How To Be Successful

Everyone wants to be successful. Yes, I said it. I don’t know of many people who can say that their goal is not to be successful. Being successful doesn’t mean that everything is about how much money you make. Being successful means that you have reached a big goal of yours. Maybe success is obtaining…

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Last Updated: August 9, 2022

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Everyone wants to be successful. Yes, I said it. I don’t know of many people who can say that their goal is not to be successful.

Being successful doesn’t mean that everything is about how much money you make.

Being successful means that you have reached a big goal of yours. Maybe success is obtaining your dream position at your favorite company.

Maybe it’s starting your own business. Maybe it’s have a family or buying your own home. It can mean anything, and you are the person to determine what success means to you.

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Hey! I’m Michelle Schroeder-Gardner and I am the founder of Making Sense of Cents. I’m passionate about all things personal finance, side hustles, making extra money, and online businesses. I have been featured in major publications such as Forbes, CNBC, Time, and Business Insider. Learn more here.

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  1. The biggest thing is terms of achieving success, in my opinion, is positive action that is taken when the times are the roughest.

    Successful practices and routine lead to success. Constant “chugging” forward leads to success. Focus leads to success.

    Thinking about success won’t lead to as much success as getting off the couch and doing something about it.

    Short article today, but definitely a point we should all think about.

    The Warrior
    NetWorthWarrior.com

  2. I’ve been thinking about this a lot since you wrote about this on the other site. I think success means harnessing my ambition, and doing something with it—like you. Its ok to dream, but its better to act. I think to be successful for me, it would mean earning enough side hustle to help contribute to our home and be even more aggressive about paying off our home.