Real People, Real Success

Real People, Real Success

People today are troubled. Could the r-word turn into the big “D”? That’s right; recession always presents a real danger of sliding or crashing into depression. History can repeat itself. But if we look back at history with the purpose of finding the best ways to succeed even when economic times are tough, we can find many, many examples of people who turned their dreams into a new reality for themselves and their families and others.

>Even when things look their bleakest, a vision of how life should be can draw you closer and closer to that new reality. History can be our mentor and our guide as we study and learn the science and art of success from the biographies of successful people. This is particularly important when times are tough and we feel discouraged. The stories of our heroes in history can perk us up and get us going in the right direction–they serve as our compass on the stormy seas of life.

When we think of Charles Dickens, for example, we may think only of his successes. He was such a famous author that we know his work in an instant from all the movies and stage plays that have been made of his stories and the reading we did in school at every level. A Christmas Carol has been immortalized in remakes over the decades to the extent that we can hardly imagine Christmas without that story’s important lessons of the heart. We have

known Scrooge so well growing up that we now delight in introducing him to our children and grandchildren. And there are many more examples of his work that live with us every day: Bleak House, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities (who does not know the first line of that novel: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”? Who does not recognize that those words ring true for every age?),

Great Expectations…

But what did it take for Charles Dickens to get there, to succeed as an author so well that he has lived in us as a beacon of light and compassion? Charles Dickens was born into a family that was quite poor. Even as a child he read voraciously and took well to his studies. He dreamed as a boy of a life as a refined gentleman–educated, intelligent, insightful. He dreamed of being a writer and author. At a very young age, however, his dreams were put on the back burner because of his family’s needs.

His parents took in boarders to make ends meet in those hard times. One of them, seeing how young Charles spent his days studying and dreaming, suggested to his parents that he be put to work in a factory. They liked the idea and soon poor Charles, at about the age of 10 mind you, was placed in a blacking factory in London away from his home and family. This was grueling, dirty, early morning until late at night work for the lad. In addition, knowing

he was destined for a greater fate, this was also terribly humiliating for him, but he never complained and never discussed with anyone how he came to be there. In fact, he couldn’t talk about it until much later in his life. He simply did his duty to his family, kept on reading and studying, and held close to his heart the dream of what his future life would be.

Later on, with success and a lovely family with four boys, Charles Dickens’ best advice to his sons as they went on their own adventures, was “Do your best in everything that you do.” This is a fine lesson from history and demonstrates that the principles of success are repeated again and again throughout history. A dream of a better life is timeless–and achievable by anyone who wants to learn the principles and apply them in his or her own life. That is how to turn “the worst of times” into the “best of times” for your own life.


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Why do people frown on other peoples success?
Why do people frown on other peoples success?
Seems to me in america this is growing trait. Just cause lets say successful does not mean i have to share my wealth with someone who is lazy. Anyone else notice these traits ? Such hate on people who put time and effort to succeed , and there is just other people who want to be just like him/her but dont want to put the time into do it.

About Author

Celia Ann Rooney is a writer, teacher, and attorney in Philadelphia. She has published numerous legal articles in trial lawyer publications and writes an annual supplement in products liability law for Bisel Law Publishers. She is the author of a series of e-books which examine the science and art of success in the success stories of real people and has also written a number of free articles on the subject of achieving success and self-improvement. She is co-founder and chief financial officer of A New Success, LLC. You can learn more about the author and her work the website at www.anewsuccess.comhttp://www.anewswuccess.com and you may write to her directly at crooney@anewsuccess.com. She lives with her husband in Philadelphia and they have three grown children.

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  7. diamonds says:

    Success is a relative concept. Same is valid of failure. People are generally working very hard for success and are scared at the idea of failure. Everybody wants to be successful and nobody wants to be a failure. But the reality is that both success and failure are aspects of the duality within this world. Both are temporary and flickering. Many people think that by working hard they are guaranteed success. And this might be true, but finally everyone has to meet death and loose everything and start from scrath his/her next life. So, what is real success few people know and strive for. Real success in life is to make progress on the path of spiritual perfection or self-realization. There is no fear of loss on this path, because it is all-auspicious and eventually leads one to the highest perfection of existence. This path is described by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita as follows:

    BG 2.40
    nehabhikrama-naso 'sti
    pratyavayo na vidyate
    sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
    trayate mahato bhayat

    TRANSLATION
    In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.

    BG 6.40
    sri-bhagavan uvaca
    partha naiveha namutra
    vinasas tasya vidyate
    na hi kalyana-krit kascid
    durgatim tata gacchati

    TRANSLATION
    The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Son of Pritha, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.

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  9. sjannettey says:

    I've had good success using meditation and Byron Katie's The Work, which involves questioning thoughts. Google it or go to http://www.thework.org and look at some of the sample videos and download the free resources!

  10. perception says:

    Success is a subjective thing. Some people consider having a home, family, and food on the table success. Some consider millions of dollars and fine homes success. It depends on your values.

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  12. You are completely right to hate having her on meds. It's unnatural. Sometimes, kids raised on ritalin are forever damaged from its effects.

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    As for natural therapies, proceed with caution and ask your doctor, because those can be just as harmful as ritalin.

    Honestly, I believe it's just a stage in most cases. Yeah, some people really do have ADHD, but nowadays too many people are getting wrong diagnoses.

    Doctors kept insisting that my little brother be medicated on Ritalin. My mom filled out the prescriptions, then dumped the pills in the trash. The doctors kept prescribing greater and greater doses, but we never gave him the ritalin. My mom was an extremely effective and patient parent, and when my brother reached about age 7 or 8, he mellowed out, and is now doing fine. His doctors took it as a testament to their medical expertise. -_________- HAH!

    You can find a list of alternative treatments here:
    http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/06/17/evaluating-drug-free-alternatives-for-adhd/
    http://www.healing-arts.org/children/ADHD/treatments.htm

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  15. just Swat ointment. I would just use the spray on the legs. Using a roll on is just spending extra money.

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