What is success? Is success the same for all?
Is success permanent? Is Success Happiness?
To understand success we must first define it. Success-Favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like; favorable outcome of something attempted.
Success for one is not success for all, we set personal goals for ourselves with the hope of achieving success as we see it. Whether you want to be a meter reader or a astronaut the effort you put forth in reaching your goals will determine success. Some may measure success in financial terms, some may consider success about happiness, and other may measure success based on the number of people they help. The level of success is not important it is how you get their that counts.
If your goal in life is to be cash rich and to get there you had to steal, cheat, and kill are you successful. Most would say know, but if your goal was cash you were successful. Everybody measures success in a different way , but I think to be truly successful in life we must set attainable goals. We need to do our part to give back to the less fortunate. We need to understand we had help (God, Parents, Friends, Etc.). Humility will go a long way never forget all people deserve respect. A true measure of success is leading a fulfilled life, setting attainable goals and achieving them in a moral and ethical way.
We should not measure our success based on the success of other because to do so would imply that there is a level playing field. The fact is life is not fair some people have more money, intelligence, beauty, etc. so to measure success based on others will ensure disappointment. A successful life is a life worth living, a life we are proud of and makes us happy. Trying to achieve a goal for the wrong reason is pointless. Doing something because we feel it is expected of us does not make us feel like a success, and definitely is not the way to get happiness.
I have learned that success can sometimes make us forget were we came from and how we got there if you are not careful you can lose sight of your rise and what it took to get there. Success is not indefinite circumstances change, people change, and our wants/needs change. Successful people have to work to get there and work to maintain. If you feel good about were you are in life, you have tried, and you do what is right you can consider yourself a success regardless of the outcome. Successful people live fulfilled lives, help others to be successful, and realize that the success does not mean superior.
JD Ramblin
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