Have you ever wondered why you can't seem to achieve the success you feel you deserve?

Life is like a wheel, sometimes you're on top, and other times you're on the bottom.
In answer to your question, sometimes it's not a matter of getting what you deserve, but being able to look back and see what you have actually achieved.

People have different measures of success, i.e. lots of money, power, good job ... always wanting more, but sometimes forgetting what you have. In other words, life is full of lessons to teach us, but it's a conscious choice of whether we want to learn or not.

I find that when i'm caught in a situation where nothing is going right, it helps to just stop. Take a pause and look back at what has happened, what have i achieved what i didn't achieve, but most important what did i learn. Taking the time to look back sometimes gives us a fresh perspective of things, and helps us to understand better what we did right, what we could do better, what we shouldn't have done, and what we need to do next.

Simply put, in life set milestones to mark what you have achieved so far. Success is such a relative matter, and is subject to time considerations. Today, you might feel you haven't succeeded compared to last year. But by marking milestones, you can look back and say that you are successfull compared to 5 years ago.

My mantra:
- be happy with what you have or have achived
- don't be upset with what you don't have or haven't achieved
- but don't get complacent and stop hungering for more or to achieve greater things

This way, i don't stop wanting to achieve greater success, but keeps me grounded and reminded of what success i do have, without stumbling because i'm going through some obstacles. Like a runner who's fallen down in the middle of a race, he can choose to lie on the ground and cry about how he missed his chance to win the race, or get up despite the pain and continue running the race and achieve a different degree of success .... having finished the race.

Hope this helps.