Stephen Welton’s Blogging Success Challenge!

June 20, 2007

It may surprise that you that although I blog about videogames I don’t really read many video game blogs. Most of the blogs that I read are about internet entrepreneurs, blogging and success. I find these blogs very motivating and inspiring.

Today I wanted to share something that a fellow blogger wrote about success. Stephen Welton set his readers a challenge, titled Stephen Welton?’s Blogging Success Challenge! Stephen’s idea is that visual images of what we want to achieve in life continuously inspire us to try and reach that goal. This is because when we visualize that image it reminds us of how much we want to be successful and it motivates us to do so. Now Stephen’s challenge was for his readers to:

Go out and take a photo of something you want of something you really care about that you consider to be part of YOUR success. It could be something you already achieved or something you want. It could be something you consider important to you like your family. Whatever it is post it on your site explaining how and WHY it?’s part of YOUR success and the feelings you associate to it.

So here is my image:

Racoon Mario from Super Mario Bros. 3

Probably doesn’t make a lot of sense right? Allow me to explain. When I reflect back on my life I always remember that I was the most happiest when I was a child. Growing up my brother and I where the biggest fans of Super Mario Bros. And nothing made us happier than Mario. We loved that Italian so much.

Something that I strive for in life is working hard and being happy with my life. And nothing represents that more so than Mario in his finest form(Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World). Therefore my success is being happy with my life. I definitely believe that I currently live a happy life but I don’t think that I am as happy as I could be.

To live an even happier life I think that I need to have more time and freedom for my creative output. So once I finish Uni, get some more time to build some projects of my own and have more balance in life. Therefore being happy is a continuous goal of mine.

I encourage other bloggers to take part in this clever blogging challenge. All of the details can be found here. I hope that you find this concept as helpful and insightful as I have.

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Comment by Stephen Welton — June 20, 2007 at 2:29 am

Wow!

I am truly impressed with the way you explained how this one image or Mr. Mario can impact your success online. You really get how you can associate specific feeling to images and how if you can put them up around you they can drive you to keep going in the achievement of your goal.

I loved Mario myself growing up. I sing the theme song more often than not. I think the tune itself is really a part of my upbringing being an 80’s baby and all. So it brings positive thought and feeling about.

Way to go. I really am excited to have you join in as a Blogger who took on the challenge to get a bit personal and blog about what’s important to you.

Stephen

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