Success in life means money

As for me, Success is a "feeling" compared to happiness, love, contentment, satisfaction ,accomplishment, achievement and reputation! Money is just a factor of success! Some are natural in our environment, like love, family and spiritual faith, all you have to do is nourish and make it grow to feel successful!

No, but money by and large does define a significant share of it.

There are certain widely recognised indicators of success in life...money/possessions; social/professional status; success; and so on. But as you say...there are deeper indicators, and for me the most important is one's relationship with God. As a Christian, I believe that it doesn't matter how much you achieve in this life, if you don't have a relationship with God, in the end, what do they mean? After all, can you take them with you? I'm not saying it's bad to have money; far from it; also, status, success; even fame, they can all be wonderful. But for me personally they would mean little...if I didn't have a strong relationship with my Heavenly Father.

I think success is in the eyes of happy and healthy children, a decent roof over your head, health and happiness in yourself. None of these cost money. Good friends and ones that will give you a good reports. Those don't cost money. And most people want to have a good opinion with their God. That doesn't cost any money either. All these things measure the most important success.

Success depends on the goals you are reaching you are reaching for, if your goal is to make as much money as you can, then getting money is success for you, this of course, is a very shallow goal, at least, in my opinion, and it always leaves you one step behind of someone else, since, there is always someone with more money. I think that success can be seen as one aspect only, but as a reunion of several aspects, that makes a whole personality, and there are those you mention, the relationship with God, whatever our view about Him, with friends and family, and our own personal fullfilment in work, and, giving money its right place in the equation, as a means, and not an end.

hi there emdjay23, indeed it is true that success cannot be measured alone on money. as this is only one way to success. hence, what you have mentioned are the factors which can determine a success. having a successful life with God, having a loving family, and friends, having a good running business and a great relationship, these are the factors that can be a part of success plus if you will add up having a lot of money, then, that person is really consider a very successful one. however, in my situation, for the meantime, i really need to earn. as a result, my life will be that successful if i have already earned the amount of money that i am aiming to have.

Personally for me, if money was the only thing that meant Success, there would be very few successful people in this world. To me success is much more than this. Success is someone who has physical disabilities and able to do things around that even when it is challenging, success is being able to stay married even when everyone around you is divorcing, success is just being able to hold a job, and do things like raise a family, keep a home, etc. If success meant just money they would be a lot less successes in life for sure.

I don't count money is the success in life but having a great family, love and happiness. Money is only a sort of something for us to live not for being happy in this life. Having many money in life has many troubles sometimes depending on our situation. Because money give us worries everyday and no peace of mind...

Money can be, and frequently is, used as a measure of success, but the old adage "money can't buy happiness" still holds true. There are a lot of rich people that aren't happy in life and don't necessarily consider themselves successful. No matter how much money one has, if they haven't achieved what they want in life, they aren't successful. To me, if one is satisfied and enjoy their life, they are successful.

I strongly believe that success in life can never be measured by only money. It is true that money plays a vital role for everything in life but it is not the only criteria for being successful in life.

You cannot tell someone is not successful based on a lack of money, but you can do it the way around. I mean, if someone has money, it is sure he's successful, at least on the financial field.

You are so correct emdjay, success cannot be measured in terms of money only . Money is not everything i life but it is ofcourse important to buy a lot many things. all the things are important to lead a happy life.

In my opinion Success means fulfilling our dreams. I mean those dreams which benefit to people too.

Success vary with other people, They may find that they're successful if they have tons of money. But as for me, Being successful in life doesn't mean it has to be money. I think that i'm successful with my studies, family and friends. I feel successful when i passed my Examination for nurses. I feel successful when i married my husband. LOL. But, i still think money really do plays a very important role in being successful in other things in life.

I love this topic. And thank you Emdjay23 for such wonderful discussion. Am sorry however to be a naysayer, 'cause i notice that everyone here is in agreement with the author. When you are a man, you see things differently. women are appreciated for the little things they do in life. Men however are appreciated for what materialism he can offer someone, including his woman. And while some women will stay with a man rich or poor, none will stay in a relationship that doesn't grow financially. You guys also named health, business, relations, a home, friends, and other achievements as measurement for success but none of the above can be achieved without money. The body is also physiological which requires money: food, clothes, shelter and other necessities. Children also subconsciously identify adults' success with money. Someone who has wealth and little character is often much more respected than the average man with many virtues. His bad character is easily hidden by his fortunes and if not hidden overlooked. I may be somewhat tempted to agree that success may not be entirely linked to the dollar but life has proven otherwise. Just look around you without bias and be forthright and truthful in your assessment.

hello em, Same with you, I do not believed that success is all about money. Success for me means contentment and happiness in life. What money could bring us when we are not happy and contented with our lives. What money could give us when we do not have peace of mind right? So, money is not everything in this world.

Hello, I am agree with you.Money is only one means of success. With money peace of mind,health, family, society is also important. But is these for more over person the only aim is to earn maximum money they can. Although they have not time to enjoy with this money.

Hi emdjay, most people will answer that success in life is not counted by money and I certainly agree! ^^ There are just things that money can't buy and we all know it right? I am not saying though that money is not important because I know very well that it is. It's just that it is not everything. I do believe that we can genuinely be happy without it ^^

I don't believe that money makes you successful. I mean now a days you can make money doing anything you are willing to do. Then you have people saying you aren't successful because of the way you make money. I believe people without a lot of money are successful. Like if you have a decent job, a family, some friends and so on then you would be more successful in my mind than someone who is super rich or something like that. I think success depends on what you do with your life and why you pushed for that goal.

I think when it comes to having a successful life, everyone will have a different answer. Being successful means different things to everyone. I am a stay at home mom. To me being successful is for my girls to be taken care of, happy, and educated. Also if my husband is taken care and happy. To someone else who is driven by their career, a successful life would be how far they go in their career. Basically, everyone has a different opinion of what being successful them is. It all amounts to what your goals are.