How do you know if you're already successful?

Pasay, Philippines
April 24, 2012 7:18am CST
I've heard a lot of people ranting; "I wish I can be successful." Some are my coworkers, my friends, those whom I know in the cosplay community and such. Even on those people on TV sharing their personal views. In my personal reflection, as I visited a mall carrying two (2) Starbucks organizers; I stumbled to think of what have I accomplished last year and what more should be done this year. Contented in the end; I was able to figure it out mine. I was able to accomplist almost everything enlisted in the past organizer but for some reasons when I looked at my present one that I'm using; I felt anxious and bad of not doing or planning more or anything better than last year. And for my question to our fellow mylotters; how would you know if you're alredy successful? I mean; there are also people that no matter how rich they are of fit they are to health; they can't get enough and still wants more of that so-called success. How would you know yours?
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10 responses
• Philippines
24 Apr 12
Being successful is having total satisfaction and total fulfillment. There are many aspects of being successful. Successful in your career, successful in your love life, and successful in your family. I think in this post you are talking about success in your job or career. For me, it's about the fulfillment and achievements in my career. That measures the amount of success that I have.
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• Pasay, Philippines
24 Apr 12
Success at work is not bad after all! That's what keeps you going at the office everyday. Like from time to time you have to stay motivated in doing better each day. And as you punch in and out of the day that was paid for your labor; you know you did your best ^_^-) Nicely said for describing your personal success; and as for the popular quote from Hunger Games; "May the odds be ever in your favor!" Happy career ahead and enjoy mylotting for tonight!
• Philippines
24 Apr 12
The truth is that people don't get contented with what we already have. I think being successful is being happy and contented with what we have already and right now, with what I have, I am still not contented so I can say I'm not yet successful. Once we get something we wanted for a long time, we end up desiring more and we just cannot get enough. It is human nature.
• Pasay, Philippines
24 Apr 12
Craving for more for the better keeps you thinking that you should look forward for more to improve. Is that what you mean about that? Can you tell me more what is sucess in your personal views as well? Like in what area of your life will you considered successful? Let me know your feedback about it. Thanks and will be looking forward for it, my friend!
• Philippines
28 Apr 12
Uhm, not really. My point is that there are some people who have already achieved so much in their life yet they cannot be contented with what they have. It's actually not always for the better, it's not always for the improvement. Sometimes it's just not being grateful with what they already have when some people have been struggling to get what they have too. In my life, I think I am successful when it comes to love life. Hehe. It's the only aspect of my life where I am really successful. Because I am so contented with it. Even though in the future I hope to get married, as of now, I'm very happy. I'm not successful yet with my education and with career and with my other goals.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
24 Apr 12
I think I'm successful. I wanted to be a CPA, and now I am. I love being a CPA, and get paid pretty well for it. I'm also happy at home, with my friends and family. So I'd say that's a success! You have to be happy with what you are doing and who you are with.
• Pasay, Philippines
26 Apr 12
Great job! If you're happy with it then all you need to do is to keep working on it. You wouldn't want to continue doing something that you don't want to do, right? Happy mylotting at home ^_^-)
@GemmaR (8517)
24 Apr 12
I think that every couple of months, you should set yourself reasonable goals with regards to what you're wanting to do over the course of the next months. If you are meeting these goals, then I think that this is what you could call successful. You need to realise which goals are realistic for you, because if you start to set goals which aren't realistic you could just stress yourselves out when you find that you're not being able to meet the goals that you have set yourself. There is no point in being stressed when you could just change your goals to be a little bit more achievable for you.
• Pasay, Philippines
25 Apr 12
Reassest yourself each year is important. You've got a point there. For this one; checking yourself for a better goal is also a great opportunity to learn what else do you need to improve about yourself. What's good about self-assestment is to motivate you more for achieving a better goal and for your thoughts about it; I do agree about that and I understand what you mean about checking what's more achievable for you
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
24 Apr 12
Speaking from my own personal experience, I can say that I am still very far from my reach, even a small success. Dear, I am at the age of 37, still unemployed and without any aspiration for my future. However, I do not want to lose all hope, all is remedied. Anyway to answer your question, I tell you that just do not know what to do even once achieved success.
