Shannan’s Journey

Success Mountain

Don’t we all want to achieve success and are just trying our best to get there? We spend many hours and lots of money seeking success. It may be our search for more money, career advancement, fame, losing weight, finding love, competing for the first time, stepping on stage again, or many other desires, but we are searching for our success.

Is there a right way to go to get there easier?

Success is like a mountain, the only way to get to the top is to climb. Many things in life try to stray us from climbing or try to tell us there is an easier way. In reality, there are no elevators, escalators or even stairs.

Look at climbing that mountain as a learning experience. Some days there will be bumbs on that mountain and you may fall or other days you may walk to a higher elevation but you have to keep learning and enjoy the climb.

Here are a few steps to help in your climb:

Attitude: Climbing Success Mountain starts with your attitude. Start by giving up your instant gratification needs and dedicate yourself to working towards the results you want.

Be Present: Stop focusing on the top of the mountain. Sure we all want to be there, but when climbing you have to pay attention to where you are and understand what your immediate next steps are going to be.

Can Do: Believe and have confidence in yourself. Have a "Can Do" attitude because you Can Do It, promise.

Deal: When climbing you will slip back at times, you will encounter obstacles and it will not always be easy. Deal with it and keep finding solutions and ways to get back on track.

Effort: Climbing takes effort. Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career. -Abdul Kalam

Fun: Have fun while you are climbing. I’ve learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. -B. Bancard

Success is about your will to be successful. It takes patience, time, consistency, pain, setbacks, you will encounter many obstacles and in the end, you must have the will and desire to keep climbing.

In the end it will always come down to you. It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

- Sir Edmund Hillary

Even when you do everything right and you have made it up 90% of the mountain, it doesn’t get easier, it gets harder. When attempting to climb Mount Everest it is the last 10% that is the most dangerous. This is because after climbing 90% you have used all your energy, the peak is the steepest and the air the thinnest. When you are there you will have to dig into yourself and pull out your will for success.

Success does not come quick or easy, however we all have the ability if we learn how to climb and have the will to succeed. Start climbing and climb step by step and I promise you will get there!

G.A.

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