Every one wants to be successful in life
By vijayanths
@vijayanths (7877)
India
January 9, 2010 12:19pm CST
What exactly is success for you?
Are you successful in your life?
To me making big money and having a loving family are the elements of success. I have been fairly successful in the later one and struggling to achieve the first one.
How about you?
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23 responses
@vandana7 (100300)
• India
9 Jan 10
I knew you were money minded. LOL. Kidding. Actually, my definition of success will differ slightly from yours. I put loving family before money. :) And then money - enough for food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the entire family till the end of all our lives. :) I dont want so much that somebody thinks kidnapping any of my family member is a good idea. I dont want so much that I fear theft. As I said, I want just enough for my requirements. I am not a great one for jewelry, so I dont look for that either, though I'd be ok looking at investing in it for future. :)
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@vijayanths (7877)
• India
9 Jan 10
That is like a typical Indian woman Vandana. They give more importance for family and happy with just enough money to fulfill the basic requirements of life.
Yes, I am money minded as you said, I also love people and humanity.
I appreciate your plans for the future.
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
10 Jan 10
Hi, Vandana , cool, don't I know that?
I am a bit good at judging people,
@eshaan (6188)
• India
10 Jan 10
hi vijay..for me..i have learned from my experiences of life that being happy and being at peace is the success....when you are student you feel that you top the merit list and you will be successful...then when you achieve that you think that when i get best partner for life i will be successful..and yes..money..that too is for happiness..so what we are doing is all for happiness ans peace..so the thing which gives you happiness and peace ..when u get ..u feel you are successful...now i consider my life to be devoted to family..and my children be good human and successful...is my dream...good luck for you to achieve success
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@mjcookie (2271)
• Philippines
10 Jan 10
I've read in a self-help book that success is not achieved, it is transcended.
Success for me means having achieved your goals and finally being content with it. I'm young, and I can say that I haven't yet achieved all those things that I want to do in life. I'm not a very luxurious person. I don't want a corporate job. I just wanna do what I want to do. I'm not dreaming to be a billionaire and have shiny cars, and just like Vandana, I just want some money to provide for food, education, shelter, health care, travel, and entertainment. Some people are successful in money aspects, but deep inside they feel empty, because they put too much importance in money and not in relationships. It's not bad to want to earn money as long as it doesn't get in the way of more valuable ones relationships. I wanna have deep relationships with people and with God. I wanna travel and get in contact with nature. Sometimes I tell myself I wanna live in a farm. Simple things like those. As much as possible I don't wanna have too much luxurious material possessions because these could cause me to just desire for more.
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@jho2010 (155)
• Philippines
10 Jan 10
For me as a woman, success means having my two beautiful kids, meaning i've prove to myself and to my husband that im capable of conceiving and giving birth to our kids.
financially, im not successful, just enough.marriage life? there's no perfect relationship, its just fair. base on worldy meaning of success, its the wealth, power and fame that makes someone successful. But for me success means having a good relationship in your family,friends, neighbors, co-workers, your boss or your employee if you have your own business and to all people in your life that you have interaction.Being happy and satisfied with your life inspite of difficulties is hard to do, but if you can, then you may considered yourself successful in overcoming the difficulties.this is just purely based on my own opinion, i respect others opinion about success, after all everybody is different...
@tangurama (204)
• Canada
10 Jan 10
To me, success is having a good amount of money to support yourself and those around you. I also think the ability to be able to build strong friendships and relationships is success. Furthermore, success to me is being happy.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
Of course everyone of us wants to be successful! I don't know if I am successful financially, I more agree that I am not. I feel I am successful with my love with my family, for the reason that I do not stop helping them and loving them and accepting their flaws. Like for example, about my father, he always give us a big head ache, he is always the source of big problem, but i am still here for him. I still respect him and the love is not gone. I always have the love here inside me. No matter how I get angry with him or be mad at him, I still have the respect that he deserves. I hope my father will change for the better now. I hope he is really changing for us, to be a father again, to give something that our family really deserve.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
10 Jan 10
For me, success involves whether or not I feel good about myself and how I am living my life. Money, well we all need it to survive in this world, either by our own resources or the generosity of others. Love? What would life be without giving and receiving that? And then there are the pleasures that are physical and those that are spiritual. When things are in good balance and one is content, then to me, that is success.
