How to Be Successful In Life

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul.
-A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How many of us have asked this question, how to be successful in life, or how many of you have been asked, are you successful in life?

To be true, there is no secret formula of success or not even a magic potion that you can just drink and achieve the heights of success overnight. Success is hard work, dedication, and commitment.

The point is that humans have the tendency to settle down and be comfortable. But isn’t it funny that we are the most comfortable when we are dead? Or let’s just put it this way; comfort will happen when they lower you in the grave. But success isn’t comfort.

Success is the profoundness of experience and the impact of our actions. See the point is if you had abundant time, this wouldn’t be a problem but creation gave you such a little time with so much potential as a human being. But if creation had made you a worm or a snail, you wouldn’t do much thinking about it. You wouldn’t climb a tree or swim an ocean because you never had this potential more than that you never had such aspirations. They have a purpose which they fulfill and die.

But alas! The creation of human beings came with so much potential and infinite possibilities. So it needs a certain level of striving for human beings to make it worthwhile while you are here. So ask yourself, do you want to be successful?

If the answer is yes, begin your success journey by asking yourself, what do you want in life or what is your life purpose?