There are many definitions of success in life, and some are held in higher regard than others. Most people seem to strive for success at work as the primary objective in their life, all the while taking for granted the many other things that they achieve in their home or community.

It’s important to be successful at what you do, maximizing your talents and leveraging your strengths. We need successful people in every facet of society for it to function properly – no one would argue with that concept.

There is a difference, though, in being successful and adding value to society, your family and all the relationships in which you are actively engaged. You can be successful at the expense of others, which many have experienced at some point in their lives; however, a person who adds value through their success, as Einstein ascribes, achieves that higher accomplishment of making society, home life or relationships better for everyone.

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Recently I attended a retail forum and after delivering the closing keynote, of which recognizing and rewarding appropriate behaviour was a key message in my talk, I was invited backstage to recognize and award a retailer of the year.

I was thrilled about being invited to do that, as I have never done that before. However, the awards were randomly passed out to a variety of business personalities, and not necessarily in a way that reflected their character or what they stand for.

Well, I opened mine to read what I was awarding. It was discount retailer of the year. Immediately, I told the backstage organizer that I cannot award this, and that created a wave of problems for them and the other business personalities, which was not my intention.

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A–Accept
Accept others for who they are and for the choices they’ve made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives, or actions.

B– Break Away
Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life.

C–Create
Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows, and happiness with.

D–Decide
Decide that you’ll be successful and happy come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks are only minor obstacles along the way.

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For the husband who complains when his dinner is not on time because he is home with me, not with someone else.

For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes because that means she is at home and not on the streets.

For the taxes that I pay, because it means that I am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.

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