So, I'm at my favorite bookstore, which I have to travel to Cherry Hill for, and as usual, I become spellbound by all of the collective knowledge that is, literally, at my fingertips as I walk up and down the aisles.
I find it absolutely mind-boggling that you can be in a single structure or a building, and hold the keys to the universe if you look closely enough ( I was, coincidentally, in the space-exploration aisle).
I suppose the same could be said if you are standing in a library, but there is something about those clear plastic wrappings they put on library books that makes what is contained within seem less accessible. But, as usual, I digress.
So, there I am, walking among the aisles of knowledge and I find myself in the self-help section looking at all the titles: The Success Book, How to Succeed in Business, 7 Secrets of Successful Teens etc. All of these books, all dedicated to the notion of success. That was when it hit me--how do these books ever sell? Aren't all individual ideas of what success is dramatically different? And then, it hit me again..."I wonder what Lang kids view as definitions of success? Hmmmmmm...blog question!" And now, here we are.
So, tell me--what is YOUR definition of success?
What are the hallmarks, again, to YOU, of a successful person?
How do you judge whether or not you are successful? A
re there different levels, different measures of importance tied to levels?
What do you need to have, to own, to acquire in order to feel successful?
What types of things need to happen in order for you to see yourself as a success?
(450 words/60pts)
To me, success is all about giving it your best. For example, let's say you have a big math test or history paper that you need to ace. If you are anything like the typical high schooler, you mope around all day and continuously whine about how crappy this day is going to be. With that kind of mindset, by the time you are taking the test, you would have complained so much that you tricked yourself into thinking that you are absolutely going to fail and that there is nothing you can do. Instead of being negative, success is all about being optimistic. As long as you go into that test with the mindset that you would try your hardest, you can't fail, and anything that is't a failure is a success.
ReplyDeleteI believe that dedication and determination of a person defines a successful person. It doesn't matter if they don't complete what they set out to do, because they would have the willpower and persistence to never stop trying. And that is all that it takes to not fail in my books. Steve Jobs would be an example. During the startup of Apple, even though the company made products that were complete failures, and even after getting voted off out of his own company, Jobs never quit and eventually got back into his company through a landmark business deal between Apple and Next. Jobs' raw drive to be the owner of his company again catapulted him to becoming one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
For me, there are only two levels that I measure success. You either fail or you don't. And if you don't fail, you have succeeded in not failing. There is no partial success or partial failures. It's either 0% or 100%.
To be successful, you only have to have the conviction to not fail. Steve Jobs could have given up when he disappointed millions of waiting customers. But if he did, we would have never known him as the success he is known to be. History would have remembered him as a big flop.
For me personally, as long as I didn't fail, I consider it a success. Sure, I could have horribly flunked a test, but if I did better than I expected, I would consider it a success. The only exception to my rule would be my mom. If I consider myself to have succeeded, but my mom says I failed, then I have failed. She is always pushing me to be better, and most of my success has come from her. Thanks mom.
My definition of success is not giving up ever. In my opinion that's success in the most complex form. When you have the demeanor that you're capable of doing what you set your mind to; from there you will excel throughout all endeavors. You can't put a price on an opportunity. Opportunities unable us to learn life skills. Most people are under the impression that being success for is equivalent to their financial status when in reality there are people making 6 figures and still don't feel a sense of success. My success is being a happy person so, at peace that nothing can bother me full of accomplishments that not only benefited and change my life but, someone else. Because, even if I was rich it's not like I can take the money with me. When your on this earth your job is to impact the lives of others in some way. We don't just live for ourselves we live for the environment.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the hallmarks, again, to YOU, of a successful person?
An example of successful people to me is the ones who do magnificent things and go unnoticed. The true heroes of the world aren't the people you see in the tabloids and news papers who do good things for recognition. It's the one's who genially give back to the community and seek no reward or payment. Typically, the people who are sport coaches, and great teachers or community figures. Anyone who goes the extra mile to ensure that someone else can have a shot at success.
In order to feel successful isn't when others acknowledge your success. It's when you are at peace with your life and your realize you have made a difference. You have changed someone's life. All you need is a compassionate heart and an open mind. Also, you need to dig deeper than just the surface live your life with a purpose.
Of course, money does play a part in finical success but, finical successful is different from life success. Life success only includes making someone else's life better. You can't live your life only thinking about money you'll never be happy you'll never really be accomplished. No matter how many people have you convinced that your net worth determines your life worth. Because, if you don't really do anything remarkably good in life your worthless in my opinion. I live my life everyday trying to be someone that actually counts in society. Before I die I want to have actually influenced peoples life in amazing way. That to me is a success that I can leave my own imprint on the world. I actually mattered to someone! No matter if I am filthy rich or broke.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is setting a goal, going after it and not stopping till you achieve it. The most successful people didn’t achieve their goals overnight nor did they stop after their first failure or failures. They thought of new ways or tried again to achieve their goal. For example, the first African American to be featured on the covers of GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Tyra Banks. Tyra was rejected by 7 agencies and even told by agents “We already have a black girl” and “..you’re not going to get far in this world because you’re black..” didn’t make her give up. Eventually, she was signed by L.A. Models and later Elite. If Tyra would have giving up then she wouldn’t have done campaigns for Dolce & Gabanna and be a producer for America’s Next Top Model. A successful person won’t quit.
The levels of success are determined by failure, achievement and if you are maintaining it. If you fail then you should try again, if you achieve it, then that great now you have to maintain it. When it comes to modeling you have to maintain your talent i.e, staying in shape and maintaining a positive attitude. Maintaining your talent is the key part of success because you can be easily fired and gain a bad reputation.
You must have persistence, tough skin and be determined to be successful.
I believe that I am on the way to being successful in the modeling industry. When I was in 10th grade I wanted to walk in Atlantic City Fashion Week, so in June I went the audition and they told me “No.” I remember that night I went home and practice and came back the next day and they told me “Yes” In that situation I didn’t give up and achieved my goal. At the end of 10th grade I decided that I wanted to sign with an agency in New York and I started to lose weight. My mom entered me into a modeling competition and there were five agencies there and I didn’t get a call back from any of them. Did I give up? No. today my best friend took some digitals of me and I applied to Major Model Management and I am going to meet with Wilhelmina May 6th.
I will hit my next mark of success once I sign with an agency in New York, Milan, Chicago and Miami. Once I am signed with them my next mark of success is to be featured in Sports Illustrated, Victoria Secret, Fendi, Prada, and other high end brands. As well as model for Gap and cosmetics. Once, I achieve all of those goals I will call myself successful. I know that signing worldwide will be accomplished by the time I am 18 and I know that my dedication, determination, and faith will be the cause of this.
My definition of success is reaching the goals that one has set for themselves. Of course I think that being a millionare indicates success, but unfortunately not everyone is that lucky. So, I like to think of success as an accomplishment of the goals that one sets for themselves, regardless of how hard it was to accomplish them, as long as all possible effort and passion was put forth in order to do so.
ReplyDeleteI could go on and on about all of the characteristics of a successful person, but the one that sticks out to me is perseverance; NEVER allowing giving up to be an option, no matter what life throws at you. Taking every curveball as a test in strength, and proving that you are willing to work through your obstacles because you know success will be coming if you work hard enough. I can’t think of any successful person that had everything handed to them, and if there are a few out there who have had it all handed to them, they probably don’t deserve the title of success that they have.
Personally, I judge whether or not I am successful by how proud I am of myself. I set A LOT of goals for myself, and when I feel proud of how I respond to them, that’s when I know that I am successful. I think a lot of people are concerned with how successful they look to those around them, which keeps them from acknowledging how much success they have actually attained, even if it’s not what others expect of them. Because of this, I think we all need to start judging our level of success by what we want for ourselves and whether or not we get it. I do think that there are different levels of success, and of course different measures of importance tied to those levels.
I don’t think that there are any physical materials that one needs to have in order to feel successful. I mean I’m sure the first thing that comes to mind is money, but none of us need that to feel successful if we have a big enough heart that’s filled with motivation. Money is a reward of success, so sure it’d be great to have, but what’s even more great is doing something successful and knowing in your heart that you did. Money goes away, that feeling in your heart will stay for as long as one lets it.
In order to see myself as a success, I think I need to stop letting my easily stressed mind overwhelm me. I know that if I have not yet reached success, I will in the future. I know that for a fact. So why do I make myself sick over stressing? I admit that I am way too hard on myself at times, and I wish that I can change that with a clap of my hands. In order to understand the depth of what I have succeeded in and what I will continue to succeed in, I need to take control over my mind and give myself enough credit instead of thinking of every reason as to why I shouldn’t have the success I do.
The definition of success is to always have a good mentality and the self-motivation to succeed at a personal goal. Without having confidence and motivation when trying to complete something, failure is always going to hit you. Now failure is something that is extremely hard to avoid and it will happen but it is less likely to happen if you do the things listed above. For example, you’re more likely to succeed if you care about what you’re doing say a test that you must study for. If you have the drive to get an A and you want to study than you’re more likely to pass the test than if you just study for 5 minutes and blow it off.
ReplyDeleteThe hallmarks of a successful person are easy to spot. You can tell they are motivated and are always eager to do the best they possibly can. When taking these traits and applying them to myself I can tell that I am a somewhat successful person. When it comes to school sometimes I do get lazy and slack off which causes me to fail but when I do study and am interested in a topic I do very well. Looking past school and out on the baseball field I judge myself on a very strict level. Whether I am pitcher if I can force easy plays for the fielders or strike people out I know I’m successful. If I’m batting and don’t do my duty at the plate then I get made forcing and driving myself to do better next time.
Many different things are needed to be successful in a person’s life. The first thing is having a positive attitude and not a terrible one. This is important because you can’t expect to complain about something constantly like a test, not study for it, and expect to get a good grade because it’s not going to happen. You need to stay positive and put effort into the work you do. Another key trait is the urge to succeed. You always want to have the mentality that you can win and never fail. By doing this your success rate will skyrocket. Lastly you need to understand that sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to. Even if you do everything to succeed sometimes failure just happens and you need to expect that. This will give you the urge to try harder and succeed the next time.
