How do you measure being a successful person?

[zeban]

Given your opinions Silverfox, you don't have anything I want ;-)

[womanofdulwich]

But what if you don't know what you want? How can you consider yourself successful then?

[LadyDeliah]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> Ha ha, nah - that's too simple. :))

>

> The first thing boils down to 'have I got what I

> want'?

> The second thing boils down to 'has he got what I

> want'?

Lol

[MrBen]

Mine would be: you're successful if you're doing what you enjoy, are truly happy and following your own "truth".

The number of those who claim what success is/means to them but whom are doing everything but those things to avoid getting there is staggering. The "I could have been a contender"...stuck in bad relationships, crap jobs, fear holding them back from doing what they really want. Whilst time ticks away and life is short. That is surely the real tragedy?

[Mick Mac]

Success is sometimes what people achieve through fear of failure. This keeps them motivated. Its not necessarily what they really wanted from life, but a career cycle swallows them up.

I have always been envious of those who choose their own path and are happy with their vocation, irrespective of whether they are promoted or well paid. These people appear to have the level of success that they want.

Successful people are sometimes the most insecure of people, spending their lives playing the game and batting away any competition.

As someone already pointed out, the most "successful" people often pursue success to the detroment of their personal relationships. These people are generally selfish and put their personal career achievements above everything else.

[MrBen]

But Mick, you're talking of success as equating to purely accumulation of wealth or career positioning again and as you also say, its surely much more than that?

Some successful people in that stereotype (ie success=career success or financial reward) have crap relationships but I'll wager its no more than the "unsuccessfull" or those frustated that they never fulfilled their true potential.