Success…is sweet.
Many times we all wish to be successful, to be better than where we were yesterday. We love to reach the peak of our careers or whatever it is we do in life but sometimes, we are so much in a hurry and we just don’t understand why things seem to be taking so long from materializing.
We watch and wait, keeping our fingers crossed that it will happen some day so we continue to put up the grind everyday while secretly doubting ourselves if it would actually happen.
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Things still happen that way sometimes but gone are the days when we need to wait till forever to find success – or may be a similitude of it? (like some thing as simple as having a pin go viral if you are a writer or blogger).
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With the world of social media, success or fame could find you even when it seems so far away or unattainable.
It could happen so suddenly when you are just sitting down, minding your own business and not actively looking for it. Success has become that easy to find with just a click of a button away- depending on who clicks on it…And sometimes it may not even be with social media, it could be with something else.
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Somebody say “suddenly”.
You suddenly went viral, you get so much views, you have now found yourself probably on T.V or may be you have become a person of interest to the press and you are now under the microscope of the world.
Not necessarily a bad thing when this happens. It has only propelled you out of the blues and you’ve found yourself in lime light. The lime light of sudden success.
“Uh-oh. I totally wasn’t expecting that!” You say.
It all happened so suddenly that you find that you were actually not ready. Wasn’t it just yesterday you couldn’t pay your bills? You had been struggling, but not anymore.
*Insert a happy dance here*
Then with this success comes the sudden pressure to keep up because things happened so fast. You also now realize that in keeping up the status quo, you want to please people and don’t want to disappoint any of your fans in anyway.
And with this overnight popularity, you also feel a need to maintain this new status and carry it so elegantly- like you know what you are doing.
After a short while, you find out you can no longer keep up with the charade.
You wish you could reverse the time or go back in time or things could just move a bit more slowly.
Nope. This ship has sailed.
How you wish you knew more then, while you were waiting. You most certainly would have done things differently.
It’s too late to turn back now.
What To do When Success Finds You This Way
If you are in this situation, realize first that success is not a bad thing. Think about it. You’ve literally prayed for success all your life. Now it’s here. Don’t be intimidated by it-which is the first thing we would be talking about.
1. Don’t be intimidated
The truth is, when success happens suddenly or you stumbled on fame whether you were looking for it or not, could be very daunting.
Success could be intimidating because of the demands and responsibility it requires. At the point where success comes, it’s no more about it not being attainable, but how to sustain it.
Find ways to sustain what you have and where you are currently. Don’t be tempted to run away from it.
No matter what, choose not to be intimidated but seize the opportunity that has presented itself before you and use it to your advantage.
2. You can’t please everyone
If you think you want to receive love and love and love from every single person in the world, the truth is that…
You can’t.
You could try but some people would hate you for the very reason of you being too sweet.
So do what you can in ways you can and let go of things you can’t control. Also learn to take what people say about you with a pinch of salt -whether they are good things or bad.
3. Be confident
Know and believe you can handle the success in front of you. Try to make your self better and push yourself to get better at what you do. Learn new things you need to get you going along the way, as you progress on this new path.
You are doing it first for yourself and then for others. Though this is true, you still however, need to be mindful of your audience. Remember, if there’s no audience, there’s no you.
4. Don’t let it get into you
This may be a hard thing to do because you know- success. Be humble and see where the path of success takes you and how far you can go with your new status. Don’t forget who you were, where you are coming from and the people who helped you get there- even the anonymous ones.
5. Calm down
You need to relax and process what is going on around you in bits and pieces. See how much you can leverage your new grounds.
Use this season to the best of your knowledge and to your utmost ability. Let it bring out the best in you.
6. Be in charge
You’ve always wished and dreamed of the success you now have. Make the best of it. Don’t think about yesterday or the past. It can’t be better than where you are now.
Don’t get carried away either, take charge and make only wise and well calculated choices.
7. Enjoy it
Nothing lasts forever no matter how long it takes. Enjoy your success whether or not you think you deserve it. And if any one says “fortune only smiled on you” and you are undeserving of your new status- pick up only the positive vibes they have for you and let go of the negatives.
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Bonus Tips
-You could try to prepare for success but you just may never know how you would react or respond to it.
-Don’t lose yourself when you become successful.
-When you get to where you are going- especially if you stumbled on it suddenly, don’t forget the above listed points.
-It’s best when you are prepared when success comes.