Karen
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@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
9 Jan 10
Success to me is to have a great loving and happy family first. Then I think it would mean to me not having to worry so much in life about how am I going to pay the next bill or if my family and me would not have to worry about if we were going to be able to eat and have a roof over our heads. So Success to me is mainly being Happy Healthy And having enough money yo survive daily.
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
11 Jan 10
Yes,jahernandezrivas sound health and a happy family are what every one would long for. My best wishes for you.
@allknowing (136582)
• India
10 Jan 10
I have tasted success in many fields but when it comes to relationships I have failed miserably. My biggest problem is that unless the matter that put us apart is resolved I cannot think of getting back together but those around me keep that muck inside and carry on as though nothing has happened.
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@ramos7881 (344)
• United States
9 Jan 10
Good discussion.
I would have to say that success to me also includes having a close, loving family. I don't necessarily want to be a millionaire, but I do want to have all of our needs met and have enough time to spend with my family to develop those close relationships. My goal is to work at home online to make that happen, because working outside of the home 40+ hours a week does allows very little time to create those close, loving relationships with my family.
Best of luck to you in your quest for success!
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
10 Jan 10
Yes, that is the best way of living ramos. Women naturally live that way.Thanks for your wishes.
@pentagan12 (757)
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
I firmly believe that I am successful in some aspects of my life, though there are still many things that I want to achieve in the future. I had been through a lot of struggles and hardships back when I was a student because I belonged to a poor family. Fortunately, I was given an academic scholarship by one of the prestigious nursing schools here in Davao City, Philippines. Surpassing all of those struggles was already a success for me. I also passed the Nurse Licensure Examination and I am very proud to say that I am already a registered nurse. Well, this is still the beginning of my journey towards achieving all my goals and ambitions in life and I am looking forward to open new windows and doors for success in the coming many years.
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
11 Jan 10
wow, I am so happy to hear your success pentagan. My best wishes for you for your success in future.
@FallenGurl (195)
• Canada
9 Jan 10
I'm not successful yet in life, i have finished college and is about to start my job Monday coming, however, i'll be successful when i am doing what i want be to doing, and make a very comfortable living doing so.
@vince06 (98)
• Philippines
10 Jan 10
for me i can feel that i am successful if im happy with my life and my mind set is that i could not ask for more...money is one factor to make you successful but its not the that having the most wieght, i think having family someday and leaving in a big house with your pretty wife and lovely children is for me my biggest success whenever it will happen and in addition to that if ever the girl of my dream in which im with her now will be the mother of my children that would be a big blast for me and i can say i will very happy if that happen...and that is success for me a total happiness..
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@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Jan 10
As far as I am concerned, I like to be success. I think everyone wants to have a successful life. But waht is success for me. I think it is just about happiness is success. I think I am man who is short of happiness. I want to have a happy family . I want to have a kind wife ,even have a very clever . I think this is success for me.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
10 Jan 10
Success in life is accomplishing the most I can with the tools I have. I feel I am mostly successful. There are days where I have fallen short. There are days where I achieved great success. There are days where I dismally failed. To succeed, I plan to make money online and achieve good grades in school. The school part is one that I have hit well. The making money online, hit and miss, but I have some moderate success, so I would have to consider that a win for me.
@Hikers (8)
• China
10 Jan 10
I'm a young man without my own family,and have just graduated from college,I've been working for almost a year and dislike the current job,so for me success is to find a job that I am supposed to be suitable to engage in and making a not that bad salary,that's enough for me right now,anyhow,what anything else can I expect?
@jayeshrevised (52)
• India
10 Jan 10
vijayji namaste,
Family values on top priority.Its unfortunate that these values also need money directly or indirectly for them to b successful. While earning them we usually forget the values and get busy and mixed up in other issues which might b that important. I think tats life.
@Rvd007 (95)
• India
10 Jan 10
Zzzzzzzz I dont knw exact meaning of success in Life becuz i m not big guy i m kid but as per u ask meaning of success i would tell the success for me is a pefect family with perfect and satisfied source of income which is enough for me and my family to keep happy idont want name lots of cash nthing like that i just want my life satisfied thats its hope some guys will think this kidding type but i agree becuz im Kid...........Regards,
@jalzay (29)
• India
10 Jan 10
I am different type of person. I am don't want that kind of success for which the whole mankind is racing blindly. To me, success means a happy family life, and one small home with peace and harmony. Lot of respect and fame is automatically achieved in the society due to the characteristic nature and presentation with others.
It is true that money and materials are required to live the life on earth, but more that your necessities is not the success.