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Originally Posted by ballhit2  The relationship between "growth" and "success" is now a complete sentence.
Metaphor alarm.
Is a seed, just taking root in the ground, successful? How about the first emergence above the soil? What about when the plant spurts up and doubles its size? Or must one wait until the released potential copies of itself fly into the wind?
End metaphor alarm.
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This reminds me of an article by Scott H. Young which talks about having a velocity-based outlook instead of a position-based outlook.
Scott H Young » Balancing Today and Tomorrow
In summary, it says you should care more about how fast you're improving than where you currently are, and set your goals accordingly. (I think this ties in nicely with something Steve wrote once: your goals for the future should be serving you today).
So, in your metaphor, the seed/plant is always successful.