When it comes down to my success many things need to happen. The first thing is I can’t be lazy. This is something I need to get rid of ASAP. Laziness just leads to constant failure which no one wants to have. Next all my schoolwork needs to be completed at the best of my ability. I can’t just write some stupid answers and hand it in. Lastly all of this dedication will hopefully lead me into the right direction in my future and that’s what I need to become and successful person in the upcoming life that lies ahead of me.
Success is achieving your own goals. Accomplishing your own goals has to be one of the greatest feelings ever. Even if you don't reach your exact goal, giving it your all and almost getting there is an accomplishment in itself. Success is enjoying your life and what you are doing in your life to make it enjoyable. If you aren't happy with the way your life is going, set a goal, do everything in your power to reach it, then you'll be successful.
ReplyDeleteThe different hallmarks of a successful person to me, would be optimism, perseverance, and dedication. Being optimistic makes life so much easier, in my opinion. Having a negative mind influences the way you act throughout the day. So staying positive will ultimately benefit you in so many ways. Persevering through rough times or any obstacles to reach your goals, is key to success. Working hard and pushing through will help you get what you want. Being dedicated to what you're doing, whether it's a job or a sport, shows how passionate you are at what you're doing. Loving what you do makes it easier to accomplish things. If you don't enjoy a job or a sport, for example, you'll automatically have a negative mindset which will make it harder to even get the job done.
There are some areas of my life I feel that I am successful in, such as school. In school, I study my butt off to try and ace every test I take. As of now I have all A's and two B's. I'd call that pretty successful considering the work load of all honors and AP classes. If we're talking about sports, I wouldn't be so sure on what to call myself in regards to success. Soccer has gone downhill for me, since I've been out for almost 2 months due to a knee injury, and I've been losing interest in the sport itself. Even though some college coaches are still reaching out, I don't get as excited as I used to get when I saw email from a coach. I would call myself somewhat successful in soccer because I have gotten to point where some colleges want me, but I don't enjoy the sport like I used to. Due to this, I would say there are many different levels and different measures tied to success.
I don't think you need a thing that you can physically hold or something you get when you win in order to feel successful. When you accomplish something, some people may only want a reward. But I don't believe that's the case. Of course winning something like money, is always great, but just knowing you accomplished something is a reward in itself. And feeling that you have achieved one of your goals that you may have worked so long and hard for, is one of the greatest feelings.
In order to see myself as a success, I feel that I should do more of things that makes me happy. Do more of things that will lead to me being happy in the long run. Right now, I feel that I'm lazy and say to myself that I need to get these things done, or that I want to go do this, but I never do them. I need to step things up and start getting things done so that I'm successful in the long run.
* My definition of being successful is basically living a life without financial issues & never having to worry about a job or career because of the education a person has. Personally, when I think of success, I imagine a happy little family with a bigger than average house, a few cars and parents with nice paying jobs. Money has a lot to do with my definition of success because when I think of success the first thing that comes to my head is money. Success is being in a place where you always dreamed of being in.
ReplyDelete* The hallmarks of a successful person are pretty much the same through all successful people. They are most likely going to be dedicated, hardworking and super hard to knock of the top because they'll be the type of people to never give up.Successful people are at the top for a reason, they work hard for the position they obtain and most of the time the people at the top will stay on top. If they fail, they'll have a comeback and come back better than ever.
* The day I have everything I've ever dreamed of which is being highly educated, becoming a doctor, having a ton of money, and a nice little loving family, I'll consider myself to be successful. As for right now, I consider every little achievement a step on the ladder of success.Everyone starts at the bottom of the ladder & eventually depending on how bad they want to achieve their goals, they'll keep climbing the ladder throughout their lives for 20,30, and maybe even 45 years.I believe every step of the ladder is motivation where if you look how far you've come, you'll only want to keep climbing.
* In order to feel successful, I need to have everything I said earlier. I need a medical degree, nice house, family, and job. I won't consider myself successful till I obtain all these goals because I don't think there's a such thing as being partially successful like to me, it's you're successful or you're not.
* In order for me to be successful, I'll have to have motivation, be dedicated, and never let someone tell me I can't do something. I take things to heart when someone doubts how much I'm capable of doing and I always doubt what I'm capable of too and maybe that's something that'll prevent me from obtaining my goals. Things such as me completing highschool, graduating college and medical school need to happen. I have to find a way to do things I enjoy doing. I'll be so caught up doing the "right things" that I never find time to do stuff I might actually enjoy doing, especially during the school year because there's never really time and I don't allow myself to enjoy stuff if I'm not doing too well in certain classes. I really do wish to change that because nobody should do that to themselves.
Success is something I am constantly trying to find. I’ve made goals and plans in hopes of becoming “successful” but in stead of accomplishments, I’ve found something better, the definition of success. Success isn’t measured by how much money you earn, or what materials you own, or the title you have in front of your name. Success if a personal goal for everyone. Success is when you effectively complete a goal that you created for yourself.
ReplyDeletePersonally I have been extremely successful. I have completed goals such as playing varsity for field hockey and lacrosse, becoming captain as a junior, and maintaining all A’s. One of my major goals currently is to find a good college where I can major in biology, chemistry, or biochemistry, and play field hockey. I also wish to attend a well-known medical school and become a doctor. In a couple years from now that time will come, and I will be able to determine if I, personally, was successful.
Success doesn’t come easy. Success is something you have to work for. Setting goals always comes with obstacles and challenges that you have to work through. At times you may want to quit and give up, but it's you perseverance that makes your accomplishes so much sweeter. It’s your perseverance that makes you successful.
Success can’t be measured. You could say that the amount of medals or trophies or awards determines how great or successful someone may be, but success is an individual assessment, the only person that can determine how successful you are, is yourself. Everyone has different goals and dreams. I believe that graduating medical denotes success but some people may believe that having a huge amount of followers or subscribers makes them successful.
Successful is determined individually. Success is when you effectively complete a goal that you created for yourself.
My definition of success would be in simple terms your measure of happiness. Whenever I and my dad talk about out lives he always mentions how happy he is to have me and my sister. He says along the lines of “I care about how happy my family is.” Then I remember from financial literacy teacher Mr. Wise (who is an awesome teacher by the way) say that he would still be happy in life if he had a job that paid 8.50/ hr and still has his two kids.Those two had me thinking about the stuff you can have and happiness, and well I personally decided that success is measured by your happiness. Think about it, if you are not happy in life, say your job, financial situation, home, etc., then in some twisted sense any and everything that you have done so far is pointless. So the only hallmark for my version of success is if you are satisfied with what you have in your life. For example, if you have your dream job, a spouse, kids, nice home, a happy family, having a manageable amount of debt, awesome pets, and so much more things that make you happy. So the only way for you to be unsuccessful is having the antithesis of every single thing I mentioned.
ReplyDeleteSure achieving your goals is a tremendous task accomplished, but what about everything else? What if you accidentally got into a huge amount of debt? What if you completed your goal, but everything else is, for a lack of a better term, shit. Don’t get me wrong I also want to accomplish my goals, and maybe goals and happiness go hand in hand. However sometimes in our journeys in life, it can be cruel, and our only rebound is our pet or loved one’s comfort and desire for all of the people in their lives to be happy. The unexpected also loves to creep around, but sometimes just sometimes the unexpected can bring great joys to all of us in our journeys.
So for me to be successful is have a job like a lawyer, a whole bunch of video game (even though I might not have time for them in the future),and a loving family, but unfortunately I can’t see that future so who knows what else I could also have to be successful. Maybe just being a father is enough, or perhaps dedicate my life to my job? Who knows? But one thing is for sure, happiness is the definitive measurement of success, because if you are not happy then all you are doing is slowly killing yourself. No one wants to lead an unhappy life and our goals can change for better or for worse. So in order to be successful is not just achieving your goals or never giving up it's what keep that smile on our faces.
To me, success is as simple as accomplishing something that you have had your mind set to. To make it even more valuable, it is accomplishing something that you never thought you could accomplish, and doing it well. “Success” is a word that has such a small meaning, when in reality there is several different ways to interpret it. I am someone who sets big goals for myself, ones that may even seem impossible. However, success is simple to me. To be successful, all you have to do it TRY. Trying is the first step to success and I believe it is the most important part. The second you try, you are already successful. In addition to trying, a big part of success is never giving up. A successful person always strives for more. They don't stop; they have no limits. I consider myself a very successful person already. I judge that by reflecting on how far I have come and how much farther I want to go. Sure, I fail tests and have bad days. I am nowhere near perfect or brilliant. But, what makes me successful is that fact that despite my failures, I continue to work towards my goal of becoming a doctor. That in itself, I believe, automatically makes me a person with great success. There are so many different ways to succeed, but every way is the same amount of success. It is easy to think that taking part in your dream job and doing a great job at it is being more successful than passing a biology test, but aI beg to differ. Whatever it may be, whatever goals you have set for yourself, whatever you do well at, if you accomplish SOMETHING, you are successful. People have different views on what is important to them, so it is unfair to judge success based on what you think is successful. So, yes, it may be more important to you to work for the career you want than it is for you to PR in a high school track meet, but that importance does not reflect on your success. At the end of the day, you tried something, you worked hard for it, and you are successful. To be successful, you need to have determination, commitment, and hope. Having commitment forces you to stick with that you are doing despite the hard times and failures. Someone with commitment doesn't give up what they are doing and this is important if you want to be a person of success. Similarly, determination is a major key. Someone who is determined to accomplish something has their mind set to what they want. That determination will more than likely get them to where they wish to be. Hope may not seem necessary or even important for that matter, but I like to believe it is. Without hope, it will be hard to have determination and commitment. And, without dedication and commitment, it will be hard to succeed. Similar to what I said above, I need to acknowledge the fact that I try hard in order for me to see myself as a success. Because I try hard, and i always have, I have always been in honors and now AP classes. It all started from me trying hard at a young age. These high level classes contribute to me working for my dream job and what I want to do with my life. The fact that I try to do my best and try to not give up allows me to view myself as a successful person. If I continue to do what makes me successful now, I will be successful in the future.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is financially comfortability along with the inner happiness of a person, this is the simplest definition of what success is to me without me overthinking it. The more I think about what a successful person looks like to me the broader the definition gets. The way I see it is that there are many different things to succeed in, when I graduate high school I’ve will seem successful because there are plenty of times when I thought about just dropping it all. When I think about friendships and how love they may last through all of the tribulations, that feels like success to me because I break off a lot of relationships that are toxic in my growth as a person. When it comes to succeeding it can also be overcoming adversity especially when they get away of certain accomplishment. When I see a successful person I see someone who is content with the things they are doing in life, they are pleased with their job and their home, their family, and friends, and even though life is still throwing bad things at them from every direction they still know how keep cool and push through it. My idea of success is definitely not the official definition, and there are different levels of success. My level of success used in my definition is like mediocre or just the basic level, because success to other can be all about money or it could be all about being the best at what they practice. In order for me to see myself as successful I personally need to graduate with a decided major for sure, I’ll then attend my 4-year university which is where I’ll build relationships that won’t rot with time, I would want to live in another state/city for at least two years - even if I constantly came back home out of homesickness, because family is important to me- and, to then get my own place, a good job and start from there. Being successful for me is purely about my own happiness because I become emotionally distressed and overwhelmed way too quickly. I like people who bring positivity out of me, like laughter even in the worst case scenarios. I would successfully get through college if I could keep good grades, be more involved than I was in highschool, and avoid the two friendships that I always seem to run into 1. The friend who tries to change me and 2. The friend who is two faced. If I can do all of that without having a mental breakdown again, I’ll be fine (lol). But in all seriousness, I feel like if I graduate - Summa Cum Laude or not - and my family is there to watch me and I’ve met new people and I’m happy, I’ve succeeded, from there what I plan to do with my life will bring on a new wave of tribulations, a new road, and new things get push through.
