success in life

Success is a funny word to describe what people should aim for. Looking up my dictionary I find the definitions

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noun 1 the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. 2 the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status. 3 a person or thing that achieves success.
- origin Latin sucessus, from succedere 'come close after'.

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This idea of progress, or getting head I don't find itself being a good aim. Personally Meaning is what I search for (of course what's meaningful deserves a lot more philosophy :)). Someone may fail to pass a test or assessment, or there may be errors in a friendship but I wouldn't say any of these would be complete, definite failures or messups. When I play chess for example I can be beaten in a special and specific way which I appreciate and find meaningful, as I could be alerted to an interesting previously unknown part of the game, or it could be the more regular experience of learning and perfecting from failure or error.
Success is too close to "gain", which is what people do whenever they purchase something. I'm far from being antimaterialist but I find it genuinely mistaken to think that by obtaining some good or service a person can so simply summon or find meaning.

Hope my comments prove interesting

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Originally Posted by apple jiang

I'm always searching in my life ,at least till now .But I get confused at a time about what I am looking for.Apparently I don't have a clear and steady goal in mind ,or I have too many goals so that I can't concentrate myself.Sometimes success seems far away from me,so many things I have done didn't quite satisfy me.So I'm wondering ,what is the definition of success?What kind of person can be called "success"?

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Success is never achieved without giving up something in life. You need to give up many other things to concentrate on one thing. If we want to do better at studies we need to imprison ourselves in a room and to distance us from enjoying day to day things, and if you want to be stressful in your careers, work more and more isolating yourselves from the rest of things and then only you become successful.

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Originally Posted by apple jiang

I'm always searching in my life ,at least till now .But I get confused at a time about what I am looking for.Apparently I don't have a clear and steady goal in mind ,or I have too many goals so that I can't concentrate myself.Sometimes success seems far away from me,so many things I have done didn't quite satisfy me.So I'm wondering ,what is the definition of success?What kind of person can be called "success"?

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Success is a nirvana indeed,everyone wants it so they can be a luminary or opulent.Success is intricate to attain since you are young,but it is never too late to feel grieve of a debacle.I am stupid as I am not significant in Maths,I feel apoplectic,but I will endeavour my optimal character into studying,and I believe I CAN BE a philosopher.

If you want to be a successful person and life, you should follow some rules. I have said ROULES, because there is no thing in the life comes without effort.

1- You must have a true faith in God.

2- You must believe not only believe but also convince yourself in your abilities. You have a lot abilities but when you always say "I am not successful man; you will make yourselfer fell in disappointment.

3- You should arrange your time according your goals. It makes fell in comfortable.

4-If you do anything related to your goals; you should consider that is achievement. I mean do not say "I am not satisfy". in my religion, there is saying" The satisfaction is endless treasure"

5- You must have a strong desire and will to be SUCCESSFUL PERSON.

Finally, I hope you become successful person soon,,:)

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Originally Posted by apple jiang

I'm always searching in my life ,at least till now .But I get confused at a time about what I am looking for.Apparently I don't have a clear and steady goal in mind ,or I have too many goals so that I can't concentrate myself.Sometimes success seems far away from me,so many things I have done didn't quite satisfy me.So I'm wondering ,what is the definition of success?What kind of person can be called "success"?

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Dear apple, success is something abstract and there are no physical dimensions it can be likened to. Success is a state of mind. Maybe having certain achievements give you the feel of success, maybe a good job with a very high rank, or regular rewards, upgrades or promotions or incentives. But still success to me is different from all these attributes.

Life needs everything and yet everything is not life, and of course things you achieve in life must not be onerous to you. I mean at times if you are too much infatuated with worldly things they become burdensome to you and you will carry the burden of things in the name of success.

Close your eyes and think deeply success is a very subtle thing.

Hmm. For me success is correlated with happiness.

Let me be the devil's advocate here, so far most people have suggested that success is an individual thing and i can understand the rationale but what if success is purely a social concept. Its the society that defines success. Since we are a product of society, if society values materialism then we will internalize that value and will consider ourselves successful only if we have enough material wealth, where as an ancient greek probably acquiring mastery in rhetoric or philosophy was probably considered "Success"!

To me a successful person is one who needs not strive for more