Requirements for Success

It has been a while since I've blogged about anything, and it's been even longer since I've emo-blogged. :) So here's one that is about as emo as they come.

Failure is defined as a lack of success.
Success is defined as an event that accomplishes its intended purpose.
In order to accomplish an intended purpose, you must have one.
...and in order to know that it has been accomplished, you must first know what it is.
A Person who is a failure is a person with a record of failing

In brief, it is impossible to succeed without identifying a purpose, and if you don't succeed, then you fail. And if you have a record of failing, then you are a failure. And even though "Failure" is just a word, we sure know that we don't want to be one.

With this line of reasoning, the message is clear:

You must identify a purpose. Only then can you accomplish it. And only in accomplishing it can you be successful.

Maybe that purpose is as simple as have fun, or make money, or maybe its quite complex. but if we at least identify why we are doing things, then we can identify how successful we are in accomplishing that purpose. Then we can know that we are successful, and that we are not failures.