Four Easy Tips for success presented by The S. S. Quill

What Is Success?

Success is what we all strive for in life. But let’s be real, many of us fight to the bitter end to be successful. Sometimes it seems to be working and other times… you feel like what the f@#$ is the point! This is why I’ve listed four easy tips for success.

Everyone has their idea of what they think success is. But, whichever way anyone decides to word it, success is generally broken down into two main meanings. The first of the textbook definition is stated as a favorable or desired outcome. The second is defined as the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence.

Your Idea Of Success

Here I will break down the outlook of success. This way you can have a clearer understanding of what your idea of success might be. Soon after, the tips for success should be easy to follow.

What exactly does success look like to you?

Is it a new job or a promotion?

How about a brand new house or car?

What about a new substantial love life or platonic relationship?

Perhaps it’s becoming financially savvy and free so you can spend more time with your family.

We Achieve Success More Than We Realize

Success doesn’t always mean gaining things on a grand scale. Let’s look closer at the individual successes that we try to reach every day.

It could be something like getting a passing grade on an exam.

Or Potty training your little one.

Perhaps it’s just hanging a painting on the wall without it being crooked!

We go about our normal lives hoping for success just based on the decisions we make regularly.

However, success to many people really is reaching achievements beyond our wildest dreams.

Many shy away from larger-than-life goals for several reasons like assuming it will change them into monsters, it will take up too much time, they’re too old, or worse… they dismiss their highest dreams because they believe it is impossible to achieve without guilt or *gulp* selling your soul. This is where four easy tips to success can help you organize manifesting your dreams.

You Don’t Need To Settle

Life is full of zest, zap, and zing! That means it comes with its fair share of hurts and disappointments mixed in with joy and laughter. Above all your happiness is important because it allows you to go through this multifaceted life with the ability to handle the ups and downs with ease.

But if you could become a huge success without the guilt, what would that be?

Is success for you to win the jackpot in the lottery?

Do you want to travel to exotic lands and eat exotic foods?

How about owning a yacht or a plane?

Perhaps you want to give your family more memories and experiences?

Or do you just wanna make it rain?

Just to be clear, there is nothing wrong with success in terms of attaining wealth, favor, or eminence. Unfortunately, these are commonly associated with greed, materialism, selfishness, and conceit at the least.

People fitting these characteristics are products of letting the love of money take control of their hearts and souls.

This, in turn, makes attaining success for some people nearly impossible simply because they fear the more successful they become, they will perform great acts of sin.

4 Easy Tips for Success

So now the question is, “Is it possible to achieve success (wealth-wise) without guilt and spiraling out of control?”

YES, IT IS!

Here are 4 easy tips to consider while along your success-seeking journey. These can help keep you focused on your goals without guilt or shame for desiring more out of life.

#1 Tip for Success: Choose your definition of success

First things first. Real success should be based on one’s standards and not the comparison to someone else’s achievements.

For example, when I was a teenager, our neighbor across the street sometimes parked his yacht in his driveway. Every time my Mom and I saw it, she would say, “ I would love to own a boat. I wish we were more acquainted with him. Does he fish?”.

On the other hand, I was less interested in owning a yacht simply because I’m not truly into fishing like my Mom. Therefore, if I want to own a boat, it would be just for show.

Playing “keeping up with the Joneses” has never made anyone truly happy.

The reason for this is that your idea of success is desiring the accomplishments of someone else. So you put yourself in competition with the other person. In other words, you only want it for the sheer purpose of bragging.

So keep in mind to only go for what genuinely makes you happy and this will help reach success guilt-free.

#2 Tip for Success: Obtain Unselfishly

There are people in the world that only go after certain goals just to keep someone else from achieving them.

Case in point, My husband and other coworkers with seniority at his job have first dibs on overtime hours when available. No one was interested in taking OT.

Meanwhile, some newcomers were made aware of the available OT and one of them asked my husband if he was going to take it. He said no and told him he could have all the OT he wanted if he asked for it.

However, that’s not how other coworkers with seniority felt!

They claimed, ” No young buck is gonna come in and make more money than me!”

Yes, you guessed it! They used their rank to practically “steal” all the OT from the newer workers who actually wanted it!

This action has greed written all over it. Selfishly blocking another person from their success has allowed the love of money to become the driving force behind their behavior.

To succeed guilt-free, focus on your own prize and allow others to achieve success for themselves without interference.

#3 Tip for Success: Positive Mind Manifestation

Many things in this world were once just a thought or ideas in someone’s mind. Their focus on that thought allowed them to form greater thoughts or plans to push it from concept to creation.

Those ideas or thoughts could’ve been anything from a timeless novel to an automatic washing machine to the latest smartphones that can perform tasks beyond history’s comprehension.

There is no difference when it comes to attaining success for yourself.

Whatever thoughts or ideas you put focus on, those will most likely be the first to materialize. This goes for any thought big or small.

“The same Source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through.” – Alan H. Cohen, Author

For instance, A college student whose sole focus is on passing that calculus course has a good chance of getting that passing grade. Keep in mind this theory works the same way for negative thoughts. So, if a colleague is stressed and continuously telling himself that he will fail, he will most likely fail.

Your thoughts lead to action. The outcome of those actions are thoughts that you put the most focus on. These are considered self-fulfilled prophecies. Even though each and every thought might not have a corresponding result, it helps keep your mood light and happy if you practice thinking positively.

Think about favorable outcomes. After all, that’s what success is!

#4 Tip for Success: Be Successful For A Cause

Everyone’s idea of success is personal. But that doesn’t mean that all of your success is for you personally. Some include the welfare of animals, plants, and other people as a personal achievement.

Have you ever sat watching TV and then one of those tear-jerking commercials about abused animals or starving children come on?

The people in those commercials dedicate time to helping others in the world and you are totally in favor of contributing.

Could it be because of the depressing faces of little puppies and hungry children who have momentarily yanked on a heartstring or two? Now you’re wondering how you can help without feeling like you’ve been reeled in by a sappy ad on tv.

Either way, this is a cause bigger than yourself, bigger than your family, and even bigger than the people you know. It’s about the animals, the atmosphere, the elderly, the kids, the sick, the hungry, and the world as a whole. There are so many causes that are waiting for caring people to lend a helping hand.

Wishing you had wealth, favor, or eminence for the sake of being able to give to those in need is considered a good cause. This includes more ways like volunteering, donating clothes or other items, recycling plus other environmental assistance.

Reaching for success that includes supporting causes other than yourself is a righteous action therefore this is an excellent way to obtain guilt-free success.

Final Thought

I hope you have found these four tips for success easy to do and found some idea of what success means to you. As long as you reach for your goals with selflessness and originality, you can and will succeed with honor and self-respect.

I sincerely encourage you to try it out, keep moving forward, and do what works for you. Good luck and thanks for reading!

Four Easy Tips for success