The Sweet Smell of Success
Written By: Darren Bocksnick © 2010
Though I’m not a coffee drinker, I’ll admit the aroma of a fresh pot of someone’s favorite, savory brew welcomes the morning with pleasantness. Scent is said to be the sense that has a direct correlation to memory over all other senses. In pondering this, I believe there is some truth to this line of thinking.
This being the case, it would explain how the smell of coffee could incite memories of home while mom and dad rushed through the morning before heading off to work in a mad dash. This logic would also explain how coffee could bring back memories of camping in Michigan’s back country where the scent of pine and a pot of the stuff could amplify nature’s wonder with a sense of longing. Additionally, this would conclude how the scent of coffee could bring to mind the memories of various office jobs I’ve held where co-workers scrambled to catch the last drop so they wouldn’t be forced into making more.
If scent truly is the connector of memories, then there are some interesting parallels we can draw with other significant areas of our lives. What if success, that seemingly elusive state of being- had a distinctive scent all its own? Better yet, what if the scent of success could permeate the air around, inspire memories and saturate everyone in the vicinity with its influence?
Like the pleasant memories a fresh cup of fancy brew can instill, success does have a scent. The scent of success is absorbed by being within near vicinity to its reach and influence. As we associate ourselves with successful individuals, we begin to absorb their success into our own lives. Thus, the saying: “we become by-products of who we associate with” has new found meaning.
Then, if we become successful by being within reach of success’ sweet scent and by associating with other success-minded people like those of Successful Thinkers, we through a process much like osmosis begin to take on the memories of success. A transfer motif occurs and the success of our predecessors is filtered down to us through absorbing and remaining in the vicinity or the influence of success. This is the sweet scent of success brewing in our midst!
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