How to Keep Your Emotions in Check When Achieving Success

Success can take many different forms. It can be a  successful family, a blossoming career, or a booming business. Whatever success  means to you, it is important to always remember that it is an impermanent  thing. Success is not a constant state of existence, and as such, when you feel  that you have achieved success, you haven’t ‘gotten there’.

I have read many self help books, business books and  religious books, and all the inspired authors recognise one truth – that the  good comes with the bad. What this means is that with every success comes  failure, and with every failure comes success. The two feelings and subsequent  emotions are intrinsically tied. And as such, appreciating each emotion you  have on the journey to success is important, but not as important as not getting  carried away by them.

In no way should you deny yourself the chance to feel and  experience the joy, happiness and excitement that comes from achieving a dream.  It is everyone’s purpose to experience these feelings for themselves during  their life, and to help others experience these emotions too. But, as with any  process of learning and experiencing, there will come a time when the feelings  will fade, the experience will change, and you will be presented with more  challenges in your life that will cause you to think that you have not  succeeded.

So, whilst you are enjoying the emotional highs during a  period of success, recognise that future challenges will come your way. This  will help you to remain respectful of others and their current situation as  well as appreciate your present moment even more.

The reverse can also happen. People can feel depressed or  worried when they are achieving or have achieved success. The phone is ringing,  things are going your way, and you begin to think “When is this going to end?  When is the bad news coming?” It surprises me that some people have this  tendency, but it can and does happen.

If this has happened or is happening to you, then remind  yourself of this universal truth – this too shall pass. What this means is that  every experience you have ever had has come and gone. All the past good AND bad  experiences have come and gone, and your current situation is no different. It  is not permanent – by its very nature, achieving success is an impermanent  thing and it will pass.

So, you most likely will experience future challenges after  success, and you will achieve success after challenges. If you make efforts  each day to live the best way you can with what you know, look to improve  yourself through education and taking risks and helping others in the process,  then success will come your way. And when it does, remind yourself that whilst  it is a wonderful feeling, it too shall pass.