Success or dumb luck?

I see people around being successful and doing or saying things I wouldn’t dare to mutter. 

I still have a great deal of stress around making mistakes, and I don’t think it will go away that fast. 

These people can do many great things and a few questionable ones and still get away with it. They’re not all necessarily misbehaving, and I’m not suggesting to be wreck-less either and simply do stuff for the views, but there’s a certain quality to all of it that we can appreciate.

Being bolder.

I’m not sure if it’s from sheer stupidity or because some of them want to push their limits, but I can’t ignore the fact that it might need a certain level of boldness to act in certain circumstances. Deciding faster and acting more can be very rewarding. This leads me to the next point.

Mistakes are inevitable.

With that many things done, there has to be some progress made and many mistakes along the way. Regardless if they could be prevented by reflecting a bit more, I guess overthinking could simply paralyze most of them. I can understand that. Learning from those mistakes remains the single most crucial aspect of them.

The opinion of others doesn’t matter as much.

I think it’s the worst part to accept for me. It does matter so we can ideally improve but living according to what others tell us to think, say or do is ridiculous. Logically and rationally, I know that, but I can’t seem to be able to switch it off on demand yet. 

So overall, I’m not jealous or envious of people more successful than me. In fact, I admire a great deal of them for their bravado. Maybe that’s why I felt like reflecting on that matter: I need to find the next few steps in this journey even if, at times, I feel crazy to try. 

Success is relative to one another, just like becoming better can have a different meaning for one person to the next.

The amount of work required is enormous, and I don’t mind it. I often wished I could’ve started earlier or learned lessons faster, but it is what it is, and nothing will change that. It also means that I’m not done yet, and I can still help write the future by being an active part of it.

What do you think? Let me know.