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probably too late to be posting this question but how do you define success?

I don't think it really exists. If there is a definitive point at which you can succeed, then after that point, you no longer have to do anything, and I don't think that is success. Success is more like a process by which you're constantly improving yourself.
 
It's simple for me. Success to me is not having to worry (financially). For every person it's different. If I walk into a store and want to buy a jacket I see, I don't have to stand there and crunch numbers to see if I can still make rent if I buy it. Of course, I have no intention of buying jets or houses on a whim. For people who don't really need anything or don't have expensive tastes, it takes much less for them to be successful, according to my definition.
 
i think success is a combination of things...being comfortable with your financial situation...being happy with your social life...and being comfortable with your spiritual life(or lack therof, in my case)

so long as your needs and wants(within reason) are taken care of, i think you are successful

but i also like what notfred said about constantly improving yourself
 


I saw this poorer family at the restaurant the other day. I could tell that they were a happy close family. I consider them successful.
 
My uncle is worth around $40,000,000. He has two P.H.Ds.
All he does with his life is brag about his life and give $0 to his parents who live in a 3 bedroom apartment living off his father's retirement from 7-11.

Success? I think not. Ahole? Yes.
 
Being stable financially, generally happy with everyday life in all aspects (social, love, work). And of course, making people you went to high school with look like schmucks at your 10 year reunion.

 
Successful people are probably sleeping with their SO snuggled in bed after having had a passionate night of vigorous sex after having made at least $100 this past Friday in an 8hr day.

That and they probably wouldn't post on a message board at this hour.


There are exceptions of course 😉


Seriously though, success is defined, from my point of view, with constantly achieving more and more for yourself, learning more, meeting new people and such, while still fighting to retain the characteristics that define the beauty in your character.

One of the main reasons that I have not been extremely successful is that I have been naive and afraid that success would ruin the parts of my character that people love.

It is a risk that I have to take, as do we all if we chose to have our names known by all for the good that we do. :thumbsup:


 
money? if that's what makes you happy... then yes, that's success...

could be anything... whatever floats your boat. to me having a job i like doing everyday is success.
having kids i love and am proud of is success too. having parents that I love and who love me. that's success too.

you've got to define it for yourself... don't take anyone's definition
 
A number of things for me...

# 1 my wife, my house, my job. Even my hobby which is these lil 'puters. I got out of my sh!tty hometown, got a degree, got out of the factories. Success is about getting where you want to go and it's different for everyone. When you can say "I'm here", you're done. blaze & relax. 😛
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I don't think it really exists. If there is a definitive point at which you can succeed, then after that point, you no longer have to do anything, and I don't think that is success. Success is more like a process by which you're constantly improving yourself.
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Exactly.

Success is a journey not a destination
 
Originally posted by: bapace
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
having made at least $100 this past Friday in an 8hr day.
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[sarcasm]WOAH, $100 in 8 hours?!? Don't set your goals too high there.:disgust:[/sarcasm]
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Well, if you have a loving wife, a family, but still have to scrape by?

The definition of success is quite relative to the individual. My point was to state a relatively lower-end situation to show how sucess can be relative, now that everyone here can imagine success as being rich. I just wanted to simply demosntrate the relativity of defining success, and how some people see it as a monetary marker while others see it as a marker for personal growth and fufillment.
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