{"id":5070,"date":"2023-10-18T12:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chchealthwatch.com\/blog\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:20:44","slug":"define-your-own-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chchealthwatch.com\/blog\/define-your-own-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How to Define Your Own Success Beyond Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr (Hon) S Senthil Kandeepan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the longest time we\u2019ve been fed all sorts of wrong notions about success. We\u2019re told that to be considered successful, we ought to flaunt a few degrees, then attain a certain status, have a certain type of car, own a house, get married, have children\u2026and then the cycle renews itself, with the same things expected of the child. It\u2019s an endless cycle of fulfilling others\u2019 expectations and having expectations from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, my mostly young friends, is a pure recipe for failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because with this definition of success, you will be constantly chasing your own tail. Your goal post will keep moving, because no matter how many degrees you get, money you earn, houses you own, someone else somewhere will always have more than you, and you will always be unhappy thinking yourself to be a failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, I want to encourage you to think of success as something you will define for yourself, setting your own goals and rules, and not simply and blinding toeing the line that has been thrust upon you by others, or comparing yourself to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong. I\u2019m asking you to be ambitious. But make sure that amibition is yours; not the society\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you do this, when you truly pause to listen to your heart and ask what you really want; what will truly make you happy and content, you\u2019ll be surprised what answers you\u2019ll hear from your inner voice; you\u2019ll be surprised how little it takes to make you happy if you unburden yourself from the expectations of society and follow your own inner light to journey through life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, you will have no failure; only different levels of success. Try it and see for yourself! Meanwhile, happy reading, and have a happy and successful month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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