Many people say they want success. Yet, when asked what “success” is, they haven’t a clue. In other words, they say they want something when, at the same time, they don’t even know what that “something” is.<\/p>\n
What is success… *real* success?<\/p>\n
The best definition of success I’ve ever read comes from the writings of Wallace D. Wattles, best known for his classic masterpiece, “The Science of Getting Rich”.<\/p>\n
In Chapter 1 of “How to Get What You Want”, a book he wrote prior to “The Science of Getting Rich”, Wallace D. Wattles writes:<\/p>\n
“Getting what you want is success…”<\/p>\n
There are two key words in Wallace D. Wattles’ definition of success, the first one is *you*…<\/p>\n
Getting what *YOU* want is success.<\/p>\n
Not getting what I want…<\/p>\n
Not getting what someone else wants…<\/p>\n
Not getting what you think you should want because someone else has it…<\/p>\n
Getting what *YOU* want is success!<\/p>\n
Question for you…<\/p>\n
What do *YOU* want…<\/p>\n
What do you *really* want?<\/p>\n
Before I began studying Wallace D. Wattles’ writings and applying their principles to my life, I had all sorts of “goals” on my “goals list” that, at the time, I thought were things I wanted.<\/p>\n
However…<\/p>\n
When I examined those goals carefully, I discovered I didn’t *really* want them at all.<\/p>\n
Travel is one example that immediately comes to mind. I had a number of travel goals on my goals list.<\/p>\n
The funny part is…<\/p>\n
I don’t really like to travel all that much!<\/p>\n
Here’s another one…<\/p>\n
I had a goal to own a closet full of finely tailored, custom made suits.<\/p>\n
The truth is, I’m perfectly comfortable and content running around in jeans and a t-shirt. As a matter of fact, at the same time I had this goal on my list, I was desperately trying to get to a point in my life where I *didn’t* have to wear a suit!<\/p>\n
One more…<\/p>\n
And this one, looking back on it, was downright ridiculous.<\/p>\n
I had a goal to own a white Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine and have my own personal chauffeur.<\/p>\n
What’s wrong with that, you ask?<\/p>\n
Nothing, except there are very few things I like less than being a passenger in a car, especially being a passenger in the back seat of a car.<\/p>\n
Hmmm…<\/p>\n
No wonder I wasn’t making any progress towards my goals…<\/p>\n
They weren’t *my* goals!<\/p>\n
Whose goals were they?<\/p>\n
I honestly don’t know.<\/p>\n
All I know is they weren’t mine. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I guess I thought these were things “successful” people did or had so, since I wanted to be “successful”, they were what I should want.<\/p>\n
I know that sounds silly but, judging from some of the questions I get, there are a whole lot of folks out there who think they “should” want all sorts of things they don’t really want at all.<\/p>\n
Now…<\/p>\n
Am I saying there’s anything wrong with wanting travel, custom made clothes or chauffeur driven limousines?<\/p>\n
Absolutely not!<\/p>\n
Unless…<\/p>\n
*You* don’t *really* want those things!<\/p>\n
So…<\/p>\n
How do you determine if *you* really want something?<\/p>\n
Simple…<\/p>\n
For each of your wants, ask yourself and then answer these two very important questions:<\/p>\n
1. Why *specifically* do I want this?<\/strong><\/p>\n Be very, *very* specific in your answers and keep asking yourself “why” to each of your answers until you’re not able to answer the question any more.<\/p>\n If you can’t come up with one or more clear, “convincing”, meaningful reasons why *you* want something then you don’t *really* want it, you just “think” you do.<\/p>\n 2. How does it *feel* now that I have this?<\/strong><\/p>\n Close your eyes and imagine yourself as having already attained that which you want and pay particular attention to how you “feel” now that you have it.<\/p>\n If it doesn’t “feel” good or if all you experience is an empty, “so what” feeling, again, you don’t *really* want it, you just “think” you do.<\/p>\n In the first chapter of “How to Get What You Want”, Wallace D. Wattles also says this about success:<\/p>\n “Success is essentially the same, whether it results in the attainment of health, wealth, development or position; success is attainment, without regard to the things attained.”<\/p>\n In other words…<\/p>\n All success is the same.<\/p>\n The only difference is what *you* want.<\/p>\n Getting what *YOU* want is success!<\/p>\n Once you determine what *you* want, what you *really* want, what “success” is to you and only *you*, your life will change, it’ll change rather dramatically and it’ll change faster than you ever thought possible.<\/p>\n What’s the second key word in Wallace D. Wattles’ definition of success?<\/p>\n Stay tuned for the answer in Part 2 of this series! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D. Wattles and the publisher of the “A Powerful Life: The Lost Writings of Wallace D. Wattles” ebook by Wallace D. Wattles…<\/p>\n “A Powerful Life: The Lost Writings of Wallace D. Wattles” “How to Get What You Want” by Wallace D. Wattles together with twenty-four other rare books and articles written by Wallace D. Wattles. Many people say they want success. Yet, when asked what “success” is, they haven’t a clue. In other words, they say they want something when, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klinikong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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