ReplyDeleteIt’s so weird because I was literally just talking about success to my parents and brother. When I hear the word success, I think of the finish line. Success is the end of the race, where you worked extremely hard to push yourself to get there. There is a finish line in everything you do. Success is what you get when you’re done all your hard work. If you have no struggle, I find it very slim they you will succeed. I feel this way because nothing comes easy and if it does, trust me it won’t last for you. Being successful is a Journey. You must go through all of the bumps, lumps, and curves before you hit success.
ReplyDeleteA successful person is someone who works hard each and every day to get what it is that they’re striving for. For example, Sports is one thing that comes to my mind. Mostly everybody who plays a sport, obviously wants to succeed in it, meaning receiving a scholarship for it, making it a profession, or even just receiving rewards in the moment. There are the ones who go to practice, do what they’re instructed to do and goes home. They repeat that every day. Then, there is the person, who goes to practice, does their workout, and goes home just for another workout. Logically, the person who works more will end up being more successful in the end. In order to be successful you have to dig deeper and do more than what Is expected.
Success also comes with being humble. You have to be humble, never cocky. The most successful people are the ones who stayed humble. You have to focus on yourself and what you have to do to become better at what you do. Never focus on what others are saying or if anyone notices what you do. As long as you know you are doing everything in your power to succeed, it is guaranteed that you will make it.
The way you judge if you are successful or not, is by asking yourself if feel as though you made it as far as you wanted. If you can’t tell yourself that you did, then you did not succeed. Success comes with goals and it’s your own job to reach it. Nobody else’s. It’s your job to tell yourself what YOUR definition of success is. If your goal was to make it to a Division 3 college and you did it, then you were successful. Success is a word where you can have your own definition, because success is what you make it.
Personally, in order for me to be successful, I need to earn a scholarship for Track to go to the school that I want. Every day I push myself to be a better runner. Even when the pain is unbearable I have to tell myself that it will all count in the end. Right now, I have to work in order to relax in the future. I would hate to regret the fact that I didn’t work hard enough. In a few years, I want to be able to cry for joy because I worked so hard to get to where I want to be.
My definition of success is when you fight for your goal, your purpose without giving up. You’re not afraid to go through the obstacles because you know once you’ve achieved that goal, you will feel like you’re in heaven. You will feel proud of what you’ve accomplished without the help of others, and THAT will make you want to reach more of your goals which will get you to keep transcending and be a better you. Also, success is when you’ve found contentment and satisfaction in your life.
ReplyDeleteA successful person is full of perseverance and determination. They will just dodge the negativity and hardship they will face throughout their journey. In this world filled with competitions, successful people competes with themselves. They could care less what others want, or where they are in the spectrum of success because their focus is on their own goals.
To know if I am successful or not, I’d get that happiness and excitement that I don’t normally feel when I know I am only doing an okay job. For example, this past two weeks we have been doing a lot of quizzes on rhetorical devices along with at least ten multiple choice questions. Multiple choice questions are not my forte. They are not my most favorite type of questions. I hate how the questions are worded and how the answer choices are, sometimes, almost the same. However, this past weeks, I have noticed that I’ve gotten better at them. I am beyond happy knowing that I understand the questions more clearly than before which allows me to get the answers right.
I do think there are different levels and different measures of importance of success. As we grow up, our levels of success get bigger. A decent man is expected to have higher success than that of a grade-schooler. Also, everyone is different. We have our own views of what a successful person is like. I might find someone’s success important, but another person might think it is typical and ordinary.
In order to feel successful, it is important not to compare yourself to others. Comparing yourself to others is a sign of jealousy that could lead to bitterness or hatred towards that person. Remember, your aim is YOUR goal, not someone else’s. Also, in order to be successful, it is important not to hold a grudge on someone. Holding a grudge on someone is like living in the past. You can’t move forward if you are making your present still in the past. In addition to that, it brings negativity in your life which causes more stress that could keep you from being successful.
Aside from graduating high school, finishing college, and finding a job, I would consider myself a success after all the tests I thought I failed but did not. I would consider myself a success from simply making people happy. I would consider myself a success from sticking to my promises. I would consider myself a success because I have a wonderful family.
Success is something that can have many interpretations. It depends on the person, their experiences, and observations throughout their life. To me, success is when you are at a point in your life when you are happy and satisfied with what you are doing and what you have done. If I go through my life sad, then I will never be successful. I want to be happy and enjoy doing whatever it is I will be doing and then I will become successful. Having money or being famous is not the definition of success to me and it never will be. That can be a part of success, but that doesn’t solely mean that you are successful.
ReplyDeleteThe hallmarks of a successful person are a person that you can look to for inspiration and advice. Someone who is a great role model and someone that you can look up to and want to be like. A person that you could model your life after after and be successful. Successful people are people that we admire and aspire to be like and this is what motivates us to work hard. We should always work our hardest and try to become as successful as we can.
You can’t really judge how successful a person is because success doesn’t have a clear definition. You can’t judge somebody on something that doesn’t have a clear meaning. Everyone has a different interpretation of success and therefore it cannot be judged.
There can be different levels of success where some people are more successful than others, but it doesn’t really matter. As long as you feel that you are successful then that’s all that matters.
You need to have a desire to want to become successful and a drive. You can’t sit around and do nothing and expect to be successful. You have to want to be successful and you have to go out and get it. Success is earned and not given, so you have to work as hard as possible and one day you will feel successful. If you put the work in and give it all you have then you will eventually become a success.
In order to be successful I believe you need to find a sense of happiness or satisfaction. You have to want to do great things and set your mind to accomplish anything. Once happiness is found success will be easy because you will be doing things that make you happy. Especially for a job, if you love the job you are doing then you will be happy and feel successful. Even if your job doesn’t pay a lot, but you feel like you’re making a difference in some way even if it’s small you are a success. Success can come in many different forms and it is up to the individual to determine what they want their success to ultimately be in the end.
What a lot of people seem to mistake is that success can be whatever you are trying to succeed and are happy with the outcome. Success can come to a lot of people easily as they set low goals for themselves. A successful person cannot be judged by someone else. You yourself make yourself successful. I don't have any hallmarks for a successful person. Who am I to tell them what should make them successful. Everyone assumes that success is just a paycheck or a goal or fame. There is not many things that let me say someone is successful or not. For some people may look to some as successful but are not to themselves. Or vis versa.
ReplyDeleteI think a way to judge if you are successful or not is to set a goal for yourself. No matter what it is. Success doesn't just have to be in life in general. You can be successful in a game either video or sports. Saying that you are gonna wake up and get 3 hours in the gym today and achieving that can be very successful. But if you take a nap and just skip it is not being successful. Only you can judge your success. Nobody else can.
Like I was saying, certain successes can be as big as you want them to be. Reason being is that no one else knows what your aspirations have taken you to whether it makes you feel satisfied or someone else. Some this are of course more important which can make sense towards the levels aspect of it.
The one thing that you need in order to be successful is a goal. There are gonna be people that are just born into this world famous and rich. But what about the rest of us? Even if you don't have money you can always have one thing to help towards you success. A goal can go a far way and help you live a more “successful” lifestyle.
The types of things that make you successful are sometimes up to you. What you do to strive and achieve that goal is what is important and will ultimately get you to the successful point you wanna be at. Goals = success. Money /= success
To me success is happiness. It sounds cliche and it is probably what everyone else wrote but happiness is what I want to fill a majority of my life with. I’m working on achieving that by only doing things that make me happy and by accomplishing goals of mine. My philosophy behind happiness is do ONLY what makes YOU happy. Don’t ever do anything that makes you unhappy, for someone else. One huge part of being happy is accepting yourself and your body. My idea of how successful I am varies on how happy I am and how happy I have been in my life. The other factor in my measurement of success is how many goals or things that you want to do have you done? You should always be working to do something you want to do. If you do things you want to do, you become happy, and it's a constant cycle. I feel like in every single blog I find a way to bring this up but in all reality the book “The Happiness Equation” helped me reorder the things that are important to me. Money isn’t something that is important to me anymore because I realized that I’m okay with being broke as long as I’m happy. There is an entire chapter dedicated to how to be ‘successful’ in your own way. In it there is also a flow chart on the first page saying how most people view success. It goes ‘Great Work→ Big Success→ Be Happy’ but then on the next page he reveals that the flow chart actually goes like this ‘Be Happy→ Great Work→ Big Success’ After reading this book I never thought the same way again because it made me open my eyes. This concept is so true and applicable to so many other things! For example a confidence flow chart doesn’t go like this, ‘Be Pretty→ Get Called Pretty→ Feel Pretty’ it goes more like this ‘Feel Pretty→ Be Pretty→ Get Called Pretty’. Once you realize the way these things work it is so much easier to accomplish your goals! This book is about the things Neil Pasricha learned after being ‘successful’ but very unhappy. Until he realized that in order to truly be successful you need to be happy first. I look up to this man very much because before now he was very materialistic and had a very high paying job but he wasn’t happy so he gave it all up to find what true happiness was. To me being successful exactly is: hiking the Appalachian Trail, making at least one video that I’m super proud of, falling in love at least once, changing someone's life in a significant way, and making my parents proud of me. That is being successful and I am beyond determined to get there.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is happiness. Living a lifestyle that makes me happy. Regardless of what the paycheck says, I earned it doing something that I adore. I earned it doing a job that never feels like a burden when I walk through the doors every morning. Regardless of how big my house is, within it are people that I love-- that make the house feel like a home.
