Basking in Success

Basking in Success

Achieving even a milestone success is success by itself and who says you DON'T deserve to celebrate for that ? Any success that is hard-earned is really worth all the hard work [after all the frustrations alongside the pain that goes with it].  So, basking in success is just the right move but please, not too long.  Not long after the frenzy that goes along with success.  Not way long after we have ran out of wines for kampais.  Not when you have over-stretched all the high fives you deserve.  Enjoy while there is still that luster, enough for you to bask in success.

To quote Faisal Khosa, "PAST SUCCESS SECURES FUTURE FAILURE IF WE CONTINUE TO BASK IN ITS GLOW FOR TOO LONG".  Well said.  In competitive sports, we have seen one-time champions who were gone the next round.  We have witnessed record-breaking performances that shattered all previous feat.  But besides being sad, we gotta figure it out why things went haywire way too fast.  The WWE is littered with a long list of the shortest championship reigns ever.

Don't get me wrong.  Celebrations are celebrations especially if we are steep in traditions just like the Chinese whose traditions have heavily influenced even other cultures.  Let us focus on the key reasons for celebrating success namely, our SATISFACTION, our MOTIVATION, our BONDING, our PEER REINFORCEMENT and as part of our LEARNING.

Wanna celebrate more ?  There are multifarious ways besides endless kampais.  Let's build recognition and gratitude into our existing activities.  Let's engage in 'social celebrations' virtually [especially since we're still in this pandemic].  Lastly, build that attitude of giving small-small things with immediacy.  Find a way to show you have noticed someone, highlighting where he did shine and how he did catch your attention.

BTW, not to deter success but there's a big legion who believe that SUCCESS IS GOOD BUT FAILURE IS BETTER.  Bottomline is, NEVER LET SUCCESS GET INTO YOUR HEAD.  On the other hand, NEVER LET FAILURE GET INTO YOUR HEART.  Sometimes, in fact, most of the times, things don't go as planned [and THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE].  When failure creeps in, it simply means there is something to be learned or likely, there is another alternative path you can trek.  In a nutshell, failure is a REDIRECTION.  It tells us which direction we should go.  And failure is an OPPORTUNITY.  That gives us the chance to evaluate things.  And lastly, failure is NOT FATAL.  So, it's fine to be basking in success but not too long, please.✅✅✅