When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey? Success is usually referred to as an abstract subject with a different meaning for everyone. However, success is a word, which like any word has a definition. The 4th Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines success as "The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted".…
Success can be defined as “the accomplishment of one’s goals,” according to dictionary.com. Most commonly, this definition varies from person to person, depending on many factors. Does one’s wealth determine success, or does it matter how one became successful? Does everyone feel success at some point in their lives, or are some obstacles too substantial to overcome in order to achieve it? In this chapter of “Money and Success,” these questions are answered with four different essays that discuss the idea of success and opportunity for the individual person.…
In other words, success is when a person reaches their goals that make them happy. While everyone wants to reach their goals and aspirations in life, what makes them happy is different from person to person. This has been especially true over the years. What defines a person’s success has changed over the years and continues to change for years to come.…
How does one define success? People have different viewpoints on success. Some people usually think success is all about how much money you some people think success as you are being happy. In my opinion success is being able to support the ones you love, the ones who make you happy, and the ones who support you in your time of need. Many people strive to be successful however not everyone becomes successful.…
Great Success Success is the lofty idea of accomplishing some type of task that can make someone feel extraordinary. Everyone can think back to a time where they experienced some success, whether it is closing a major business deal or as simple as helping someone out. The concept of success morphs from person to person, but most people can agree the dictionary definition misses the true essence, the idea of success evolves as a person does, and true success is related to morals. The definition of success and the average person’s perception of success can be very similar and slightly deceiving. The Webster’s definition of success is, the attainment of popularity or profit.…
The definition of success has been widely used as a catalyst for people who are hungry for more in life. What exactly is the definition of success, and why is it such a desirable concept? Being successful consists of inheriting good character and morals in order to achieve your goal in life. Hard work and dedication are both instrumental when it comes to getting what you want.…
What is one thing in life that people can have as much of as they want, yet it will never harm them for having too much of it? The answer is success, but there are multiple challenges to gain it. According to Oxford English Dictionary, the definition of success is the “prosperous achievement of something attempted often with particular attainment of wealth or position” (“success”). Although many people define success similarly, the word has much more meaning, and it can only be achieved when people accomplish their goals set forth.…
Being Successful, What Does That Mean? What is success? Success is being at peace with oneself after establishing and working for a goal and not giving up even though the journey was difficult and full of challenges that one must overcome and being known for what has been done. Success may look like a hard task to accomplish and can vary depending how each person sees their objective. For some people this can be obtaining a job where they earn the minimum wage or even becoming a manager at a small store, but for others is becoming a powerful and skillful lawyer that wins all of his or her cases with ease.…
Success is a complex word. It’s meanings are ambiguous, meaning one thing to an individual and meaning something else to another. A quote by Booker T. Washington provides a satisfying generalization of the word. For example, a man whose enormous wealth consists of money wholly inherited from his father is not considered successful but a man who has worked hard, dug himself out of poverty and now lives a humble life is considered successful. The man in the first example has lived a life full of luxury and has faced close to no obstacles but the second man, even though not as prominent as the first man, has lived a successful life because he had to face many obstacles to reach the point he is at now.…
Every person has a different mindset on success and how to achieve it. Some would define it as being popular and wealthy; owning a nice house and fancy clothes. For others, success is just being happy just by what they already have or by accomplishing life goals. Some see money as the main key to being successful. These people usually take their first step in success as getting a good education and college credentials.…
Success Success is something everybody is striving for, no matter how old they are or how much success they have achieved. Success is the number one goal that people have. Everybody has different goals so everybody has different definitions of success. There are many things that factor in success. Sometimes success runs in the genes and parents strive to raise a successful child.…
Larry Ellis April 7, 2015 English 101 Success What is success? In many different cultures success can be seen in many different ways. In general, success is when someone accomplishes their desired aims and attains prosperity. In the United States, those who are in the top 1% can be seen as successful to most people.…
Success to me is a combination of social status as well as happiness. To be successful means to have money, to be happy and to be mentally and physically healthy. Money is the main concern for people but it is not always the case. It is a crucial necessity for anyone who is trying to succeed in life. People usually think that having money means living in luxury which makes them successful, but money is used to buy what you need to live.…
Success is not just about making money, it about being best person you can be, the true indicator of success is not what is accomplished but what is felt. Happiness to the key to success. My definition of success is someone setting goal and achieving this goal through hard work, which directly translate into happiness. Bill Gates the richest person in the world, which most people would consider him successful because of the money he has. Yet being the richest man does not make Bill Gates successful.…
What is the true definition of success. One may say, success is when a person’s desired goals have been fulfilled. I can’t say that I disagree with this statement. As a child, I was taught success is the ultimate goal of a person's life. This is the pinnacle moment in life when you have accomplished a challenge set out for you.…