How Success Breaks Down Into Life

The meaning of "success" has numerous interpretations, whether it is your own or society's definition. Within Outliers author Malcolm Gladwell explains that being successful has nothing to do with what kind of person you are, so whether you are intelligent and hardworking or lazy and aloof, it depends on your circumstances growing up. Whether your parents happen to be immigrants, you are one of the smartest men in the country or you make a habit of practicing an activity for a certain amount of hours a day, your own personal success, according to Gladwell is defined by the conditions you grew up in; the idea of being successful varies from culture to culture, therefore, there is no definite meaning of success other than one's interpretation.

Even though most people easily recognize societal success easily, it does little in regards to enhancing the apparently “successful” person’s sense of

A survey done by Dora Mekouar shows that 75 percent of Americans believe they are successful, but what is success? Is it achieving all one's’ life goals, (which only half say they have) or is it being rich, which only 34 percent of Americans believe is important (Mekouar).

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word success is defined as, “The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.” While this definition is fairly clear, I believe that success has a much deeper meaning, one of which invokes an image of dignity, appreciation, and honor. With this definition of successful, I believe that the only truly successful man I know of is my mother, and while she is not a man, she is just as rich in success as any male in the world. My mom has created herself a tiny slice of happiness for herself and my small family, and along the way she has given away many smiles and laughs when her own happiness was not in ample supply. However, in Things Fall Apart achievement is hardly ever counted

The concept of success is commonly misinterpreted by society solely as the achievement of certain materialistic goals. In literature, this idea is disproved through the in-depth analysis of a character’s emotional turmoil and internal conflicts in contrast to their success in social and economical aspects. F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his novel The Great Gatsby, reveals that true success involves two levels: worldly possessions and emotional nirvana.

For a long time, the popular myth of success and that of gender have shaped humans’ minds and behaviors in a certain way. They set up a certain behavior model and provide people with an idealized reference for living their lives. However, people put too much emphasis on the bright side of these two widespread but outdated

In a perfect world, we would all be successful from the first day of school. However, such a perfect world does not exist within our reality. For most of us, success is determined not by how well we start the race of life, but how well we get back up when we fall over. Through failure and redemption comes wisdom. That wisdom is what makes my stepfather Ryan Mclean, a networker for Broadband, a success. When asked how he evaluated success he responded, “success is determined by how happy you are and how little you have to worry. If you can survive without a struggle and can find happiness in what you are doing, then you are successful”. What is interesting about Mr. Mclean’s view on success is how it is applicable to any economic group. A wealthy

The society today views being successful as rich and has the best pair of shoes or the best car. Jack Renner, my grandfather, a retired veteran and amazing man. He views success as how hard someone works, how good of a work ethic someone has and the love someone should and do have for their family, to him family is everything and he looks to that as being another one of his great successes. When asked if he has or sees himself successful at any point in his life, Renner tells me, “I do believe I have been successful in life and that is the truth and seem over confident while saying it but I have been successful”. So Renner does view himself as a success and I don’t deny it because I also believe he is a success. Another question I asked him

Americans tend to define success by money, and what money can possibly buy. We judge off of popularity and social status. If you're not rich or in a major well known business or high paying job you're a failure. An antonym of success is unprofitable, according to Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Intellectuals. Three synonyms for success that caught my eye were moneymaking, hardworking and wealth. Gladwell states in his book Outliers that, “Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for 22 minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after 30 seconds.” ( Gladwell 127) Thus meaning that you must work towards success.

The majority of the population describes success by the materialistic accomplishments such as being wealthy or owning land, and others relates success to a career. Although these descriptions may hold some truth in the definition of success, they are not sufficient to embark the entire meaning of success. Success not only includes wealth and great careers, but it includes happiness. These three factors are important for success and lacking a single one nay alter the success of a person.

`Time and time again, men and women all over the globe working to earn wages to either support themselves or family. For me, growing up with little, none, or abundance of money wasn’t a big concern to me because I worked as much as I can with a motivation of becoming successful in ways that I can. I agree with Bob Dylan’s claim, “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do,” which he’s says that success is what a man does in their leisure time. So to speak, this may be true but others can also become successful in myriad of ways to earn the money. With this I impose a question: “What is success?” In the average daily life, most people become successful by being

Success is a definition within the mind of every individual. We have the definition of success cultivating in our minds since we were young children by being told repeatedly to work hard and go to school so we can make lots of money. With that ideal, we spend a majority of our lives working towards our success. In many cases, people will go into a profession just because they made good money but are not happy with their life. They then leave that profession for one that they want to do and, even though they make less money, they are happier and enjoy life more. But, we all have different interpretation of success, some people believe success is measured by wealth and social

In this age in which we live, success is generally measured by the amount of money you earn, or the amount of wealth or power or number of promotions you’ve accumulated. I find that the older I grow, the more I view the people who are most happy and content with their lives as the most successful. Rich, poor or in between, they’ve tended to treat life as a journey, not a final destination. They took that trip when they were 25 even though they really couldn’t afford it, they ordered the $55 bottle of wine with their filet because they knew that even though it was expensive it would enhance the meal so much more than water would. They took a chance on a start-up company, moved to Europe or Asia and experienced things that most people only dream about. If they managed to grow wealthy from the experience, so much the better. As long as moderation with most things is practiced, things won’t spin out of control.

Many researchers have studied success in many various formats. They have researched success through careers, financial/economics, education, religion and well-being. This is an account of five sources and their research findings across each of these categories.

“Money can’t buy happiness” is one of the most well known saying commonly heard throughout the world. Money is one of the most important things in our lives, next to, food and water, shelter and transportation but will all of those things, you need money. That is where the phrase “Money can’t buy happiness” comes in because people think that since money can buy everything else, it can easily buy happiness as well. Money can not make people love you for who you are, having a lot of it is nice but it doesn’t change the person you are. Happiness is a feeling we find within our own selves as human beings. An object should not be able to define that happiness. Money 's not everything and it’s sad that nowadays people a lot of people haven’t figured it out. Many people are caught up in what they think is happiness and live their whole lives miserable. Throughout literature, it is evident that striving for money does not end up what you want to be in the end. The characters in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald experience that becoming wealthy will not buy you happiness and relationships can be ruined in the end.