Chapter 4 Chapter 2 Everyone's Dream

If someone asked you to define the word "success," what would your definition be?Chances are you haven't thought about it at all.Perhaps, there are as many definitions of success as there are people living in this world.Let's examine a few of them: If you were to ask a businessman his definition of success, he might say that success means making a lot of money.A college football coach believes that the pinnacle of success is winning a national championship.For a professional athlete, success might be joining a fully professional sports team.For a salesperson, success means being the top worker in his company.For an architect, the meaning of success may be to build the most beautiful buildings under the sky in the city.The success a student dreams of can be the glorious moment of earning a degree.For an ambitious young lawyer, his success might be becoming the president of his trade association.The success of a dentist's dream might be opening a chain of clinics in a city.For an accountant, success can mean starting your own business.Success means many different things to many different people.Everyone may have a personal explanation for success, but almost no one has a thorough and clear thinking about this issue.

Success is not just the meanings mentioned above.The connotation of success should be considered on a deeper level and from a broader perspective.Success is more than "earning money" is a narrow view, because having money does not guarantee one's success.Al Capone is a millionaire, but he is not a successful man.For a man is not a successful man who has only been able to get himself up by cheating and cheating.One cannot achieve real success by deceiving others.If a guy makes a million dollars, but in the process kills his family and gets a stomach ulcer himself, he's not very successful.A man who made a million dollars and then died of a heart attack at the age of 43 simply because he had exhausted his strength beyond his limit was not very successful.Of course, success does not mean living in a slum in the mist of poverty and disease, as advocated by some "against enjoyment" sects.In our generation, there is a so-called "hippie" known for their "do nothing" attitude.Happiness is impossible for such people, who, like us, live under the laws of nature.Nor can they be seen as successful.True success is not extreme!Success is like a long journey.It is a gradual process.Success is a realm.Here, life is in balance.You will achieve happiness and success by living a balanced life.The Creator expects each individual to live a happy and successful life by using the laws of nature to maintain harmony with the universe.

If I were to choose a word to characterize the laws of nature, that word would be "balance."Think of the billions of celestial bodies orbiting in endless space, each one of them controlled as finely as a Swiss clock.Think of the perfect balance between the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom, each acting as a complement to the other so that they both survive.Understanding the nature of the laws of nature, Thomas Edison made the profound statement that "the birth of ideas depends on the existence of space."He planned his life so that he could achieve balance and be able to live within the boundaries of the universal natural laws of the universe, rather than overstepping them and incurring negative consequences.When Edison was just a boy in the school, the school issued a notice to send Edison home.The notice stated that he was incapable of completing his studies, that he was incapable of thinking, implying that he was a fool.The boy later became the number one inventor in the world.Edison wholeheartedly accepted the existence of a power beyond himself and learned to be in complete harmony with it.Most great people live a balanced life, and their lives are endowed with meaning because of their beliefs.William B. Walton, President of the Holiday Inn, stated this at the International Optimists Tennessee Annual Conference in the following way: There are four great loves in a man's life.First, the love of God: This love fills a person's life and makes life meaningful.It is this great love which enables a man to be self-sufficient, and to this love one must give oneself completely.Second, love for family: This love includes love for one's spouse, children and other relatives.This great love ensures that we avoid the problems that families face in our society today.For this we must give ourselves completely to this great love.Third, love of country: We are very lucky to inherit such a wonderful country.This beautiful country has been passed down from generation to generation, and each generation must maintain her well.A strong love for the country should develop in a man, only then can he live happily and enjoy the riches of the country.A man's love for his country must be an incomparably powerful love, a love which takes him completely into himself.Fourth, the love of work: this should be classed among the great loves, since it is work that provides the bread on which a man lives.In order to maintain this love, one must dedicate himself to doing work that one loves, and doing so will surely pay off.By giving himself completely to this one great love, a man can enjoy his own share of the rich fruits.

You can certainly see the themes that run through Mr. Walton's talk on "The Four Great Loves of a Man's Life", namely direction, balance and faith.In this lecture he repeatedly emphasized the importance of attitude, saying that it is "the golden key that must be put into the lock of life." Simply put, the "four great loves" are the right attitude to face life.His speech was typical of a man who knows what success really means.Using the same principle, the famous coach Vinci Lombardi often taught his players the following words: "There are only three things that matter in your life! Your God, your family, and your ball." Team!" It can be seen that balance and faith are the essence of his words.Any definition of success that is complete must contain this spirit because it is truth.Success consists of three things, of which you must gain a real understanding.

1. A sense of direction: keep your eyes on the worthwhile things in life, and make a plan to keep working hard towards their realization. 2. Balance: Maintain the proper proportion and position of all aspects of your life, and keep yourself in harmony with the laws of nature that bring perfect balance.Happiness arises from the balance between all things. 3. Belief: People without belief will not succeed.The stronger a person's belief is, the more successful he will be.Successful people are people with 100% belief! With these three ingredients as a foundation, we can now proceed to create our own definition of success.In the process of reading this book, we will further communicate with each other and achieve a completely deep understanding of this definition.Hereafter whenever we speak of "success" it is this that we mean.Please keep this sentence firmly in your heart. In your life, it will be like a guiding light, leading you into a state of success. "Success is the process in which a person's valuable goals set in advance are gradually turned into reality. This process is strengthened by balance and meaningful by belief." Only very few people understand the true meaning of success, and now you Already one of those very few.Let this understanding you have gained, work in your life! There are 7 dynamic principles that govern a person's success.Apply these principles to your life now.

Vibrant Brand's success plan First, establish a sacred belief: get rid of the path you have taken, and let belief become the highest goal and value in your life! Second, set up a "golden hour": set aside 30 minutes of golden time for yourself every morning, and let yourself devote yourself to contemplation and making plans. Third, make your goals a solid whole: Be specific about what you want to achieve, and put those specific goals in your daily schedule. Fourth, draw up an action plan: draft a blueprint of the goals you want to achieve, and determine the timetable for completing them.

Fifth, develop a strong desire: The desire for what you want to achieve in life will greatly motivate you to act. Sixth, maintain faith in yourself: You can indeed achieve anything as long as you believe you can.You have God-given talents, use them to the fullest! Seventh, never give up at any time: a person who ignores all pressure and difficulties and always perseveres will not let success slip away from him.Those who have the strength to persevere will be able to achieve the final success! Putting Brand's Success Plan into action may require changing your entire lifestyle.But remember, successful people don't do things that will fail.Stop here!Re-read the following sections of this chapter three times, and you must do so slowly and with great concentration.First, the real meaning of success.Second, the dynamic Brand success plan.An hour you spend here is worth many hours later.Accepting these principles means that you are one step closer to a happy and successful life.

KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER First, one cannot achieve real success by deceiving others. Second, true success does not go to extremes. Third, our Creator provides for all things. Fourth, the lives of great people are balanced, and their lives are endowed with meaning because of their beliefs. Fifth, success is the process in which a person's pre-established and valuable goals are gradually turned into reality.This process is strengthened by balance and meaningful by faith.