Question of The Day- Success

Success is being happy to wake up alive.

I think we feel quite similar about it. Most people would probably say a new car, big house, money to travel with, etc.... Though on a personal level I think anyone who has a belief system they are content with, fulfilling friendships, has a roof over their head, food in their belly, clothes to wear and bills paid - is a success

As far as I'm concerned there is no success if we don't have a good relationship with our Creator and we must be happy with our lives.

Success is subjective. For me, it's making it through the day with my family; that makes me successful every day

Success is the achievement of an action, it is not necessary all about money.

Good question and one that takes a lot of thought. I've never looked at success as material wealth. Okay, I did as a kid, but not as an adult. I don't even think success can be measured by the number of friends you have. I think success is living your life true to yourself without compromise. It's knowing that I made someone happy today, I encouraged someone, I put a smile on someone's face and made them laugh. It's knowing what your values are and living according to those values, again, no compromise. I live successfully. I never give a harsh word or answer when someone asks me something. That's not to say I'm never harsh. I'm a mother after all. I'm not negative. I look at the positive side of life. I see the beauty in broken vessels - people. We are all broken people. We all need a word of encouragement. If I can do that, I'm successful.

I agree with what you have said. Success can be defined in many different ways. We see high-powered business people as 'successful' yet there are plenty of people who have achieve a lot or who are successful in other ways. I do not always consider myself successful in my career because I am not earning a living from writing. On the other hand, I do earn some income from freelance writing so, in some ways, I am successful. Apart from that, I have a lovely, loving family - I know that I am a good mum by seeing how my children are growing up. That is success too.

Success is when you can support your family and yourself.

Success for me is living my life according to my good behavior.

Right no success for me means I can get by writing online and as long as my writing is accepted and I can get all the work done I am successful.

For me it is pretty simple. It does not matter what title you have and it does not matter how much money you make. If you HAVE money, that's success no matter how it is derived. I have a friend, which we actually just visited in Miami on our vacation, that makes $120,000 a year, and is a professor at a college in Ft. Lauderdale. I do not consider her successful because she is flat broke. She is overdrawn in her checking account, has $50 in her savings account, and is in debt to the tune of $50,000 in credit cards. She lives in a high rise luxury apartment in downtown Miami overlooking the bay, she has a PHd, she drives a Mercedes less than two years old, she makes a good wage, and yet...I do not find her successful at all. On the flipside while my wife and I combined make six figures, we drive a 2011 Ford F-150 and a 2010 Ford Edge, neither of us have college degrees...but we have money in the bank. I think we are successful. We could be 100% unemployed for at least five years and not blink an eye. Not only is that success in my opinion, that's COMFORT.