Success is a planned outcome, not an accident. Success and mediocrity are both absolutely predictable because they follow the natural and immutable law of sowing and reaping. Simply stated, if you want to reap more rewards, you must sow more.
A common tendency is to set an almost unreachable standard for success while simultaneously creating a standard for failure that is easy to meet. As a result, you may routinely feel a lot less successful than is necessary.
TOMMY NEWBERRY, Success Is Not an Accident
Most of us go through life borrowing someone else's definition of success rather than coming up with our own!
TOMMY NEWBERRY, Success Is Not an Accident
