What is Success?
Introduction: Dictionary definition of Success Happiness is different for everybody so is success. What defines a person’s success has changed over the years and continues to change for years to come. Success in the early 1900s Describe ancestor’s picture rickety, old home Having a farm, home, family, and butchered pigs was good enough What success was fifty years ago Family over education Fame and money weren’t important Success in the 1950s Baby boom after World War II American economy was great family, home, and being thin were all strived for Success in 2016 Having a family, home, and food are the main things Without education, one won’t have very much money Money will go to retirement and …show more content…
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. Around the year 1903, my ancestors took a picture in front of their house to send back to their family in Germany. The house looked more like a rickety, old barn than a home, and they hung two butchered hogs in the background. My family thought they had it all, a family, a house, and meat. Education wasn’t the top priority, but staying at home to do chores and helping with the family was. Simply being able to take care of themselves was good enough. Tons of money and being famous weren’t important. As long as they made it in America, they were going to be happy and …show more content…
Is it going to be owning a million-dollar home, or is it going to be having a PhD? History shows it’s going to be something larger than what we would ever imagine today. In the year 2020, it’s projected that 65% of jobs will require some type of education after high school (Carnevale, Smith, Strohl 3). Citizens are constantly working harder and harder towards their goals to achieve their dreams of success, and this is what causes the major changes year to year to happen. Without American citizens wanting to rise to the top, the meaning of success would never
Introduction: Dictionary definition of Success Happiness is different for everybody so is success. What defines a person’s success has changed over the years and continues to change for years to come. Success in the early 1900s Describe ancestor’s picture rickety, old home Having a farm, home, family, and butchered pigs was good enough What success was fifty years ago Family over education Fame and money weren’t important Success in the 1950s Baby boom after World War II American economy was great family, home, and being thin were all strived for Success in 2016 Having a family, home, and food are the main things Without education, one won’t have very much money Money will go to retirement and …show more content…
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. Around the year 1903, my ancestors took a picture in front of their house to send back to their family in Germany. The house looked more like a rickety, old barn than a home, and they hung two butchered hogs in the background. My family thought they had it all, a family, a house, and meat. Education wasn’t the top priority, but staying at home to do chores and helping with the family was. Simply being able to take care of themselves was good enough. Tons of money and being famous weren’t important. As long as they made it in America, they were going to be happy and …show more content…
Is it going to be owning a million-dollar home, or is it going to be having a PhD? History shows it’s going to be something larger than what we would ever imagine today. In the year 2020, it’s projected that 65% of jobs will require some type of education after high school (Carnevale, Smith, Strohl 3). Citizens are constantly working harder and harder towards their goals to achieve their dreams of success, and this is what causes the major changes year to year to happen. Without American citizens wanting to rise to the top, the meaning of success would never