Sometimes People Can't Handle Success

Sometimes people can't handle success - Satish Nairclinics. After retirement, Maradona spent most of his
"I tried 1000 different ways to find a solution, buttime in Cuba (can say in hospital), and after returning
1001st was the best solution" - Thomas Alva Edison,to Argentina suddently he suffered a major heart
when asked about his experience in inventing the lightattack following a cocaine overdose and was
bulb.admitted to intensive care in a Buenos Aires hospital.
The first question is "What is Success?" : TheAfter he showed improvement, Maradona was taken
dictionaries provide various definitions of success asoff the respirator on April 23 and remained in
'an occurrence that accomplishes its intendedintensive care for several days before being
purpose' or 'a state of prosperity or fame' or 'adischarged.
realization that a person is successful', but success isSecond example : Diana, Princes of Wales, from the
broader than what we define. Achieving successtime of her engagement to the Prince of Wales in
means you became famous; you can have enough1981 until her death after a car accident in 1997,
money to buy the luxuries you longed for so manyDiana was one of the most famous women in the
years, you are being a darling of the masses.world, a pre-eminent celebrity of her generation.
Anybody can achieve success, however for that oneDuring her lifetime, she was often described as the
has to have the self belief within him that he can, thisworld's most photographed woman. To her admirers,
is the primary step towards success. If you do notthe Princess of Wales was a role model; After her
believe in yourself, then creating that feeling is yourdeath, there were even calls for her to be nominated
first assignment. Secondly, we have to focus onfor sainthood, while her detractors, consider her to
what we are going to do to achieve success,have been suffering from a mental illness; it has been
something we already have and something we havesuggested that Diana was, according to one
to attain from others.biographer, possibly suffering from Borderline
There are many factors that contribute to successpersonality disorder. Diana herself admitted to
or failure, the most important of which is a person'sstruggling with depression, and the eating disorder
mindset. One can not create and sustain success, ifbulimia, which recurred throughout her adult life.
his thoughts, beliefs and emotions are not adjustedThird Example is of Mike Tyson. At the height of his
to success. If one believes in oneself, money or whatfame and career in the late 1980s and throughout
success means for them are in dissimilarity to athe '90s, Tyson was one of the most recognized
successful life, he finds it difficult or impossible tosports personalities in the world. Apart from his many
create one.sporting accomplishments, his outrageous and
Some of the key factors for people, who want tocontroversial behavior in the ring and in his private life
be successful are determination, decisiveness,as well as the drug and alcoholic abuses has kept him
continuous learning, constructive planning, hard-work,in the public eye than his career.
relentless practice (regain the mettle even whenTyson retired from competitive boxing in 2005. He
things are going against his wishes), have to have thehas since engaged in a series of exhibition bouts in a
ability to recover and learn from failures. One requirestour across the US to pay his numerous debts.
a strong vision of his future, his planning; settingDespite receiving over US$30 million for several of his
achievable goals all can play important roles infights and $300 million over his career, Tyson
becoming successful.declared bankrupt in 2003. now, Tyson appears in
There is no need to worry, If one does not have allcountless popular media in either cameo appearances
the above characteristics, think success is not aor as a subject of parody or satire.
heavenly fruit, as if one can only dream of it,So why these people addicted to drugs, alcohol and
everybody can achieve it with various techniques.suffering from various disorders? And the answer is
One can set goals and objectives, which may be"Sometimes people can't handle success" the reasons
inherited qualities, however learning some advancedmay be they fear the success and self sabotage
techniques for success, which can only be learnedtheir lives, that's what happened to Maradona, Mike
from schools/people. You have to develop mentalTyson and Princes Diana, there were throwing the
strength to succeed, which will enable you to recoverfame away. No one has been able to break through
from setbacks more easily.this massive self sabotage. No wonder that people
There is another side of this coin that lot manyare afraid of success. To achieve success means
people, famous personalities, they can not handle theneed of a lot of self-examination along with chances
success suitably - can say success is an catastrophein lifestyle and facelift of our behaviors.
for them - a bad experience. How to handle theWe are NOT just talking about some personalities
success depends upon the person as an individual i.e.here; we are talking about every successful people,
it is a very individual matter. To somebody success isincluding you. Success is like a hard rock, not
an unexciting aspect, but to somebody it is aneverybody is able to crack or pull it down easily.
energizing factor to achieve more. We surprise whenChances are that anybody who tasted the success in
we hear news about famous people, who sufferany field can face such problems at any moment of
from alcoholism, drug abuse and serious emotionaltime; it is not a fault of us, but a phenomenon people
problems, we see that success can bring differentaround the world face.
kinds of discomfort alongwith it. Diego Maradona,Satisfaction is an important ingredient of success. For
Mike Tyson, Princess Diana are perfect examples,becoming successful, you have to learn to get
facing serious problems when they are famous, as ifsatisfied. This often means giving up wanting and
people think they have everything, but suffered atlonging, two feelings that don't go with satisfaction.
different levels and they fee they are alone in theLet us hope we will not be addicted to the drugs and
midst of fame.alcohol like Maradona did, but almost everyone is
First Example Diego Maradona. He is former captionlimiting his lives because part of him is afraid of
of Argentine football team. He played in four Worldsuccess. If it applies to us, then we should retrospect
Cups, won a world cup in 1986, received FIFA Playerthat what receding factors and soul searching to
of the Century and voted in 2000 by FIFA, the bestknow what pulled us back, so that we can rectify
football player of all time surpassing the greatthe wrongs and find the rights.
footballer ever PELE.Success requires discipline, determination and a strong
Since the 1990s, Maradona has been battling cocainebelief in oneself. It's a whole lot easier to stay where
addiction, which included spells in Swiss and Cubanyou are than to move into a new state of being.