I will be very correct to tell you that many people
out there who make use of the word “success”
don’t even know what it means. Sometimes people thinks success is all about
having fame, riches and respect. The English dictionary describes success as “the achievement of one’s aim or goal”.
There are lot of definition and meaning of success but I will take that a more
composed meaning, in other words it carries the definition and meaning.
To be
successful does not mean you must have half of the world in your hands, or
probably, ride on a Bugatti or Ferrari, to be a success don’t not mean you must
live in coconut highland, have a mansion and
But to the definition I took, success talks about
achievement, which is the act of achieving or performing a successful
performance. And after it said one’s aim and goal, the word one’s there means
your. Now let’s configure the definition removing one’s and putting your, then
it will be; success is the achievement
of your aim or goal. I guess it is now clear to you. Those that said
ridding on different cars, sleeping in a mansion, drinking champagne and
sleeping with different girls all night, is what they describe as success, that
is their own aim and goal, not yours.
What
kind of life do you wish to have, graduate from high school before the age of
eighteen? Have a good paying job and start your life before the age of twenty
four, get married before twenty seven, start having kids before thirty? And
everything seems to be working as you have planned? Then you should describe
yourself as been successful.
As my
mum will always say, as your faces or different so as your heart desires. Your
aim is not my aim, so as my goal is different from yours. So the way I measure
my success, should not be the way you yours. Let take an example of Michael
Farrady who was said to be successful after making electricity, mike Tyson
success was measured by the numbers of people he has knock down with punches,
Michael Jackson was said to be successful because he did the best pop song of
all time, Jordan was because he was the best shoot in the game of basketball,
we have talked about true length, who has made histories, now let take it down
a little bit. Few people will know the name Karmin, they are two American
artists who do covers on original songs, they were said to be successful
because they achieved their fame, from doing covers. There are millions of
examples out there, so we will stop here.
So
what is your aim or goal, is it the big life or just the simple one? You might
measure your success with your happy family, you can measure your success with
the peaceful life you are living, have you ever wanted to have that first class
certificate and you finally did? Then call yourself been successful, because it
was a goal which you finally scored.
Note:
there are people out there who has all it takes in life, money, power, fame,
just mention, but they still find something to worry about, either one or two
of their aims and goals are still yet to be carried out. All I am trying to say
it that, success it not all about the riches, fame and respect, it is all about
you having something or life you have dreamed for.