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Why Are You Not Successful? What Truly Determines Success?

Lukas Schwekendiek
3 min readOct 14, 2023

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If you define success as making a lot of money, owning a company or living a “prosperous” life, then that success is determined by how well you can play the game.

It’s about how well you can connect with people, how easily you can make money, how good you can get at investing, how much time you can put into learning sales, and how lucky you get.

The general form of success is simply part of a game.

Learn the rules, practice the skills of the game, and you will do well.

Most people do not want to put in the time or effort to learn, do not want to grow in those skills or find themselves wishing for an easier way out.

It’s not that they do not want to reach success, but rather that they don’t want to reach this success.

Yes, money is nice, popularity makes you feel good and living a prosperous life comes with certain benefits… but none of that is guaranteed to make you happy.

If you have not put in the time or energy to grow into a prosperous state, then it is likely that you have not truly sat down to think about why you would want to go that route.

You may not enjoy the game, or may find that the reward for winning is not truly that appealing.

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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