{"id":117577,"date":"2018-11-09T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=117577"},"modified":"2018-11-15T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T21:01:36","slug":"what-is-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/09\/what-is-success\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Success: advancing towards what you desire to achieve in life:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Dear friend,<\/p>\n<p>Practical question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  What is success? Is success important? If so, why is success important? Is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a final state we desire to achieve, or is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d an action we do on a daily basis? Does \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d need to be very big, or small?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/what-is-success.pdf\">DOWNLOAD PDF: What is success<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NOZds4qwW7E\">What is Success?<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Success?\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOZds4qwW7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/erickimphotography\">See all YouTube Videos ><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Success<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541658056&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-35\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117552\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Cindy project \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-35.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you study the Latin word for success (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/succedo#Latin\">Succedo<\/a>), it literally means to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153advance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. I like this notion\u00e2\u20ac\u201d because in modern times, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is seen only in monetary-economic-utilitarian values. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d if you have external totems or markers of success via your income, savings, or the things you own \u00e2\u20ac\u201d rather than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in your everyday actions.<\/p>\n<h2>Success isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a final state<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541655710&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Rainbow \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-24.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The problem in modern society is also this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  You are classified into a binary \u00e2\u20ac\u201d either as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unsuccessful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541642615&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Cindy moving staircase high angle \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-20.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To me, this is silly. Many people desire to (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153one day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) become \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. They see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as some summit which needs to be climbed and reached. And the false notion is once you are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, everything will be sunshine and roses, and we will perpetually be in a state of happiness and joyful bliss.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541593478&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-16\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Cindy \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-16.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the photography world, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve achieved \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in terms of my personal goals and desires \u00e2\u20ac\u201d traveling the world, making money from photography, getting these fancy cameras I desired, having solo exhibitions, becoming \u00e2\u20ac\u0153famous\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, etc. But even though I achieved \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel wholly fulfilled. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel this eternal bliss and joy which I expected.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541301814&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Words \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-5.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Essentially what happened was:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I reached the pinnacle of success and I told myself, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wait\u00e2\u20ac\u201d that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it!?!?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Which made me wonder \u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  There certainly must be more to life than simply striving for and achieving \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Success as advancement<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?fit=3456%2C5184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3456,5184\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541235557&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?fit=1333%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3-1000x1500.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500\" alt=\"Cindy \" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?resize=1333%2C2000&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?resize=830%2C1245&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-3.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/succedo#Latin\">Succedo<\/a> (Latin) means to advance, climb, ascend. I much prefer this definition.<\/p>\n<p>Why? This means:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every action in which you advance, climb, or ascend \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153succeeding\u00e2\u20ac\u009d!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This means,<\/p>\n<p>We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use the concept of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153successful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unsuccessful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as attributes which categorize ourselves. Instead, we either label our actions as successful or unsuccessful. And successful meaning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Did this action advance my personal goal or mission statement, or retard\/rewind my movement backwards?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Never stop climbing<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?fit=3456%2C5184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3456,5184\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541235514&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?fit=1333%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117515\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1-1000x1500.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500\" alt=\"Cindy \" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?resize=1333%2C2000&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?resize=830%2C1245&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-1.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My mom is an epic backpacker, world traveler, and hiker. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 60+ years old, and will still hike 12 miles a day for 20 days straight in Nepal, with a 40 pound backpack. How does she stay motivated? She told me the secret:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Sangjina (my Korean nickname)\u00e2\u20ac\u201d it is simple. All you have to do is keep putting one foot in front of another\u00e2\u20ac\u201d and to keep moving forward. If you try to look at the summit, and see how far away you are, you will become discouraged. <strong>Just keep moving one foot in front of another \u00e2\u20ac\u201d keep moving forward and upwards.<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/montreal\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?fit=5184%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541300840&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography montreal &amp;#8211; monochrome &amp;#8211; lumix g9-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4-1000x667.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Clouds \" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?resize=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-montreal-monochrome-lumix-g9-4.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a beautiful way for us to also live our lives:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Let us never stop advancing in the direction of our life goals, dreams, and supreme self-dictated life task.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KEEP CLIMBING!<br \/>\nERIC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/photography-entrepreneurship-101\/\">Photography Entrepreneurship 101 ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success: advancing towards what you desire to achieve in life:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/eric-kim-black-and-white-vlog2-scaled.jpg?fit=3840%2C2160&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117577"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117624,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117577\/revisions\/117624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}