy advisers, experienced and trained people who’ve "been there, done that" experts who can give essential information to propel companies higher and to avoid unseen disasters. This is a key to success: a good adviser! It never hurts to hear more opinions and use your discernment to see what would work best in your case, but even the best of them might fail under certain circumstances.
Yes, a business can go well in a stabile economy and following certain steps like a good market research, good promotion strategy and a good "stay on top" plan. However there are things that cannot be foreseen, for instance what goes on in America’s economy today; it is a major crisis and experts try to find the way out.
Even if most economists’ advice relies on the principle "better prevent than cure" , not everything can be prevented. Therefore, you can have the best human experts in the field you want to be a success in but keep in mind that there are situations that no man can anticipate, circumstances that do not depend on us. So best advisers and improper circumstances can lead to a dead end on the success road.
What to do? Where can you find everything you need for success?
Looking at the life of the Best of the Best, we see 2 main ingredients for His success: (1) total dependency on His Adviser, (2) Total dependency on His Adviser and we could add a third which would be "TOTAL dependency on His Adviser" once more. You have probably guessed by now that I am talking about the most influential figure in history, namely Jesus Christ, God’s Son. If He was so dependent on His Father, on God and we see today a life lived with the highest meaning and being the greatest success, shouldn’t we take the same Adviser?
When we have God as our Leader, Friend and Father, we have everything we need to live our life to the highest of our potential because we will know what to do, when to do and how to accomplish the goals of our life.
Because God knows everything about the future, there is nothing to catch Him by surprise, causing a crisis where HE wouldn’t know what to do. No, there is no such thing with God. Adonai’s advice is most valuable because He is the Wisest, He has all the power (power that He gave to His Son Jesus Christ) and He loves you intensely that’s why HE did and does everything out of love.
Without God’s advice, our pathway would be so slippery that no man could walk on it, but God holds the hand of those who ask for His guidance, tells them the right direction and also warns them about the wrong direction and its consequences and you’ll know where to go, avoiding thus a disastrous end. God never forced anyone to choose the right way, He gave us free will but He warned us about the consequences. Here are God’s words: "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants" Deuteronomy 30:19
What is success? I believe success is knowing God’s plan for your life and following that plan as Jesus Christ did, in complete surrender to God’s will. You couldn’t do a better, smarter, filled with more love and joy plan! God’s plan for your life will ALWAYS exceed your wildest dreams and expectations! Oh, I can tell you for a fact, not just a story! When I saw a little of God’s plan for me, I said "Incredible! WOOOW! I would have NEVER dreamt!"
Yes, a life with God is so exciting! It is a daily adventure! Try it, taste it and you will see!
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