ReplyDeleteOver the years, having been acquainted by all kinds of people and families, I've learned that money really doesn't buy happiness. Not at all. Materialistic things are nice, don't get me wrong. It's great to be able to show off a big house, a nice car, a designer purse and watch. It's great to have your Doctorate Degree hanging in the living room of your house. But what good is that when you're on call, and your pager goes off on your way to your son’s first baseball game? What good is all that when the closest thing you can get to seeing your daughter’s dance recital is a video? What good is all of that when your significant other is sleeping alone at night? Drake, in his song Sooner Than Later, he said, "What good is all the cash if it doesn’t buy time?", and I couldn’t have said it better myself. What good is all of that when the rest of your life can't matter anymore?
So to be a success, to me, you need to acquire happiness. You need to do a job that gives you purpose. You need time with the people that give you reason. You should live a life that wakes you up with a smile at the sound of your alarm clock.
In order to acquire success, you need to find your passion. Not just in what you want to do in your life, but in everything. In your partner or your hobbies. You need to find what in life brings the most happiness to you. And then, you need to create a lifestyle from it.
For me, personally, to see myself as a success, I need to find that passion. I need to find what I love-- what I want to do for the rest of my life. I need to find happiness in something, including myself. I need to start a family, and provide for them and their dreams, but also provide a companion for them. I don’t have everything figured out yet. Not even close. I’m not sure what I’m going to major in in college. I don’t know where I’m going to go, or where I’ll be 10 years from now. But I do know that right now, the only thing I’m wishing for is a life that I want to be living.
Do you guys remember our little “Star Student” forms, and somewhere on the paper, there was a space that said “What I want to be when I grow up”? We all wrote a nurse, or a doctor, or a teacher, maybe even astronaut for all the cool adventurists we had growing up. I think one time I said a mermaid. Image how much different all of our answers would be today. We’d all be writing “a doctor of neuroscience”, “a physical trainer”, or “a pediatric RN”. But me? All that I want to be when I grow up is happy. And then I can die knowing that I lived my life successfully.
Success- a privilege for most, but not all. A luxury for others, but a curse for most. So in a way, success is a two way street and however you interpret it, we all crave it. Because success is being better than the others around you in whatever you want to go to college to. It’s now a responsibility you have to take upon yourself to be successful in life.
ReplyDeleteA person who is successful in life doesn't just get there from having a small loan of a million dollars handed to them one day because that's not the typical story of a successful person in this country anymore. We all start at the bottom and work our way up but it's the ones that put a bit more detail into everything they do that are successful in life, which is just one of my hallmarks for a successful person. Another is that they are charitable and understand the tough situations families are dealt with in life. Whether it's with money or just giving back to the community, we all should strive to be more charitable in our lives and that is what the successful person in life should think everyday when they get up in the morning. And finally, have a passion for the thing they do.
You can't judge a person from just looking at them to see if they are successful or not and the same goes for yourself. And that’s why having a passion for something ties into success. Because success and passion go together like brothers and whether you believe that you are successful or not is up to you. Like in wrestling, you can be as famous as John Cena and make millions a year wrestling in front of thousands of people and be successful, but still be upset with life. Or you can be a local wrestler and wrestle in front of 10 people a night and make almost zero money and only do it for a hot dog and a handshake and still be happy with what you do.
And that is one thing that people tend to differentiate; happiness, success and passion. People get criticized for it all the time. Personally for me, I just want what's best for my family and to excel and be the best sports broadcaster anyone knows. Whether a certain president wants to prevent that dream from happening and prevent people from even being successful in life is not in my hands unfortunately. I can only care for myself and my education the only way I know how and still be a helpful person. And I think that needs to be everyone's outlook on life.
So success for me is not something that can be put on a scale. To me it's more definite than that, a sort you are or you aren't and that probably derives from my beliefs about success. See, I think success is defined by your own satisfaction in your work and efforts. I find that success isn't defined as not failing, failing can be good, there's always something to learn from it and sometimes I consider my failures my biggest achievements. "Oh great... weird fortune cookie bullshit..." I hear you say, I admit it sounds counterintuitive but they really are. Most of my greatest failures have served to catalyze the most significant changes to me as a person and that returns to my ideas about success, because the way I view it is if you are satisfied with what you did and the way you did it there's nothing more you can/could do I mean you passed your own bar which is the most important one. Caveat however, be careful not to set that bar too low people are capable of the most incredible things, I practically hear it everyday when I'm in Lang, whether it's people doing incredibly smart things or incredibly stupid ones, but enough of that back to the actual blog question!
ReplyDeleteWhat does every person need to be successful? Well, it should go without saying (because I said it already but to hell with it redundancy all the way!) but I think that everyone person needs to have that feeling of satisfaction with the amount of effort that they put into their work, because I believe that that is exactly what success is and so by having the confidence in your effort you're as successful as you could possibly be.
What things need to happen before you can be a successful person? I believe the most important things for a person to have to succeed are one, a sense of satisfaction in their effort, because that's how I define success in the first place, and two, the ability to either identify mistakes or places to improve. For the first part of that, I think it is the most important to see that you gave your best effort and that you tried your hardest to work for whatever it is you did and be satisfied and be able to recognize that you did well and if you didn't -this is where the second part comes in- it's important that you be able to recognize either where you went wrong or where you made a mistake and then be able to fix that and improve and give it the best you can the next time, this is what I meant by some of my failures are my greatest successes because it's those failings and mistakes that open my eyes to more opportunities to learn and improve myself and I think those things are what's most important to success.
To succeed in life, you need to find a job/source of income that makes you feel happy. If you’re spending one-third of your day working, then you should be happy at least a part of that time. Although, there are some people who travel and work odd or minimum wage jobs to fund a hobby that brings them vast amounts of joy, like surfing. There might be some stress involved, but if they find worth in what they’re doing, then it should be satisfactory. There’s always a sacrifice that has to be made because nothing in life comes for free.
ReplyDeleteI will admit that money, along with the type of work you’re doing, is a factor of being successful. If you have a lot of money, then price is one less thing you have to worry about, especially in this money driven world. You won’t have to work as much, if you didn’t want to, and you could spend your valuable time doing other things that are of importance to you. Having money means you worked hard to get to where you are (unless you inherited it) and the ability to control one aspect of your life. That money can also go to wherever you want and whomever you want, such as your kids, and you don’t have to worry about the when part.
Lastly, being successful mean finding a purpose to life, whether that means joining the peace corps, planning buildings, or dancing on stage. You know what your skills are and what your worth is. If you’ve found something that you could do for the rest of your life, then you’ve hit the jackpot.
I look up to some YouTubers as being successful because they love what they’re doing, found a way to make money off of that, and strive to keep their fans and themselves happy. As for me, I think differently in terms of success of what I want to become than how I think of everyone else. The most important factor of being successful is being confident, which I can work on right now. But, in the future, I have other goals to work towards. First, I want to raise my kids to be good and smart people. Next, I want to find a partner who will be able to help me accomplish my first goal and have my back throughout my life. Finally, I want to have a job with good benefits where I can finally have concrete goals to meet instead of focusing on what my future could be from getting good grades like I am now. Hopefully, I won’t have to do as much as I am in school right now, but I don’t even know if that’s possible.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is a very broad term but every single type comes down to happiness. Most like to believe that it’s what you’ve accomplished in life that determines your success: Rather, it’s how happy you are with what you’ve accomplished in life versus the accomplishments themselves.Somebody’s happiness might depend on how much is in their bank account while another’s could be based on their kids. Neither is wrong because we all have different preferences but whatever it is that delivers your life joy is the determining factor of your success. As a society, we tend to view those chasing money as wrong and not truly happy but that’s just not the case. Not everyone is going to view success the same so we’re going to have to accept that and move on with our lives. For me, success would be finding a career I enjoy (at least to the point that I don’t mind coming into work), having a caring family, and making a positive impact in other people's lives. I’m not one to volunteer in food banks and such but a career that would allow me to help others in any sort of way would make me feel successful. Having a family has always been something I’ve planned to be in my future. A majority of my classmates don’t value a family the same way I do with some even opting to never have kids. While this is 100% their choice I can’t see a future in which I’m not raising my kids to grow up into spectacular individuals alongside a best friend who’s also my wife. Probably the most challenging of my aspirations is finding the perfect career for me. I’m always torn between majoring in a field that can provide for my family with the type of salary I need to support the lifestyle I desire or a field in which I will actually enjoy every day of. It’s the balance between the two that will make this goal so difficult to achieve but if I could find the best of both worlds that would make life so much easier. Our components of success can change throughout our lives depending on if you’re working hard to finish a degree in college to your first day as a parent. This ebb and flow of success are what allows it to be so different for everyone as well as have multiple levels to it. I might acquire a sense of success by finding an enjoyable career but without the other benchmarks, I could retain a sort of emptiness from a lack of what I believe makes me successful. All in all, success is vastly based on the individual's own happiness
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is looking in the mirror and being satisfied with who you are. Being successful means you took advantage of the blessings that came your way. Most importantly, being successful means that you weren’t playing for yourself. You gave back to the people that helped you, and the people that needed a helping hand. Success is not equated with money or fame, which is why the books labeled “How to be successful” but are filled with business tactics, are misleading.
