FOUR PILLARS OF SUCCESS

Success told as history is nothing but a failure. There are a lot of success stories of yesterday that has no representation of success today; for success not to be told as story there remains need for such success to have a support.
It is important to mention that success is not a dash or sprint but a marathon race; success is an accumulation not an event. So success must be sustained otherwise it becomes a failure and to sustain success, the following pillars are of essence.
PILLAR #1: DISCIPLINE – self-control is a basic requirement for sustainable success. Until you are able to conquer yourself, you cannot truly be successful. Success without self-restrain is failure waiting to happen. You must consciously and willingly put a check on yourself otherwise you will be checked out of your success.
PILLAR #2: ACCOUNTABILITY is accepting personal responsibility for your actions and inaction. Success demands that you take ownership of your action and be ready to face the consequences. Accountability has no place for passing the bulk but takes full responsibility. You must hold yourself accountable and in some situation have others to be accountable to.
PILLAR #3: STANDARDS must be defined and closely followed for success to be sustained. There must be a well defined bench mark and a set goal.
PILLAR #4: SYSTEMS is a key sustainer of success. Success without a system will be short lived. If success must outlive one, then there must be a system in place to sustain the success. There must be a structure or policy which must be consciously put in place and which must not be under mined by any no matter highly placed. Rules must be kept.
In summary, you need discipline to hold yourself accountable to the set standards within the systems for your success to be real.