I have written about success many times in my blog and in previous columns (see June 2011) and likely will in the future as well. It is a topic that intrigues most people as we work through our personal and professional maze.

 There is no failure, no disappointment, no mistake in our past that can stop us from taking a positive step forward right now.  

 Being realistic means to see things as they are without filtering them or trying to make believe that everything is OK when in fact it is not.