It does not take a genius to know that we run into some failures on our path to success. That is life, there is no other way; it is similar to falling in love and feel the pain or having our health affected by illness. Every project goes through moments of fluidity and turbulence. True wisdom arises from stressful situations, but to focus solely on the failures is a sure recipe for despair. To learn from our failures is fine, but to leave them behind is much more important.For every successful person, it is crucial to bring forth the primary resource: all previous triumphs. Big or small, these personal victories are a treasure and the fuel needed to move forward. And as such, we must appreciate and value them.
Remember your success with Susan Ford Collins’s book, “The Joy of Success.”
Another of her recommendations is to become co-dreamers of their dreams. As we offer our enthusiastic support, we inject more energy into their flow of intelligence, passion, and curiosity. Susan made the difference between being our children’s co-dreamers and living our own dreams through them. In the first case, we give them the opportunity to become accomplished as human beings. In the second we use them to meet our own needs. You probably know many instances of parents living through their children what they could not achieve themselves.
Remember to file your successes, because they are certainly many. And do not think of success in absolute terms or as we usually see it described in advertising and the media. In fact, success is more straightforward, direct and real: it is developing our life purpose so it can become an experience to enjoy in the present. And that is something really beautiful. ■
