In today's 21st century when someone is asked what does success mean to them, most of them, including me, would say that being successful means to earn a lot of money and have a good status in society. But the true meaning of success does not only ( and many a time not at all) mean earning money and flaunting it. There are innumerable things that define success.
Success essentially means achieving the goals you have set for yourself and achieving it. Though each person may have his or her own view about the definition of success, nobody would ever deny the fact that achieving your targets is a success even if that meant not fulfilling the expectation of others.
Success can be defined in many ways. For a kid who has been unsuccessfully trying to walk for months suddenly being able to walk without any support is a success in itself. Observing children who have just learnt to speak makes us feel so very happy. And the child keeps on saying things which no one would understand but the child is still happy that he can speak. Doesn't that mean success to the child?
As we grow up and attend the primary school, getting a good rank in the smallest of class tests or even sidelining your friend to be the teacher's pet can all be termed as success. How successful and proud did we feel when the teacher recommended our name for the post of head-boy/ head-girl to the principal!! Thus success can be seen in the smallest of achievements and if we do not want to even the biggest of achievements will be a failure for us.
When we went to junior and degree college, hanging out with friends and enjoying life to the fullest was a routine and hence when we passed all the exams it was an achievement.
Staying miles away from the family for education yet managing the household chores efficiently and also enjoying life to the fullest is success for me. Friends staying on the other side of globe have proved that to me. The same can be said for people working far away from their families.
Speaking from the experience of my parents, when the child achieves something, it is success for them. When a relative praises the kid for good manners, they feel they have succeeded in giving their kid the best of values in life.
Once a pauper, when you rise to be named to be among the fastest growing entrepreneurs is success as well. For the world, it means success because that man has earned money and because he started from scratch and made a fortune out of nothing. Examples like the owner of the dosa chain " Dosa Plaza" and even more famous, the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani who sold "bhajiyas" in his early days to owning the world's largest refining complex justify the same. But when the successful person himself is asked about success he would very modestly say that hard work combined with a bit of luck helped him achieve whatever he has.
All the above things point to one fact that success cannot be merely measured in terms of money and social status. Success is the fulfilling one's goal irrespective of whether that is an achievement for the world. Success essentially means being happy on an individual basis without hurting others too much.
All said and done success in today's world of intense show-off and cut-throat competition, money is definitely the most important factor to decide how successful a person is. This is the saddest part today that material happiness is given more importance than inner peace. But I guess that is how the world functions today and we cannot help but have a trade-off in internal happiness and material happiness. That itself would be a 'success'.
Success essentially means achieving the goals you have set for yourself and achieving it. Though each person may have his or her own view about the definition of success, nobody would ever deny the fact that achieving your targets is a success even if that meant not fulfilling the expectation of others.
Success can be defined in many ways. For a kid who has been unsuccessfully trying to walk for months suddenly being able to walk without any support is a success in itself. Observing children who have just learnt to speak makes us feel so very happy. And the child keeps on saying things which no one would understand but the child is still happy that he can speak. Doesn't that mean success to the child?
As we grow up and attend the primary school, getting a good rank in the smallest of class tests or even sidelining your friend to be the teacher's pet can all be termed as success. How successful and proud did we feel when the teacher recommended our name for the post of head-boy/ head-girl to the principal!! Thus success can be seen in the smallest of achievements and if we do not want to even the biggest of achievements will be a failure for us.
When we went to junior and degree college, hanging out with friends and enjoying life to the fullest was a routine and hence when we passed all the exams it was an achievement.
Staying miles away from the family for education yet managing the household chores efficiently and also enjoying life to the fullest is success for me. Friends staying on the other side of globe have proved that to me. The same can be said for people working far away from their families.
Speaking from the experience of my parents, when the child achieves something, it is success for them. When a relative praises the kid for good manners, they feel they have succeeded in giving their kid the best of values in life.
Once a pauper, when you rise to be named to be among the fastest growing entrepreneurs is success as well. For the world, it means success because that man has earned money and because he started from scratch and made a fortune out of nothing. Examples like the owner of the dosa chain " Dosa Plaza" and even more famous, the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani who sold "bhajiyas" in his early days to owning the world's largest refining complex justify the same. But when the successful person himself is asked about success he would very modestly say that hard work combined with a bit of luck helped him achieve whatever he has.
All the above things point to one fact that success cannot be merely measured in terms of money and social status. Success is the fulfilling one's goal irrespective of whether that is an achievement for the world. Success essentially means being happy on an individual basis without hurting others too much.
All said and done success in today's world of intense show-off and cut-throat competition, money is definitely the most important factor to decide how successful a person is. This is the saddest part today that material happiness is given more importance than inner peace. But I guess that is how the world functions today and we cannot help but have a trade-off in internal happiness and material happiness. That itself would be a 'success'.
Sahi hai! Very nice, by far your best blog so far. Indeed the trade-off is important, I agree with you.
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where u have stayed out and managed house ? jhoota , but good going , wierd but nice to see the writer you
ReplyDeleteread it properly my dear sis.. i said managing things like this is success for me..
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