Definition of Success
Success means different things to different people. In fact, there are as many definitions of success as there are people. Success is, and needs to be, a very personal decision.
For one person, success may be defined as financial independence. To another, success is a close, happy and loving family. To still to another, success is traveling to exotic places and having exotic things. Each definition is right. Success is what each person considers it to be. Any person who has achieved the object of his or her desires is just as successful as the next, regardless of income, size of house, or newness of the car.
You’ll need to develop your own definition of success. Be careful. Make sure your definition is really what you want out of life, because whatever you work towards, you’ll achieve.
One of the saddest things in life is seeing someone who worked hard at chasing what he thought was success, only to find out after he achieved it really didn’t bring him the happiness he sought.
Frank thought he would be happy if he made a lot of money. He looked at what his capabilities were, and decided he would become an attorney. Attorneys always seemed to make a lot of money. Frank went to many years of school, worked hard and passed the bar. The money started coming in . . . but he was miserable. How could that be? He was making good money, but still wasn’t happy, wasn’t fulfilled.
Obviously his definition of success was flawed. Money, to him, equated success, and he’d spent a great deal of time, effort and money to achieve what he thought would bring him success, only to find it was an empty success.
Being young and energetic, Frank decided to start over. He’s gone back to school during the evening trying to discover what he’d really like to do with his life, while holding down his ‘day job’ as an attorney.
Being an attorney isn’t bad. But for Frank it is. Don’t make the mistake of equating money with success.
Society has depicted many definitions of success, but in truth, much of what is shown does not really bring lasting happiness. Only you can determine what success is for you.
Everyone is different, and you shouldn’t compare in deciding if you’re being successful or not. Measure only against yourself, and ease the pressure to keep up with your friends and neighbors. If you seek after someone else’s definition of success rather than your own, any success you find will be as nothing.
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