Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first Oscar last night.
 

After six Oscar nominations and countless times that he (arguably) should have won this esteemed award, he finally received the recognition he deserved.
 

And while we’ve never seen people celebrate another’s success much like the internet did last night, there are a few things we can learn about success from Leo’s Oscar win:
 

No one ever thought Leonardo DiCaprio was less of an actor for not winning an Oscar for his previous roles. And honestly, people still wouldn’t have doubted his success as an actor if he didn’t win last night (although, the world may have been in a tiny outrage..).
 

The point being: Leonardo DiCaprio is an unbelievably talented actor, who is successful and happy for far more reasons than what a gold statue will proclaim.
 

His success didn’t depend on the acclamation of the Academy. In fact, he’s one of the few actors who seems to find his success purely in his depth and commitment to the roles he plays. His passion for acting and incredible talent for bringing his characters to life is evident in every movie he has ever been in.
While he may not have taken home the title of Best Actor before last night, in many people’s eyes, he already was.
 

There has been quite the outrage that Leo has never won an Oscar before. He’s undoubtably one of the most talented actors of our time, and yet he had never been “officially” recognized as the Best Actor by the Academy until last night.
 

And as much as everyone else thinks he’s been screwed out of a lot of Oscars, that’s not why he’s acting.
In fact, after a previous loss, Leo said, “I am really moved by all the people on the internet demanding that I should win an Oscar but to be honest, I only do this job because I love it, not to win prizes.”
 

Leonardo knows something that many of us should take to heart: real success means you are living out what you were created to do.
 

You can acquire as many awards or prizes as you want, but you’ll never find true success if you’re only doing it for the recognition. Instead, let’s focus on what makes us come alive and go do that instead.
 
 

While we believe Leonardo has been successful for far longer than his Oscar will account for, this much-deserved recognition took a long time to achieve. Most of the time, success doesn’t happen over night – and true success never will.
 

Finding your purpose and working hard at it requires patience. It requires commitment and it doesn’t come easy.
 

If we want to live our best lives and be successful – in whatever way that means to us – then we have to commit our lives to it. We have to give it our all, and we have to put our full selves out into the arena…
 
 

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