What is success

 What is Success?

An infant able to stand on his own for the first time or an athlete crossing the finish line ahead of his competitor in 8^th attempt? An enthusiast youngster buying car for his father or an industrialist establishing a new business? Does any one of them taste success or are they all successful in their own ways?

Well in this write up we are going to have a glimpse of what success is and how can you define success for yourself?

Success

We all grew up with several dreams, goals and plans to follow. However, they kept changing from time to time. It would have been simply getting admission in your desired course/university that seemed success which changed to getting a job and subsequently shifted to being able to get a particular country’s residence and so on. Each person in this world carries such goals to be achieved in life that varies from person to person and time to time. These particular varying goals are basically the success parameters for us which makes success feel somewhat similar to all of us but with different achievements.

So, what exactly is Success?

Success can be thus defined as an achievement of specific goals which provide a sense of satisfaction to the people. This can be understood as acquiring some material or non-material value by the person which could give him a sense of satisfaction. It is achievement of personal benchmarks that we set as per our capabilities as well as the environment that surrounds us.

Success can also be viewed as achievement of expectations by the individual that are set by him or by his reference groups for him.

However a bigger question arises now. What is success to YOU?

What is success to you?

If you ask me or any other person to define success for you, then it is sheer injustice to yourself because the best person to define what success is for you is “YOU”. Yes, that’s right. As we all are different not just visibly but psychologically too, our behavior, needs, wants, desires and attitude differs a lot. We all respond differently to different situations and to different stimuli. A particular thing pleasing to you may not be equally pleasing to me. Likewise, for some success could be owning a luxury car and a mansion while for others it could be living a happy and peaceful life with their family. It could be establishing business units across the world for a few while helping the needy for others.

So, you have to firstly identify what is it in life that makes you happy? What is it that makes you feel contended? You have to identify those activities which make you feel worthy. Once you identify such situations or activities then you need to evaluate where you stand in reference to that particular success stimulus. Now you are in a position to clearly see where you want to be and where you actually are. This is a point where you will define success for yourself. It can be in a single statement or it can be a picture you put on your notice board or may be in some other form. The only definite thing will be that you will have an aim to achieve that is more realistic for you and is completely customized for you.

Wait, its not over yet. You are definitely not putting your hard efforts just to define success, but you need to achieve that too. In our next blog we will talk about a systematic plan of how actually you can be successful in life. So stay tuned for the next one  👍 😊