{"id":252,"date":"2012-03-27T11:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2012-03-27T11:28:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T18:28:50","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Success"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about success. When do we achieve success? Is it after we get what we want? Is it getting a dream job? Or is there more to success that merely getting what you want? I define success as setting out to do something and completing it, whether or not you get what you want. Success is determination. Success is not results; it\u2019s completion of a desired goal. So if you complete a goal, whether or not you get results, you are successful. Sometimes we don\u2019t get what we want. And that\u2019s okay. As long as we tried to get what we want, that\u2019s when we know that we are truly successful. There\u2019s no failure in success. We did what we could, and that, at the end of the day, is more than enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"