Success

What is success? The definition of success is very personal and will be different for everyone. Success is something accomplished over time. Over this course of time you gain knowledge and endure obstacles with patients and hardship. It's all about how hard you try in your life, even if you have failed, your struggle to strive for success is so great you will feel no remorse. Success is partly the attainment of a steady pay check that allows you to afford your life style. Moreover success is something that is more than just a goal in life. You may have everything but still not be happy or satisfied. Success is your pay check because that is what makes you happy, and that is what makes you who you want to be. You have got to ask yourself what you want to be when you grow up.

There is a relatively close relationship between happiness and being successful. Successful is when a guy saying “I want to have it the easy way in my future, I want to be successful” and actually accomplishes it.

Imagine sitting on a park bench watching the people pass by. A petite woman walks by on her cell phone. She is dressed for business in the finest apparel but her hectic day at work is shown on her face. She then reaches in her purse for her keys to her Mercedes-Benz; she is going to her apartment where nobody will be there to greet her. Shortly after a man walks by in plain clothes with his two children by his side, laughter fills the air immediately as they are walking close by. They then continue walking until they reach their mini-van. The family is headed home for a meal prepared by his wife. Which person is more successful?

“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” Anna Quindlen. Success is the satisfaction that one gets by knowing they are the best they can be. Society’s broad perspective of interpreting success is often misleading to the common man; this essay will depict...