Hello my friends. We are back to another article about becoming a better version of yourself. I have shared about how to improve yourself internally through Personal Branding and externally through Relationship Management. Now imagine what’s next to do when you have achieved success in your life by implementing those two ways. Most articles talk about how to handle failures. However, there are things you need to do to handle success properly. I believe every single thing in life has positive and negative sides, including success itself. I will write some situations you might encounter when you feel successful and how to properly handle them.
When we achieve success, we tend to let down our guard and think that things can not catch you up. The only direction from now on is up, nothing can bring you down. This is what I call feeling invincible, especially when you have become the top 1 in the competition. It is normal to feel this moreover if you have busted all you got to get to that point. I want to tell you the truth: nothing is forever in this universe. You have to be prepared when the storm hits the building you have proudly built. I have some examples I can think of now. Money wise – Do not spend all your income. I know you would argue me that you earned it with hard work and you want to indulge yourself. Nothing wrong with that but save/invest first before spending. Expertise wise – Do another different thing. This is inspired by one of the Wealth Management rules of thumb: Do not put all your eggs in 1 basket. In this case, I can say: Do not rely on 1 thing only. Diversify your expertise and source of income by doing something else.
Once we hit certain target, we want to keep it going and make it bigger next time. There is nothing wrong with this. However, many people get blinded by the success itself and are willing to sacrifice integrity in the process. Some get away by doing that and potentially leading to crimes. Stick to your integrity, it is your responsibility towards yourself and to society as you are part of it.
In this current millennial generation, we are driven by instant results instead of robust process when we value something. This instant trend is a product of fast paced world we are living in: smart phones that can take picture instantly, applications and social media platform that allow us to communicate to other people anywhere in the world with 1 or 2 clicks on our gadget. This instant mindset is superficial. Imagine we see a new modern tall apartment building that collapses to an earthquake. We might find it strange how modern new building could collapse that easily. I bet we will say ‘Oooh no wonder’ when I tell following fact – It just took 1 year to build it. Superficial is the right word to call the product of instant trend we have now. We have read news that some new famous rising stars committed suicide because they were not ready to handle their stardom. And yes, online comments of their haters are part of the stardom. Therefore, I will say appreciate not only the result but the process behind our success. This being said, do not beat yourself up when you have not achieved the result you wanted. Keep up the consistency and the hard work. And last but not least, enjoy the process.
