How To Know When You've Made It (Part 2/2)

This post is a response to my previous blog, We're All Just Trying To Make It.

My definition of "making it" is this: achieving overall happiness, wherein you are able to support yourself through the realization of goals/dreams that pertain to your primary purpose.

From my readings and observations, people who are successful:

• have a sense of purpose; are willing to attempt to figure out who they are, why they're here, and the purpose they're meant to fulfill.
• are goal-oriented.
• enjoy a challenge. they're always reaching higher.
• pursue wisdom. are aware that they don't have all the answers.
• are doers. they often do not know where to start. they just start (and keep going).
• have faith, in something. someone. themselves.
• don't need to step on people to get there.
• make mindful actions & decisions. they don't just roll with the motions of life.
• embody persistence, especially in the face of setbacks, trial, and uncertainty/doubt.
• are often uncertain/doubtful.
• have a positive relationship with "the process", whatever shape that frustration takes.
• act in the short term with a vision for the long term.
• are slightly crazy. practicality is subjective.

Maybe this list is completely off, I don't know. I'm not an expert; I'm just aiming for happiness. But aren't we all?