My Definition of Success
While it might seem as a fairly easy terminology, the definition of the word “success” is challenging to many people, including company executives. Surprisingly, everyone wants to achieve it in one way or another, making it a vastly relative term, dependent on the variables of individual goals and aspirations. It is, generally, the only logical yet confusing description of what everyone in the universe chases after, desires, prepares for, prays for, and chooses. More often than not, it could be directly correlated with luck.
My definition of this word is inspired by my self-ambitions and aspirations. As earlier mentioned, this word is largely defined by individual preferences, instead of generally accepted benchmarks, or outward norms. As an online Diploma student, I view success as a progressive achievement of a worthy objective or goal. As part of the broader definition, I must be able to measure myself to the above definition, by aligning my career ambitions with my long-term life goals. I have come to accept that success is never a one-time event, but a continuing experience, motivated by our daily goals and objectives. Just like human needs, it has become so inherent in us, that without it, we consider the end-result of any undertaking as obscurely tragic, or a total failure. As opposed to common worldviews, I have grown to redefine success as a creation of self-expression, personal growth, and achievement of personal targets in all spheres of life. Actually, the entire experience of feeling successful is likened to a grueling childbirth process, which is utterly painful, but the ultimate joy is overwhelming and is purely worth the pain. To me, there is no success that is realized without struggling and toiling.
