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Fulfillment, meaning, joy

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This piece beautifully captures the essence of passion as a driving force behind success. It emphasizes the importance of combining passion with hard work and continuous learning to truly achieve our dreams.

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Well said! Passion thrives success. Without passion, we can't see any perfection or interest what we do. Most success resonate with utmost passion.

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"Embrace failure."

I am so happy that you mentioned this crucial component. In a recent writing workshop, the instructor, Timmons Esaias, said, "Submission + Rejection = Networking." Brilliant! I'd never thought of that aspect. The networking among writers and editors, through submitting and being rejected (failure) is just as important as being published by them on the first try (success). Networking relationships are still built and future publication with those same editors is still absolutely possible with future pieces. Embracing those "failures" is still equal to success. Learning and networking are deep success.

I've been learning to paint recently. I've had some hideous failures. My favorite paintings are the ones that I learned how to fix, how to improve. Those failures, and fixes, have propelled me forward faster.

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