ReplyDeleteThe hallmark of a successful person is a smile. They are happy because they are doing what they want, have a clear conscious, and don’t feel guilt. Although they may have made some mistakes, they built off of those loses, and turned nothings into somethings. The most successful people (happiest) are the ones who were at the lowest. The tribulations made them grateful, and more passionate about what they do. Another hallmark of a successful individual is selflessness. I firmly believe it's important to pass on our blessings, and if you don’t, you’re not reaching your full potential as a human.
If you look at someone and can say “Wow, they’re really doing there thing over there, they deserve it.” Then they’re successful. If you say a poor man limping down the street with a smile on his face, he is successful. It is easy to judge success if you can tell if someone is happy. There are many different levels of successful. Some people are just complete assholes and get stuff they don’t deserve. They’re not successful. Other people have the tools but can’t figure out how to use them. They’re on the right path. A high level of success is when you can please yourself but fail to please others. The highest level of success is when you can keep a smile on your face, and spread it to the people around you. Nothing can get better than that.
For me personally, I know that I’m going to be successful. I know that my intentions are good, and I know I have the pieces to be something special. If there’s a few things I need to acquire to reach success, It’s hope, and patience. I need to believe that things will be okay, and I need to have the patience to wait until things will get better. However, I know that I’m on the right path, and I know that if I keep heading the same direction, I have a chance to spread my influence.
In order for me to reach success, I need to dictate my own path, and set myself up to succeed. I need to learn more. I need more things to happen to me that I could learn from. Most importantly, I need to go through some more rough patches. The lower you go, the higher you reach, and that’s just simple physics. It’s just like a roller coaster. My hardships made the best of me, and I’m looking forward to becoming even better.
Success- doing what makes you happy, accomplishing a goal, or better positioning yourself in life.
ReplyDeleteHallmarks of a successful person, in my book, would include: Some type of educational diploma, because I feel even if it is just a highschool diploma you atleast have attained some type of educational background and knowledge. I also feel another hallmark should be reaching the level at your respected career where the amount of money you make financially exceeds money required to live comfortable in your circumstances, I never want to have to live paycheck to paycheck or have to worry about going out to eat because I am not be able to pay a bill. And ultimately a hallmark should be reaching the point in your life when you look at all you’ve done and can go to sleep knowing you made it and love the life you made for yourself. Whether or not you consider yourself successful depend on the person, for me to tell if I am successful comes from my gut, if I am pleased with my accomplishments then I can go sleep good at night. Levels to success are based on the amount of importance those accomplishments have. Doing 10 pushups and getting a A in math class hold to different levels of success depending on the person. Depending on your talents and skills shows the measure of your success. The harder the challenge the higher the level of success in completing it is. To succeed you need ambition, motivation, and humility. Ambition to want to be better and accomplish your goals you set for yourself. Motivation for when the going gets tough you can put in into overdrive and grind through the adversities. For example, when you first start working out you feel good about yourself ad enjoy working out, but after a few weeks of grinding you might want to stop and get lazy, that is when most give in and forget their goal. Times like that is when you need to remind yourself of why you began pushing for that goal in the first place and realize that you won’t let a little adversity get in the way of the final product. Finally humility is needed to understand that nothing is given and that you are just like anyone else in the world and you need to work just as hard if not harder to make sure you accomplish your goal, because if you don’t someone else will and you’ll be forced to sit back and watch someone else be in the predicament you wish to be in. For me to see myself as a success I must go through a hardship, if it is given to me I don’t deserve it and I can be better and greater. Until I face a point of difficulty and conquer it to accomplish my goals I won’t feel as if I really won.
There are many different forms of success and there is also only one form of success. Yes, that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but that's also how I view other people's views on being successful. They can have all their different, fancy, and idealistic sounding views on success where it's all about goals or emotions or other things, however it will never make 100% sense to me just because of the fact that I am me and they are them. I will never fully immerse in their views on success, so while viewing them is a good way to waste time, it will only progress some of my understanding of how the person is different from me. Having said that, I will now be a complete hypocrite and share my idea of success!(woohoo). Success to me is, in general terms, getting a stable high-income job, family, nice house, etc., and being able to live comfortably while also having the luxury of being able to do whatever I want if I so desire (such as going on vacation whenever I want without having to worry about the financials and other bothersome things). Success is different for everyone (just like thought process) and although I may share this idea, the feeling of success imagined might not be the same, so for full immersion just imagine your own idea of success and enjoy the fact that it belongs to you and that you can strive for it down your own path.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is happiness, your happiness. Success isn’t about your ranking in this world, your job, your house, how much money is in your wallet or the clothes on your back. Success is your happiness. If you are happy with who you are and who you’ve become, you are successful. Your success is what you make it. If you want to be successful, then make yourself successful, it might not seem that simple but it actually is.
The “never give up” and “never losing hope” mindsets are what it takes to be successful. How do you ever expect to be happy if you give up, or stop trying? Nobody goes through life smoothly, but you can never lose hope and give up. You have to push through, it’ll all work out in your favor eventually. Staying positive is key, negativity is the opposite of success. If you’re not happy then how can you be successful? You have to go with the flow and be proud of everything you do, because it all happens for a reason.
No there are not different “levels” to success at all. You are either successful or not. You are either happy or not. You decide all of that, but there is no in between. You cannot be “kind of” happy or you “kind of” achieved your goals. To me, success doesn’t work like that. It isn’t handed to you. It is earned, when you earn it you will have it because you deserve to be happy. If you do not deserve it, you will not. That’s why everything happens for a reason.
You don’t need to “own” anything to be successful, success being the gift of happiness. Just like you can’t buy happiness, you can’t buy success. You need to have faith. Faith in yourself and that you will be successful and that you are very much capable of doing so. This ties into the whole never giving up mindset. Having faith in your heart and believing in yourself is all you need.
I need my dad’s approval for me to be successful. I need to know if he’s proud of me before I can be proud of myself. If he’s proud of me and who I’ve become that’s all I need in my life. I could fail ultimately, but if he’s proud of me I’d consider that the biggest success of them all.
Being successful is not about having the most high paying job, with the biggest house, and best car. You know that you have succeeded in life when you are so content with your life that you could not be happier. Success requires work. If you want something in life you have to go and get it. You can’t just sit back and wait for something to come to you that never will. The people that sit back and wait for things to come to them, will never be happy. They would feel incomplete.
ReplyDeleteBeing successful makes you a better person all together, because as long as you have everything you could have ever wished for, you will always stay happy. The day that you’re able to say to yourself “I did it” will be the day that you know you have succeeded. Everybody sets goals for themselves and wish for their goals to achieve, but they never will until they work for them. In order to achieve your goals you have to want them enough.
There isn’t a set amount of success one person can have, you’re either successful or you’re not. You’re either happy or you are not. There can be a certain amount of goals someone may want to achieve, but not a specific level of success someone has to accomplish. Everyone has their own way of interpreting what success and happiness are. A lot of people may think they do not work hand in hand. But I have had experience where I’ve felt so successful.
The time I felt successful did not last long, but when it was going on, it was the best time of my life. My whole entire world felt fulfilling. I was doing well in my sports, school work, and with my family. To feel that fulfillment took a lot. I had to stay focused on what I was working for.
My definition of success is finishing what I started with a product that I’m happy with. Whenever I cram something in and turn it in, I never feel proud of it and I almost always tell myself that I should have done a better job on it and I never feel successful. When I do something with time and effort, I feel successful and proud of the result. I don’t find any satisfaction with just memorizing something for 45 minutes then forgetting it for the rest of my life. I guess to me success is synonymous for satisfaction in some cases.
ReplyDeleteA successful person has a drive like no other. They don’t give up, never let anyone get in their way and also know their boundaries. Many people say a successful person ‘will take no for an answer’ but I don’t view that as a characteristic for success. Sometimes not taking ‘no for an answer’ is detrimental to a career and ruins it, weakening a person’s road to success. Successful people know when to push their limits and know when to not push their luck. Even when their answer is no, successful people don’t give up on what they want and find another way to do it even if it’s ten times harder.
I personally don’t think I should judge anyone’s matter of success because we’re all different but to me someone who is successful is someone content with their life. They’re happy with what they’re doing and do it only for them. They don’t settle for less and they work hard for what they want to achieve. Nothing has to be handed for them and they do everything on their own. With all this, their hard work has rewards and they’re happy with what they earned. There shouldn’t be different measures of success but unfortunately there are. To a girl I know (not the one I wrote an OP about), she considers people who don’t take AP classes to be less successful and she also thinks ACCC is for losers. To me, I think as long as you try your best in any class you take and whatever level you’re in, you’re successful.
If you told 13-year-old me that you don’t need a college degree to be successful, I would have laughed in your face. I thought a college degree was the key to success for a long time. Now at 17, I think way differently. After seeing a mom and pop shop have 75% of their workers on 6 figure salaries and none of them having college degrees, my whole world flipped. Successful traits vary person to person. For me, I want to go to college and get a few degrees so I can do what I dream of so a college degree is for me. For others, they might not need one. Just some hard work and bare hands (plumbers, electricians, carpenters). But for everyone, dedication and perseverance should be in everyone’s recipe for success.
Like I said, I would like to have a few degrees to see myself go into the direction I want. I want to get my BS in biomedical engineering or biomedical science then get my masters. From their I either want to move onto dental school or get my Ph.D. THEN dental school. Either way I’ll be in school for the rest of my life and to me that’s my success; surviving school until I’m like 80 years old so I can support my family (that consists of my husband and every animal we rescue…I’m hopin a newfoundland and corgi is included…). I also need to stop falling asleep every 45 minutes and study harder than I ever could handle.
