What is success but an acceptance of being unsuccessful for long enough.

We all hear platitudes about persistence and fortitude regarding being successful but actually living this way is not easy. The other side of those sentences about success is usually “then you can get what you want.” Success is usually measured with economic value but persistence and fortitude are so much more worthy.

In fact, a good life is so much more than the latest gadget or “newest model” and so is success. Getting things is easy. Getting credit is easy. But earning things and earning credit is not. And success is directly related to earning what we have, what we actually have. If we do this long enough then we will start to realize the value of fortitude and persistence.

Being unsuccessful is not necessarily failure. In fact, failure often means the opposite of what we think of when we use the word. Failure can mean that we tried. Failure can mean that we have learned what our limitations are, at least for the moment. Failure can imply that we have tried to be better.

Those people who fail in life are often those that are curious and intelligent. And those that are successful are sometimes not.

A big house and an empty head often go together.