Being Persistent in Your Pursuit Of Greatness

Reclaim your power, rise, and build your own path.

Most people struggle to reach success not because they lack ambition, but because they pursue it the wrong way. The obsession with getting ahead at any cost, the manipulation, the shortcuts, the desperate grasping for someone else's opportunity, leaves people exhausted and no closer to what they actually want. S.E. Fields opens with a powerful and controversial question: Has the lust for success made you a double-crossing, backstabbing sellout? From that provocation, Fields charts a path out of the negative traps of chasing success and toward a positive reclamation of inner power, fueled by personal aspirations toward wealth.

The Battle For Success is built on a different premise: that success is a place of personal fulfillment, not a war zone. Across eighteen powerful chapters, Fields dismantles the patterns that keep people running in circles, including procrastination, complacency, wishy-washy ambition, and the habit of chasing anything that sounds good without following through. The tools here are practical, grounded in real-world experience, and designed to rebuild the momentum that frustration has eroded.

What separates this book from standard motivational fare is its honesty about the cost of misdirected ambition. Fields acknowledges that many people are not lazy: they are misdirected. Having a lust for success without a proper pursuit can be just as destructive as giving up entirely. The answer is not to want less, but to execute with greater clarity, focus, and fearlessness when rejection comes.

Whether you have spent years watching others move forward while your own life stalls, or you simply feel that your drive has outpaced your direction, The Battle For Success is written for you. It is a blueprint for anyone ready to stop wishing and start building, to stay patient during the quiet seasons of growth and fierce in the moments that demand action.

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Excerpt from The Battle For Success © Copyright 2026 S.E. Fields

INTRODUCTION

Has the lust for success made you a double-crossing, backstabbing, sellout? Does the thought of success make you a liar, a sneaky brown-noser who can’t be trusted? Have you lied, sabotaged, and betrayed those who stood in the way of success? Sounds harsh, yet millions of people fit this description. They treat the road to success like a battlefield, aiming at anyone who gets in their way – antagonizing employees, competing for positions, fighting for power, sleeping with bosses, engaging in conspiracies… the list can go on.

This bizarre attitude afflicts millions of people who have sacrificed their sanity, livelihood, and family, all in the name of success. They work for years but never reach the pinnacle of success because of their manipulative behavior and ineffective actions. They treat success like a war zone and not a place of personal fulfillment. They think, ‘I can’t reach success on my own, so I’ll force my way into someone else’s.’

Maybe you don’t think this harshly, but your life is all over the place. You’ve had a hard time finding a stable career. You can’t pursue anything because your wants change daily. You’re wishy-washy in your desires, but you want more. One week you’re trading stocks and bonds, and the next week you’re a cheerleading coach. You can’t find an interest or passion; therefore, you can’t find direction. You chase anything that sounds good, and you can’t follow through. You lust after the success of others and often jump into fields that you’re not qualified for. You’re miserable and stuck in a rut. You look at everyone else’s success from afar, wondering what happened to yours.           

You’re not lazy, but things never seem to come together. You’re frustrated with life, wondering why situations work out for everyone but you.

Everyone’s path to success is different; these are just two examples of many.  How many people sit at home, frustrated, watching the world move forward while they keep running in circles? They long to find the one connection, opportunity, or breakthrough that will unlock the door to success. Yes, success is essential, but chasing it can destroy you if you’re not careful.

Having a lust for success without the proper pursuit can be destructive. Not putting in the time and effort to achieve success has pushed many into a life of stress and complacency that drains them emotionally and physically.

Whether you have your own philosophy about success or you fit into the above categories, there is hope – a hope that success is obtainable. Seems impossible? Keep reading.