I JUST realized I used the wrong form of there in my last paragraph... I am so sorry I didn't catch it earlier
DeleteSuccess to me means that you are living the life you have always wanted to live without any worry in the world. Success doesn't always relate to money an how well known you are as a person. Some people live a life where they work with their dream job but don't get paid millions. These people don't care as long as they are happy with where they are in life even if means getting paid little or being less known then others. Success is always what you make of it but there are no levels of success. You either are successful or you're not. To gain what you classify as success, you need to work hard to get to it because 99.99% of the time it will never be handed to you without work. Some people might not have to work as hard as others depending on their classification of what success means to them. To me it is not about the money and recognition. A lot of people wish to do something on this earth to be remembered for whether it be a good thing or a bad thing. I want to be a computer programmer when I grow up trying to help create video games. Whether it pays good or not doesn't mean a lot to me but as long as I am happy with where I am in life, that would make me a successful person in life. People may not know my name and I may not get paid millions for it but would love to do it. There are people out in the world right now who do things that not all people may look up on as a successful thing to do but as long as they are passionate about what they do in life, that is a successful person. Sure people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs are very successful men, they happen to be successful in an area where they can make a lot of money. Most of these men just want to do something in the world that will change the way people act in this world and don't really look for fame and fortune. The only way to achieve the success you want is through sheer determination and hard work. These things are what motivates us to push on in life for something greater in life and hopefully success at one point in your life.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is something very hard to achieve but never impossible. Happiness is the key to success in life and so if you are not happy in life then you have not reached success yet. For some they achieve success right after college or even before and some achieve later in life. As long as you achieve it even at 99 years old, you are successful. I envision my success to be with my dream job as a video game programmer, have a family, and feel accomplished at the end of my days.
Success is accomplishing your life’s work, accomplishing personal goals, and accomplishing happiness. I believe there are 6 key characteristics to success. Ambition: you must always desire to become something greater than you are now and always chase your goals. Courage: you must be brave enough to take chances and have the courage to sacrifice. “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will become your sacrifice”. Commitment: you cannot ever give up and it must be your top priority. Prepare: always be prepared and have a plan because a goal without a plan becomes a wish. Responsibility: You must take the bull by the horns and take full responsibility. No one is going to make you successful, only you can do that. Appreciative for knowledge: any bit of knowledge can help you push forward into reaching your goal. Always strive to learn more and to listen to those who know more.
ReplyDeleteIf someone can do what they want, when they want, where they want, with whomever they want, as much as they want, they are a successful person in my eyes. The different levels of success depend on who’s eyes you’re looking through. Since we all have our own idea of success, there will be different levels of success. On some levels, how much money you have proves how successful you are. On other levels its being able to go out and do what you want to do. Some people will be recognized more for their success than others like celebrities.
I need find my purpose and accomplish it with the best of my ability. With that will come happiness. With happiness, I will feel successful and fulfilled. I need to know I used my time wisely and left enough time for my family and friends. If I know I made a change and left the world a little better than it used to be, I will be successful. Success is not easy that’s why you must always be chasing it. Doors are going to open and I am going to have to take every opportunity I can get. I fear the day I’m on my death bed regretting something I didn’t do. That is why I will always hunt down an opportunity and never turn one down. Do your best with what you have. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t do. You can do absolutely anything if you put the work in. You have to want it; you have to want to want it bad. If you want to be successful, you got to want it more than you want to breath. “When you want to succeed more than you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful”. Stay hungry and whenever you think of wanting to give up remember why you started. Ask yourself everyday “how bad do you want it?”. When the answer to that is “more than anything”, then success will soon follow.
When people think of successful people they think of those who have acquired incredible amounts of wealth and/or fame. I don’t believe having a large amount of money or incredible amount of fame can qualify as being successful, at least the way I look at it. I could never imagine having a large amount of money because I would not know what to do with it besides hold onto it. And I would also just fear everyone I would come into contact with because I would never be able to tell who was a real friend and who wasn’t. The same goes for fame, there are people trying to get to what or to where they please everywhere and will use whoever or whatever to get there. I want a life filled with as little drama as possible.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is being able to take care of yourself and those close to you, like family and friends. Also, doing something I like that still gives me a good amount of money to live comfortably with my family or by myself and of course be happy is something I would consider a success. At least that is what I want for myself. With this type of plan there are still so many things I could do, like travel.
As generic as it is, graduating college and making it all the way to the end of a medical residency is going be my first hallmark and challenge. I have procrastination problems that have gotten much worse my junior year.My laziness is a reason for my procrastination and I tend to lack resolve. I am going to have to solve those problems in college and through a residency to get through them. If I solve those issues, then I will be able to get through the rest of my life without those complications holding me back. Until I can do this, I do not believe I can progress with the rest of my life.
For me, if I am doing what I want while still being able to sustain myself then I am fine. That is all that matters to me. And I mean this for every single stage in my life. If this is not the case, then I have went down the wrong path.
As terrible as this might be, I need money to get to where I want. College is going to cost money, and to have a stable life I am going to need money for a house, food, bills, and other necessities to keep me afloat. But, also I need resolve and the will to do things. As I said before, without that I will not be able to get anywhere.
For me to be successful, I need to stop procrastinating, stop being lazy, and gain resolve. I all this happens, I believe many things will fall into place for me.
Success is subjective. We all have different perceptions of success and those may or may not be limited to our own minds. I believe the universal definition to success is the ability to see some sort of growth. Take for example this year's mock trial season. Although we lost during the first round, I believe the season as a whole was a success. In the beginning, I've had a lot of issues regarding speaking and writing. In the end, I've improved considerably. Although we didn't win the state championships, I still grew as a lawyer and as a person. Because of this, I believe this season was a success. A successful person is one who builds upon a this success though. If you keep on growing and succeeding you become a successful person. We all consider people like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg successful. They fit into my definition of success. They started off small and continually grew their companies into marketing giants and are making millions and millions of dollars (RIP Steve Jobs).
ReplyDeleteTo see how successful I am, you have to start where I started. This also is dependent on where the success is. If I take marching band for example, I'd say I was a successful person. I've grown considerably as a musician over the past 3 years. I started off not knowing much about music and struggling a lot. As the years progressed and I changed my instrument, I've grown to become a much better musician. I am able to play things much better than when I started and I also understand theory and music much more. If you measure my success personality wise, I don't believe I've succeeded. Although I often look back at my mistakes, I continue to make them. I may or may not have become a better person but the success of failure rate for this category isn't measurable.
Success is all about growth as I had stated. Growth is measurable depending on what success you're looking for. These are the different types of levels regarding success. Measurable success if going from a 1200 to a 1250 on your SATs. This type of success is usually quantitative. Other success is qualitative and depends on the person. Some may believe that they've grown while others remain the same. Although there are these levels, all success is important as it is important to grow as people.
For me to become a successful person, I need to become a doctor. As superficial as this seems, it comes from deep within. Although I have grown, I do not believe I have grown substantially. This growth will only be recognized by me and my parents when I become a doctor. This may be whenever I get my doctorates or maybe whenever I open my own clinic. Only when I have a job as a dermatologist or some other physician and I'm racking in 6 figures will I finally feel successful.
Success is achieving the goals we set our mind to, whether it is large, long term, small, or short term. Once we have accomplished our goals, we feel the senses of satisfaction or pride, a feeling that, I will say, is way better than failure.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is not as simplistic as it sounds. In order to reach these highly anticipated goals as a successful individual, it is necessary to work hard at it and put in as much effort as we can. For instance, many of us here in Lang aspire to become successful doctors with its attached amenities of high income, and even a happy family with it. Becoming a doctor, however, involves dedication, hard work, countless hours of studying, and the continuous assimilation of knowledge, even after medical school and the residencies are completed. Once the actual “doctor” part happens, it is mainly through passion that motivates continuing with the job despite the long hours or possibly being on call, yet success is achieved with reaching the goal. The same goes with other goals. Every single year on January 1st, many all over the world create New Year's’ resolutions, most commonly losing weight. However, these goals are often short-lived, and we end up neglecting these ambitions. The main rationale for this is because of the fact that perseverance and passion are the two main factors for achieving success, which in this instance are both reduced in the events of failure. On the other hand, success is achieved by never giving up despite the obstacles as a result of devoted passion and maintaining the mindset that we are capable of accomplishing them. Never giving up displays strength, determination, and passion, and with that we can reach our goals.
With this driven passion in whatever we decide to do, happiness is also included. The definition of success varies from person to person depending on what their values and passions are. Achieving what we want to based on our talents, abilities, or values will make us happy regardless of societal or peer pressures if contentment is additionally included.
As of right now, I need to push myself and continue working hard to maintain good grades and get into a good college to feel successful. I have to push myself to do well in school, especially now since the end of the year is approaching and so are exams. The last thing I need is to lose motivation and be disappointed in myself, so I am working hard and remaining optimistic. I also need to be a happier person and enjoy myself in high school. In the long run, I need to work hard to graduate college summa cum laude, graduate medical school, do the accommodated residency (if applicable) for whichever doctor I will eventually decide to become, own a nice house, have a family, have friends and family who support me, and be happy and content with myself.
For me, success is all about the person. To be successful just means achieving one’s goal in life, whether it be short term or long term goals. Being able to set goals for yourself is the first step, because in order to be successful, you have to have something that you can succeed in doing! If you do not have any goals, then you won’t have anything to measure your success by. A successful person is happy with what they have done. They have accomplished everything they have set out to do. They’ll usually be smiling, and are content with what they have. But what if that person has new goals once they have achieved their initial ones? Even so, I still consider that person successful because they had achieved their initial goals. There are definitely different levels of success: Little success, semi-successful, and successful. Some who has little success has achieved little to none of his/her personal goals. They are generally unhappy, and confused as to why. Nothing seems to go their way, and they feel as though they are wasting their time. This is a horrible, and frustrating way to live, speaking from experience. This way of life drives people crazy, and in some people’s case, it leads to suicide. This way of life makes people think they are worthless, because they feel as if they have not done anything with the life they were given. Semi-successful people are on the way to achieving their goals. They have made progress, and have a strong drive to achieve their goals. They aren’t quite there yet, but they have the potential to be. This is an important stage, as some people start to fall into despair when they realize just how long the road ahead of them is. This is the stage where a lot of people “quit” and fall into unsuccessfulness. In order to be successful, you need to have achieved your dream, and be happy. Being happy is equally as important as reaching your goal, for without it you are not truly successful. When you have attained your goals, and have reached the best you can be, then you are successful. I strongly believe everyone should strive for success. I believe it is one the the fundamental reasons for living. If you’re alive, what are you living for? There is no time to waste, and there certainly is not a reason for one to be worthless. For me to see myself as a success, I need to be the ultimate Tobi! My goals are to improve myself in every area of life, so I am constantly working on it. I haven’t got there yet, but I’ll keep working at it until I’ve made my goals into reality.
