How do you define success?

@anna728 (1499)
United States
July 24, 2009 10:46am CST
Many people have different ideas of what it means to be successful. Sometimes this means money, knowledge, prestige, or happiness. What is success to you?
7 responses
• United States
24 Jul 09
Well, I believe in Western civilization many people view success as material, (e.g. money, nice house, nice cars etc.) But I personally believe that success cannot only be measure with those gauges. If you making a difference in your community, town, city or even just in your part of the neighborhood, I believe you are sucessful.
@anna728 (1499)
• United States
1 Aug 09
Yeah I think you're right that material things are often over-emphasized. But I don't really put much of a priority on giving back to my community personally. I think I'd be more concerned with the relationships in my life or enjoying what I do for a living or something.
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
21 Nov 12
I think being successful is like we already achieve our goals in our life. For me, I can say that i'm successful person when already see my kids finish and graduate in school and to see them having a good jobs. But now I think i'm also a successful as a mother, wife, and daughter for my family because even I don't have a job now, I prepare everything they need in their school and work, I prepare their meal, and they are healthy.
• India
24 Jul 09
Success has no limit no boundary. We feel successful when we complete a tough task and do a tough job. Success is a thinking of our mind that feel(make) us relax when we go through a gr8 trouble ever.... So success is a gr8 feeling.
• Philippines
28 Jul 09
hi anna..we have the same name..I'm also anna...anna andrea...by the way for me success is something like fulfilling a certain task in a stipulated time...Success is always meeting all your goals with an exceptional quality...
• Philippines
31 Jul 09
if ur contented and happy with what u have... if u already have a family of ur own and kids... if u can give them proper education... if u saw ur kids with good job and and a family of their own too... and u have ur own house and lot then thats the only time u can say that u are a really a successful person...
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
8 Jul 10
Well success is not in 100% or numbers, its all in the satisfaction of your effort and giving a good fight.
@mohak123 (104)
• India
24 Jul 09
if you know who you are then you know what success really means.maybe it is combination of some of the things listed below financial security being organised travel passion quest for knowladge maintain peaceful relations with self and others