Success is what many people spend their life working towards. It may be the house on the hill. It may be a desired promotion at your company. This means that you've "made it" in some way. One common misconception is that success can only be attained after years of hard work. Toil, sweat, and a constant struggle are all supposed hallmarks of a successful person. The truth is that success is best and most easily obtained by those who come from a place of happiness. Success grows most easily out of happiness.
The definition of a successful person is someone who reaches whatever goal that they set for themselves while enjoying the process. There may be a few stumbling blocks along the way but people who are properly aligned enjoy the trip that is life. The people who have realized this are the ones who everybody marvels at. They are the few who moved from victory to victory, telling everybody how easy it was once they learned to take everything in stride.
We were built to be happy. Feeling happy means that we are properly aligned with our goals. As we experience joy we are moving in the direction of things that will make us more joyful. Since we were given the ability to choose our thoughts we can decide to be positive. Feeling negative is an indicator that we are not properly aligned with our greater good. These feelings can be turned on and off like a light switch. We've done this thousands of times in our lives when we chose to do so.
Knowing that we were designed to feel joyous all of the time it is easy to see that we were meant to be successful. We are supposed to provide a service to others that will prosper us while enjoying our work. We were meant to experience our favorite hobbies. Our passions in life, those things that make us most happy, are why we were placed on earth. The positive vibrations and enthusiasm we feel are perfect indicators that we are doing what we were meant to do. This shows that success grows out of happiness.
The most successful people know this. They speak of living their dream. They love their work. They are happy first and their immense success naturally grows out of this feeling. Their accomplishments are the result of the being joyful. They know that the starting point in living a successful life is to be a person who is happy with what they do for a living.
Take the time to figure out if you are happy. What things in life get your heart racing? What are you most happy doing? Write out a list of your favorite activities and narrow them down to a select few. Think of things which you've always dreamed of doing for a living. You may have placed these aspirations on the back burner because you viewed them as hobbies but they are your true calling. They are what make you most happy and they will spur you on to great success.
