Real Life: Purpose, Passion, Effort & the Formula for Success
By Paul Lechner, Esq., CPA — Lechner Law Office, P.C.
Success requires a never-give-up attitude. Luck and talent play a part, but those who keep going after failure are the ultimate winners. Some of us are great when things are going well, but not when things fall apart. We all have responsibilities we fulfill out of obligation or necessity — but externally motivated goals rarely fulfill the same way internally interesting and purposeful goals do.
The strongest predictor of success is the degree to which you are committed. Follow your passion and enjoy what you do. Devote your endeavors to activities that give joy and purpose. Keep the big picture in mind.
The Formula
Purpose: Passion ripens with the conviction that your work matters. Interest without purpose is nearly impossible to sustain over a lifetime. It is imperative that your work is both personally interesting and integrally connected to the well-being of others.
Effort: To “compete” comes from the Latin word meaning “striving together.” Charles Darwin once wrote: “I’ve always maintained that, excepting fools, men do not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work.” Effort is the great equalizer.
Focus: Eliminate distractions. Identify the handful of key actions that drive results and execute them relentlessly. What you give your attention to grows.
Resilience: Failure is not the opposite of success — it is part of the path. Those who succeed are not those who never fail, but those who fail and continue anyway.
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