People don’t fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. – Les Brown
How big are your goals and dreams? Are they big enough to challenge you and make you work hard? Success can only come after hard work and required effort. Look at the people around you; do they have clearly defined goals?
Most people are living for a weekend when they can break from work. They enjoy watching movies and social media and have no plan for the future. Their biggest goal is to not miss the newest episode of popular reality television. The amusing thing about television is viewers use their time watching actors and athletes who are living their dreams. Landing a role in a popular primetime television show takes a lot of work and sacrifice. When an actor finally gets his big break and lands his big role he is living his dream.
There will undoubtedly be things you will have to sacrifice to succeed. I love this quote for so many reasons. It is human tendency to aim to low. Failure is not aiming too high and missing, that’s called experience. Failure is setting your sights too low and never realizing your potential. Too many are satisfied with status quo and never accomplish anything great. Aim for the moon, even if you miss you will end up with the stars.
Question: How do you define success? What are the things that you need to do to accomplish that goal?