• Pasay, Philippines
25 Apr 12
I understand what you mean about success based on your personal experience. ^_^-) And of course for sure you're still striving to schieve more despite of age. As long as one is living; there's always hope. So don't loose hope in getting that success. Keep on posting your thoughts about this and we will look forward in reading your views about it. Happy mylotting and wish you all the best (and success) in life!
• Philippines
25 Apr 12
As for my opinion, SUCCESS is just a word. word to simplify all the things we accomplished. BUT, from those accomplishments, are we happy enough to be proud of it? or are we proud of it to boast? Most people base their life through the brands of their clothing, the food they eat, the mall they go with, friends they share their thoughts. am i right? Its the holder who can only define SUCCESS. because, face it or not, we have different definitions of Success. so as for me, Success is when you're happy, living like you have no problems even if you have a lot of it, can share everything you have to anyone you like, and most of all, share all the blessings you get. Success must not be based on the life you have, or how much money or assets you have. It should be based on how you define it yourself. YOUR SUCCESS shouldnt be defined as of how SUCCESS was defined in the DICTIONARY. you are not the book. you are the story on the book.
• Canada
25 Apr 12
Many people can eat three square meals, have a car and live a middle class life, but they don't think they are successful. Many people think of being successful as being wealthy and having luxury cars, a mansion, wearing designer clothes, affording the priciest hotels, expensive jewelry, etc. The mainstream interpretation of success is accumulation of financial and material possession. And that's what it really is. I think success and happiness are two different things. Happiness is 'satisfaction' and not success. There are many celebrities out there who are successful but don't have happiness. Even if they aren't doing good with their personal life would we say that they're not successful with all the fame and cars they got? No. I think when someone is successful it means that person has accumulated financial and material possession, you can forget about his personal life. What he does behind closed doors is a different story, that is talking about 'satisfaction'.
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
24 Apr 12
The parameters pertaining success could never be ascertained by the self ..it is rather the evaluation of others in the field to recognize your inherent merits and evaluate them accordingly. Success and fortune are synonymous and have little to do with merits and personal skill.
• Pasay, Philippines
25 Apr 12
Hahaha; Nice one. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about it. Can you share your personal standing about success? Like have you attain your personal success? What do you mean that it has a little thing to do with merits and personal skills?
@jinky2012 (438)
• Philippines
24 Apr 12
success is being aquired the thing you wish to in your life.Being successful is a fillfillment to your life that being achieved. Like me, I am successful because i finished my study, I have stable job, I have a happy family.just really like that.
• Pasay, Philippines
25 Apr 12
Have you tried to ask yourself before what's success for you? Tell me more about it? And how would you like to improve yourself in order for you to get more success? Can you tell me more of that? Please don't hesitate to share more of your thoughts about this. I'll be looking forward for it later as we check also other's thoughts about this topic. Thanks and happy mylotting.
@Cale2012 (114)
25 Apr 12
Success is a very common concept in our life. We often heard some word "I am successful or he/she is very successful". I think it could be sort two kind view. one of success is told and spreaded by others. As successful person, you get a great achievement on career, reach a high level position,develop a new company or theory/invention and so on.Others common people admire you very much. The others condition is you complete your individual goals or you have a strong satisfing feeling to your life.That is my opinion.
@akyenez (22)
• Nigeria
24 Apr 12
How do we define successful? success is when i get to do what i like, when i like and how i like. its fun when you can eat three square meal and where what you like, drive a car of your choice and been able to provide for your family when the need arises
• Pasay, Philippines
25 Apr 12
Thanks for giving definition about sucess. If that's going to be your basis of success; that's also okay. Let me know how did you attain to your success so far at this point? How did you work hard for that in order to attain it? We'll be waiting for your response ^_^-)