What is real success in life

1. WHAT IS REAL SUCCESS IN LIFE?
*Dr.T.V.Rao MD
I find difficult to understand the meaning of success, as life goes on without knowing the meaning of
it, many of us complete many decades of living, without realising what we have achieved and
contributed to the society, or we are a successful or failed in life. As our success in life is not
determined by the education obtained, institutions attended, career accomplishments, awards won,
or the wealth we acquire. Upon hearing the word 'success,' most of us imagine up visions of money,
status, lavish holidays and high-end parties. I can't imagine anybody ever complaining about having
too much money. However, with that comes the conclusion that we need to work long hours, have
an impressive job title, wear the right clothes, drive the right car, have a perfect body and of course,
also be adored and respected by everyone on the world we live. Never above all we judged by our
right attitude Real success in life is solely determined on who you become, the character and
attributes you develop, the people you help, and whether or not at the end of the day you were true
to the most important priorities in life – namely: our duty and family. And yet, while each of the
mentioned areas of life is important, all of the wealth, fame, power, credentials, and awards we
obtain in life will certainly never be equal to or compensate for the success we achieve with the
character of our souls and within the walls of our own home. In fact, if we have to fail in some of
these other pursuits to achieve the most important successes, we thankfully will not be like most
people on their retirement from active service or death beds who unfortunately utter the sad words
of: “I wish I had spent more time with my family and I would been working with integrity ” Thus,
dealing with the disappointment of certain failures will be far easier than dealing with the
disappointment that accompanies some successes because they were not the right successes. Never
forget the society runs because of the people who work innocently and contributing without caring
the hardships behind their lives, look at any low cadre of workers who does under difficult and
challenging circumstances, never know what success is or failure they live like human machines. I
always try to create a hope in them; I find it was my great success when I was among many, deprived
and helpless people to create a hope in them. You can become and accomplish anything in life! Our
successes, greatness, and potential are determined by us alone; and all of the characteristics
necessary to achieve your goals and dreams already lie within us. Never forget that our success and
potential is not solely determined by talent or ability, knowledge or money, race or gender, or even
circumstance or settings – it is created, developed, and determined from within ourselves. Our
dreams and goals will be achieved only when we understand and implement the fundamental laws
and secrets for success. Life is successful when make no difference between success and failure and
every failure teaches many things, if we open the eyes and success only elates you beyond your
efforts, Dream Big, Think Big, & Think Differently: You may have a desire, but do you actually have a
dream or a goal? Do you fall victim to the dominating culture of mediocrity and feel limited by
circumstance, or do you actually think big and dream big? Until you do, average you will remain as
you few decades back. Dare to dream, dare to be and think different. And think big always. Then,
with enough mental conditioning, belief, and persistent action, your dreams and big thinking will
translate into actions that eventuate into big results. Persist Always & Never Quit: Successful people
make mistakes and experience failure, but they do not give excuses and absolutely never quit.
Thomas Edison, of all people, had every right to say that “many of life’s failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Goals and dreams are accomplished,

2. success is achieved, and our full potential is realized only after consistent daily effort and work over
a long period of time. Persist and persevere until you succeed, and determine right now that you will
never quit, regardless of what happens along the journey. Realize that you are worthy of being loved
just the way you are and that happiness is your birth right. Know that someone else calling you a
success will not make you feel happy, but feeling in your heart of hearts that you are on the right
path will. Standing tall and being the amazingly unique person that you are, well that looks like true
success to me. Enjoying present moments of our life and work is the simple definition of success,
which I strongly believed to be factor to be happy in my life. I realised from my own classes mates,
and many people I live with say we can’t buy success; success is not money we acquire with many
manipulations. It comes to you free—without money, and without price. There is a price, of course—
your own application of these definite laws. It is not guaranteed to be the easy way—but it is
guaranteed to be the only way to real success. Yet I have not understood true means of happiness,
success and luck, I find life is to keep trying in spite of difficult circumstances we live, to complete
the duty which the almighty has assigned.
*Dr.T.V.Rao MD. Professor of Microbiology, Freelance writer.