ReplyDeleteMy idea of success is when someone reaches their number one goal in life and they experience pure happiness with whatever they are doing. Such things could include a dream job, having kids, or falling in love. For some people, their goal in life is to have millions of money and not have to worry about whether or not they have enough money to provide for themselves or for others. However, I do believe that true success does not come without hard work and determination. I always go back to a quote from one of my teachers, “I tell my students that it’s possible for them to do anything they want in life, but only if they put in the work to get there.” When someone is successful, they overcome all the obstacles that come with the profession and life and finally reach their desires. It’s very rare for someone to just become automatically successful and reach the top in such a short amount of time. Especially in this world where jobs are scarce and you have to earn at least a college degree to obtain a job. People do judge you differently and on a different level if you become successful without any hard work. Only a few are “lucky” and others see that as a bad thing. However, instead of you being upset that someone else was lucky enough to become successful, that doesn’t mean you should put yourself down or dislike that person more. You shouldn’t judge your success based on others because everyone’s definition of success varies. Someone could have a large salary, but on the inside could be unhappy because they missed the mark on what really makes them joyful. They might have thought of success as something they truly didn’t want. People experience this in everyday life. They go into a field or get a job that makes them miserable or they aren’t passionate about. Others around them might not see it, but those people aren’t truly successful. I believe no one else can deem you successful, only you can judge yourself.
ReplyDeleteIn my personal life, obviously I want to be successful, but I’m not sure what MY specific definition of it is. People around me say “It’s ok you’re young. You don’t have to know what you want to do in life yet.” But the truth is, how can I become something when I don’t know what that something is yet. All I know is that I want to find a career where I’m happy and that I’m going to love doing every single day. I don’t want to make the wrong decision of following someone else’s dreams or goals for me to do. It might take a little longer for me to find out what my definition of success is, but I’ll wait. I’ll wait until I realize what makes me happy, I know it’ll come to me soon.
My definition of success would be when a person accomplishes a goal he/she has set for his/her own happiness. Little by little, each task intensifies into something bigger. Something more grand. The path of success begins when we are born to when we die. There are goals to set that will be completed in due time. Now happiness is an ambiguous word with meanings ranging from something as simple as obtaining an object to a deeper bond. From my point of view, the first task of success is graduating college. Next would be college. Then, getting a high paying job. After that would be moving into a new home with a new car from living in a apartment. Finally, having a family. A high school degree is a physical object that can easily be damaged, lost, or forgotten. It is still one of the hallmarks of success, however, as it would then lead to the next path. A family would be the deepest part of happiness since a family is not something so easily forgotten. Having a wife and kid(s) is one of the final hallmarks of success. The other hallmarks have yet to be placed as a goal for my mind has one goal to accomplish before any other goals.
ReplyDeleteNow as I already said in the paragraph before, success is when you accomplish a task for your
own happiness. Therefore, I would judge a person’s success from the tasks he has accomplished that has led him to his happiness. There are many tasks to be completed but how many of them result in happiness. There are tasks to be done just for proper living such as chores. These tasks are done in a perfunctory fashion. Now there are tasks to be completed to pay for living expenses. These are called jobs. Success may be determined from a job but if the job a person has does not make the person happy, then the job is not a hallmark of success. A job should be a new experience everyday and the job is one that you love doing. Tasks like these are what success is about, Thus, the amount of happiness from a task determined the amount of success. The highest amount of success is marrying. While my definition refers success to tasks, marriage should not be viewed as a task. It is a hallmark, however, of success, but it is one of life’s hallmark as well. The happiness in having a partner who you share a deep bond with it the greatest degree of success. As long as there is happiness in the end of whatever is done, there is success. In order for me to see myself as successful, I need to gain more happiness from all the sadness I have in my current life. I have yet to pass the hallmarks of success, therefore my success would increase in time.
Success is something that can be achieved in a day or in other cases over a period of time, I mean after all rome wasn't built in one day. Most successful people are what we consider the 1% or in other words rich people, but success comes in all different shapes and sizes. In some cases a success may just be something as little as doing your homework on time, or cleaning your room before your mom got home so you didn’t get yelled at. To me though a clear sign of a successful person is someone who is confident but not cocky. In other words a clear sign of a successful person is someone who knows how to make themselves look confident. I say that because it is very rare to see a successful person who also looks like they have no clue what they are doing. They usually are dressed nice and in a nice car with a nice house and a beautiful wife. Very rarely will you find a successful person who is homeless or rides the bus or doesn't own a nice house. Not that anything is wrong with that, but you won't catch a successful person doing that. To me being successful just means that you get what you need done in life. Success like I said can vary. Finishing your homework on time makes you successful at doing your homework for that night which isn't a huge deal, but if you make a 40 billion dollar company then you are also successful but it just means more and earns more respect from others. For me to consider myself a successful person in life its going to take alot. I like to dream big and so for me to be happy with my life im going to need to atleast be a millionaire. I want to be financially stable and be able to drop 10 grand whenever I need to. I know that seems a bit cocky or far fetched to some people, but I honestly think I could do it. In order for me to be successful and become financially stable I am going to need to cut all the distractions out of my life and focus on stocks and stocks only. So far this year in the stock market with paper trading I have made 200 thousand in the stock market. Paper trading is basically like trading in the market but with fake money, so lets say i made 4 million paper trading I really didn't make anything and same goes for if I lost 4 million paper trading I really lost nothing but the prices of the stocks are still the actual price of the stocks, the only difference is that when I make a trade I know that it will not affect my life. Once I work for like a year or 2 and make enough to actually trade in the market I know that the sky's the limit and that one day I will make enough to supply a great life for my family.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is the satisfying feeling you get when you have accomplished a goal. It is the moment where the most important task is done and acknowledged. It is one of the happiest feelings you get to the point that there is a tingle in your stomach or that you cannot control a smile from spreading across your face. To me, that is what success is.
ReplyDeleteThe hallmarks of a successful person is someone who is full of determination. They go through hardships in order to reach their goal. They take in criticism and the negativities and learn from them. A successful person is someone who does not lose sight of their path no matter what the circumstances are. A successful person is someone who is satisfied by what they have done in order to reach their goal.
There are different tiers to “success”. There are simple successes like doing all your chores in time. There are mediocre successes like graduating from school/colleges. And there are tougher successes like finding a way to cure cancer. But every success is just as important. You get the same feeling when you succeed. The same tingling feeling in your stomach, the same uncontrollable smile on your lips.
In order to feel successful, you need to have a goal. It does not matter what your goal is. It may be something as simple as doing all your homework on time or something a bit tougher like getting to a certain weight you want to be. Another thing you need is inspiration. In order to get the goal done, you need something to inspire you to do so. If it is homework, the inspiration can be a certain occupation you want to get into. If it is losing weight, then the inspiration can be to become a healthier person.
In order to see yourself as a success, you need to try your hardest. Do not give up on it even if it may take you years to accomplish the goal. Sometimes, it is even necessary to take a step back and take a break from it. In order to see yourself as a success, you also need to take in criticism even if you do not want to hear it. What someone outside of your circle may see, may be something you do not see. Criticism may be hard on the ears, but it will benefit you a lot whether you know it or not. Do not ignore it. And most of all, do not lose sight because of it. Taking in criticism and learning from it can not only stop you from going down the wrong path, but it can strengthen your determination and your dedication towards the goal.
To be successful, you need determination, dedication, inspiration, and criticism.
I have always been told by my family to always work hard for a successful future or “if you do not stop playing games and study, you will not be successful.” So I used to think that success was just by having a high-paying job (preferably doctor) and by becoming debt free. But as I grow older, I realized that success is not just by getting a high-paying job, it is by obtaining the most happiness that you can get from life. Happiness will get you farther than anything else in life. To me, a successful future involves getting a high-paying job that I have interest in and one that will not bore me for the rest of my life, all while being able to have the time to spend time with my future family and provide a sufficient financial support for them; all leading to my own happiness. A successful job is one where you can be passionate about and be motivated to come in every day to do your job. It should not be one where you dread going into work not make any effort into doing. A good work ethic has a role in how successful you are.
ReplyDeleteSome hallmarks of being a successful person are not coming home every day and complain about how awful life was or go to the point in where the person takes out their anger on their family. I see and experience this happen on a daily basis and it is pretty clear to me that my family is not successful at all. Additionally, being able to see your family daily is another hallmark of success because you can have a high paying job, but if that job is taking time away from your family, then it is not worth it. You are not only depriving yourself time with your family, but you are also affecting your children’s life by being a missing part of their lives. The final hallmark would be that you are giving your all in completing a task or in getting something done since if you do not try to complete the other hallmarks or at least strive towards success, then you already failed at being successful.
We can see whether someone is successful or not just by looking at their face and their attitude towards everything. If the person is not happy at their work or at home, then they are not successful. Just by observing their dedication and happiness at their job, we can see whether or not they are being successful.
To me, there are indeed different levels of success that varies between each person. These different levels can be based on our level of happiness as a person. Other characteristics that will affect the success level are how determined you are in completing your goal, how passionate you are about something, and how dedicated you are in your life.You can have one trait but may not have one of the others. The levels of success depend on the personality and life choices of the person.
You need to have an optimistic mind that will allow you to persevere through anything life throws at you. If you give up after one obstacle, then there is no way for you to become successful. It’s better to succeed in failing than fail without trying. If you think negatively about a situation and then stop trying to succeed, then you are just ruining all of your chances at becoming a successful person. You need to first attempt at achieving your goal and getting to the job that you want; you need to work hard to get the rewards afterward.
