How do you measure how successful someone is in life?
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Pretty much this. The fact that we still know certain people by name shows that they succeeded, no matter if what they did was good or bad.Xpwn3ntial said:
That, and how many MySpace friends you have.
"For what does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul?"IzisviAziria said:This. Money is nice, but if it costs your soul, I'd really rather be poor.Swollen Goat said:
- A verse in Proverbs that I don't feel like looking up.
I agree. There's no point in monetary success if you get no real fulfillment in your life. I judge success by what was accomplished in a person's life. Actually, a quote by Hemingway sums up my philosophy:
"Every man dies the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man's life from another."
Ponder on that.
Well normally success is associated with wealth. However, my idea of success is just plain happiness. If you can live in a cardboard box and be the happiest guy on Earth, well, I would say that is pretty successful. My goal is to be happy when I am grown up. (Not stating I am not happy now of course.)
Money means one can accomplish great things(a stable life), a family or more specific children(if the children are not leeching rodents to society or intelligence), and of course happiness.
As without happiness money is worthless, without happiness family becomes a bunch of life draining rodents.
The other 2 can help happiness and setup your external worth, but without a sane solid centered internal going on happiness shall be elusive.
As without happiness money is worthless, without happiness family becomes a bunch of life draining rodents.
The other 2 can help happiness and setup your external worth, but without a sane solid centered internal going on happiness shall be elusive.
Three things: a successful individual must have reason, purpose, and self-esteem. I view those as the pillars of happiness, and being content with your life is true success in my mind.
Yes, I am just cribbing from Ayn Rand, but I really do hold those moral tenets as key to a decent life.
Yes, I am just cribbing from Ayn Rand, but I really do hold those moral tenets as key to a decent life.
(Goals met/Failed)*(# of Experiences-Heartbreaks)^Shared Love=Happiness
Happiness+Self Actualization=Success
...To die Knowing that the world will be shaped by your presence is to know that you lived, but to know that you will be missed is to know that you had purpose.
Happiness+Self Actualization=Success
...To die Knowing that the world will be shaped by your presence is to know that you lived, but to know that you will be missed is to know that you had purpose.
As much as it is a bit of a cop-out to say this: I think to a large extent success can be most meaningfully measured by comparing it to your objectives.
What were you trying to achieve? Did you achieve it? Yes? Well done, have a cookie. (this is success in terms of effectiveness)
Now, what did it cost you to do that? Could you have done it quicker or more cheaply. (this is efficency- if you spend more resources to reach the same goal as someone else, have you been less succesful?)
What were you trying to achieve? Did you achieve it? Yes? Well done, have a cookie. (this is success in terms of effectiveness)
Now, what did it cost you to do that? Could you have done it quicker or more cheaply. (this is efficency- if you spend more resources to reach the same goal as someone else, have you been less succesful?)