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	1 # The Road to Success by josuah
	2
	3 Success, the holy grail in Life. Many different forms and shapes.
	4 Marriage? Career? A medal? A stable financial situation? Crossing the
	5 border and get naturalized? So many facets to that same shiny diamond.
	6
	7 Or does success mean avoiding failure? In that case, doing nothing means
	8 no failure, but trying always have more chance to reach whatever one
	9 names "success".
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	11 If failing means that trying did not lead one as far as hoped for, then
	12 the next thing to do for getting closer to "success" again is trying
	13 again, in risk to fail over again. And while so, also going a bit
	14 closer every time to success.
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	16 What is the landmark that distinguish being very close to actually
	17 reaching success? Which indicator to use? Is it about completing a large
	18 project? Fame? A position in the company? And once at the top position of
	19 a company, one can still say it was a tiny company and the real goal
	20 always was to be at the head of a great company, and that success will
	21 be when the company is large enough.
	22
	23 So if there is no real landmark, if failing is trying but failing to
	24 reach an impossible goal, then failing is the result of trying whatever
	25 that leads to. Failure would be the moment that follows any attempt to
	26 reach the end of a direction. Failure would simply be the moment where
	27 you look back at where you were before trying, where you are now, and
	28 the road left to go to reach infinity.
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	30 Success looks similar: trying to move forward, constantly bumping the
	31 objective further as one get closer to it. Again success is the moment
	32 where you look at where you are, and estimate how far you've been. If
	33 success and failure are the same, this suggests that something is wrong
	34 somewhere. Somehow, the ultimate acheivement of every life is death.
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	36 ## The Road to Success?
	37 This is the same as the road to Failure: this is Life, it leads to Death.
	38 Wherever we go, we will be on it as long as we live. So now, may we move
	39 that idea of Success away so that we can enjoy living our life.