For me right now, graduating from high school and getting into a decent college without having to pay much for tuition is the basic form of success for me. I need to be able to pass most of the tests that life and College Board gives me and be able to have a plan that will clearly map out the rest of my life. After many more years in school, I need to have family and a well-paying career and be able to spend time with my family, resulting in maximum happiness. By receiving a medical job too, I can spread happiness through helping others in feeling better and help others succeed in doing well in life too.
Success. I find success to be an accomplishment. When a person succeeds in something, they often feel accomplished. For example, as a makeup newbie, I have been practicing over and over again on how to draw a wing with eyeliner to have a better, prettier look. And once I succeeded I felt accomplished and overjoyed. To me, the definition of success should be one who has achieved getting or completing a desire or thing. Usually, people find success by achieving a goal they have set for themselves, such as; a specific weight, higher grades, and etc.
ReplyDeleteTo judge how or how not you are successful should be pretty simple. Being successful is finishing all of the goals you have set up for yourself and being happy about all of the decisions you have made. Graduating is one example of success. The success in graduating comes from all of the hard work and dedication that it took for that diploma to be able to say your name. Being successful can truly basically only be judged by one’s self.
I don't think one would have to have or own anything to be successful. The one thing that it takes to actually be successful is determination and time. Because without determination, accomplishing anything is nearly impossible if there’s no motive. Anyone that really wants to accomplish their goals and move on would need to make time for their attempts. Time is key to success. Besides from doing the daily routine, you need to set time aside to do extra things to gain success.
Certain things that would need to happen would be like things like finding peace, motive and eliminating all of the negativity in your life. Eliminating negative vibes and people would definitely help with getting closer to having success. Surrounding yourself with positivity is the best thing to do, especially when there’s no benefit from having negativity. The benefit of positivity is that it will just make you feel happy and there will be a lot of support and help also.
What is success? Success is an accomplishment or achievement that one has acquired. Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals. And we all love success since it is the opposite of failure. It's the sensation of joy and excitement. For instance during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr goal was equal rights for African Americans. Throughout those hardships of pain and tears, he ended up being successful in his objective. He was full of joy, he was elated and glad that he made a long time dream come true. Success to me is a goal or dream that has come to fruition despite the hard trials.
ReplyDeleteHallmarks of a successful person is how wealthy they are. Their emotion. Usually successful people are always happy and full of tears of joy. Apart from those two, other factors that play a role in success is a drive, self reliance, willpower, patience, integrity, passion, self confidence, connection, optimism, and communication.
How do you judge whether or not you are successful? If you are determined towards something, if you drive yourself with purpose and align yourself with excellence, if you are willing to be patient, and you understand that, in everything, there are failures and frustrations, and if you trust yourself, then you are a successful person.
People measure success in many different ways and on many different levels. For example in the business profession, people tend to measure their success based of their income. The greater their finance is, the more successful they are.
In order to feel successful, one must be communicable, interpersonal, etc. Success, however it’s defined, takes action, and taking good and appropriate action takes skills. Some of these skills (not enough, though) are taught in school (not well enough, either), others are taught on the job, and still others we learn from general life experience.The ability to speak clearly, persuasively, and forcefully in front of an audience whether an audience of 1 or of thousands is one of the most important skills anyone can develop.
The types of things that need to happen in order for me to see myself as a successful person is to be optimistic, have an open mind, be active, interpersonal, always be motivated and determined. Basically having an adaptable skill can help me reach greater heights and make my dreams and goals come to fruition.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is being happy with your life and your decisions, having kids that are happy, having a job that makes you happy, and having a wife/husband that makes you happy, just in general happy. Success is being happy yourself and also making others around you happy because what good is being happy if everyone around you is miserable? I truly believe that success is just being happy in a happy environment. Success is coming home after a long hard day of work and being tired but still being happy because you came home to a place that makes you extremely happy and to people that make you happy.
The hallmarks of a successful person would probably have to be hard-working, positive, happy, and inspirational. A successful person always strives for more and isn't ever JUST satisfied with what they have done with their life. They will work hard for anything and everything they want in life. A successful person will also stay positive in life and will always see the good that comes out of things instead of focusing on the bad. Like I said before, happiness in the purest form makes someone successful. If they are happy with everything in their life, they are successful. You can judge whether or not someone is successful by asking them if they are happy with their life and if they still are striving for more.
There aren't different levels of success. In my opinion, it's an either or thing, you're either successful or not. There's not "a little bit" successful or "a lot" successful, just successful.
For me personally, I need to be a neurosurgeon, have a wife that makes me really happy, and kids that are smart and athletic. I've always wanted to have a job that makes really good money, and since I love brains, being a neurosurgeon is perfect for me and it's what I REALLY want to be. Also, I'm all about love so I want a wife that makes me really happy and a wife that I will love unconditionally. Furthermore, I want kids that are really happy because that's just me. I love kids and I think they are absolutely adorable. Also, I like having someone to care for and provide for. The types of things that need to happen in order for me to see myself as a success are I need to find something that I love doing, I need to find a girl I love, and I need to find something I will endlessly work for. After doing everything and having all of this, I think I will find myself as a successful person. At the end of the day, if I can look back and be happy with my life, I will find myself successful.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteBy definition success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. By my definition it's very similar. One who aims high may not ever complete his goal so he may not be successful in his eyes but to others he could be what they aspire to be. You can never judge someone by their amount of money for successfulness. If their goal has not been reached then they are not successful in their eyes which means they are not successful at all. No matter how close they might have come.
There are no levels of successfulness. One dollar can mean the world to a poor man and a billion dollars can mean the world to a rich man, they're both equally happy with what they have and they both feel joy. Sounds like they are both wealthy in their own aspects. Successfulness can be reached when you become happy with what you have or you have reached your goal in life. Now when you reach that goal that's what decides what kind of person you are. Do you set another goal or are you fine with that one. That's what separates the millionaires from the billionaires. They set a ridiculously high goal, reach it, then want to double the originally ridiculous goal.
Everyone sees success differently. To some it's what you own that makes you successful and to others it's just the journey and the people that make them successful. Not everyone can have a huge house with a 3 car garage but to some success can mean just owning a home, whether it's a mobile home or mansion. Success may mean what they have learned. Some people pride themselves on knowledge and to them that makes them feel successful. Some pride themselves on physical physique and that's makes them successful in their eyes. Success isn't about what you have or don't have it's how you feel on the inside.
Personally success is not reached until I reach it. If I don't reach my goal in the time frame that I set originally I accept it and then try to reach it again and again and again and as many times after that until I reach it. Now I'm not one to quit easily. I rather go 100% and get it done in one shot then go 50% in two shots. If you're not going to do it right, don't do it at all. I've learned that from my grandfather and he's in my eyes very successful but to him he could have done something different or he's still looking for things to improve on, always setting new goals once they've been reached. To me he's the definition of success.
Yes, success is different to every person. It is determined by your expectations of yourself and your life. It is a jumbled mix of what parents implied success was growing up, what we as our own person have envisioned it to be and what society deems success to be. Most in the United States with its all its commercialism and materialism, are convinced that success comes when there is a million in the checking account and a million in bonds while you live in a pent house looking over a big city. I do not believe these people have hit the mark of true success. Many have sacrificed their entire lives to attain their fortunes. Many are alone, living unhappy with no love or true friendships.
ReplyDeleteSuccess to me is a balance in life with a little bit of all of the things that make you happy. Success is ultimately measured by your level of happiness, living a life that is fulfilling to you. There will still be bad days, hello its life but it is always filled with the underlying joy that life is what you want it to be. A big house is great, but so is a family size home near the ocean. A Bentley sounds wonderful but so does a Jeep Rubicon filled with my beach chair and my soccer ball. Being popular sounds like I would feel special but so does one or two true friends that would have my back unconditionally. Friends that know me, know my flaws, my tendencies and accept me regardless. A rich man would declare many women successful but how about a hard working humble man who gives as much as me to make our life together joyful. Basically the necessities are what we all need to be happy and after that it's your outlook and your attitude that defines success. In order to get to stability it will take your own creating. Hard work is mostly what it will take to have the career you want, the relationships you want and the surroundings you want. My mother always says “every decision you make today, affects your life down the road, somehow, somewhere, it will come back up”. I believe this and I believe we make ourselves successful by our daily actions and knowing ourselves. This cannot be dictated by any outside sources. Media is just media and it will steal your voice if you let it. This deep joy and satisfaction must be defined by who we are inside. A fulfilled soul is a successful one.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is that it is not passed down or given, it has to be earned. Working hard will pay off once you see yourself in the mirror and smile because of how proud of yourself you are. I do not think that inheriting money from your rich grandparents means you are successful. It’s what you do with that money that separates you from the people around you. Money is definitely not a good way to measure success. You have to yearn for success, and want it more than life itself in order to have a good start in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of success, I just picture someone that is very happy and satisfied with his accomplishments. I do not see people bathing in money, although that would be nice, as a form of success. It is how you spend your time and money that makes you successful.
There are different ways to be considered successful, but not necessarily how much success you have. You could be a world famous doctor, lawyer, athlete, singer, actor, etc. We are lucky to live in a country with limitless opportunities. You get through high school with decent grades and decent credentials and BAM you can go to a decent college. America is great because you can literally be anything you want. There are tons of colleges, jobs, places to live etc. It is a land of opportunities. Opportunities are right in front of our faces, but unfortunately, most of us choose to ignore most of them.
Happiness is key. Only the specific person can feel success, but other people around them can see it. Success is tied to many emotions. Not being successful can lead to resentment, anger and frustration, while success leads to happiness and a better life. When you see people that are truly successful, they love doing their jobs, and they are happy while doing so. You see their genuine care for advancing the human race as a whole. They make a difference in the world, even if it is local (neighborhood, city, town) or as widespread as Steve Jobs’ most creative and practical invention of the iPhone.
I know I will be successful when I accomplish all of my goals and feel invincible. I truly think that you have to acquire happiness in order to feel success. Not the happiness where you are singing Justin Bieber at the top of your lungs with your best friends, but the type where you can look back on your life and be able to say, “I made it.” I would need to accomplish all of my goals and have that “I made it” feeling for the rest of my life, and be genuinely satisfied with my accomplishments.