Are You Afraid of Success?
We seek happiness, wealth, love, acceptance and more. Is it our nature to always want more? How do we know when we have enough? If we have enough, what do we do next?
Do we know when we have achieved success? Do we want to know? Do we know what to do next?
Success in love... money/prosperity... happiness...
I've known many people who seem afraid to succeed. They create obstacles for themselves and forever feel that their goal cannot be achieved. They find endless reasons to stop trying.
Are they afraid? Do they feel success will be disappointing?
Are you willing to accept success? Will you recognize it when you have it? Can it feel permanent and lasting regardless of what happens next?
I wish you all prosperity and love in 2013.
Comments (21)
"the grass is always greener on the other side"
I dont know if this is greed or Curiosity
I like to think its Curiosity.
1.Achievment.
2.Power.
3.Affliation.
"the grass is always greener" - Where you are and where you want to be. Where you are is familiar, the good and the bad parts.
Where you want to be is different. You haven't lived it before... it isn't familiar.
It sounds like we have this in common. I'm optimistic but try to remain realistic. I know that something new and interesting is more exciting ... so will be less exciting when it isn't as new.
I think it's important to be realistic. Try hard to see things as they are... not the best or the worst... try to see the reality and try to consider what this means without exaggeration. ... not easy ...
But when we have success! ... We need to allow it to happen ... We need to see it for what it is ... We need to shift our goal to maintaining and caring for it. I think this transition is something people fear. I think it causes some people to keep themselves searching and working towards their goal... or to have goals that can never be achieved.
I'm learning to define my goals more carefully... to recognize and accept the successes I have.
It's nice to meet you.
How much achievement is enough? Do you have a goal or is it hard to describe at this point?
I like your list... starting with love.
Happy new year.
How have you been neighbor? Hopefully life has been treating you well.
This is a puzzle, isn't it?
Success in love... Why is this so difficult to recognize and maintain?
I think it's important to be able to share what success is with our partner... but to do this we have to look inside ourselves first... which can be a big challenge for many.
It's great to see you!
If you are in my position, what will you choose ???
and if I am in your position, can I make the same result ???
if we only need a silly game, we don't need LDR... I can easily find a white guy just by 5-10 miles away in HK for that !!!
You're going need one of these...
I think it would look good on you.
With financial success achieved, what achievement should come next?
Hopefully... some level of success happens in all parts of our lives and during all stages of life.
Would the pressure of success be greater than the pressure to succeed? ... or perhaps just a different type of pressure ...
I think some people see how others find success then seem to lose it... and this makes them reluctant to find success for themselves.
"Everyone has their own capacity !!!" - I agree and it's great to see your enthusiasm.
Care and caution in finding the one... the right one. Thank you for making this point. When you have the right one with you... that is success (in so many ways).
Congratulations for finding your "one".
Yes ... I see you have a similar understanding.
We often act to keep success out of reach... we want to doubt it and stay away from it in case something goes wrong ... we don't want to be emotionally invested.
I like that you have looked for patterns in your life. When something doesn't work out I think it's a good idea to know why... and to keep the reasons in mind for the next time.
Your remarks show a lot of thought.
Thanks for the blog richard
Thank you.