Blog #2 Comp II

Success

Success is a very ambiguous word. It has many different meanings ranging from, very materialistic ones to the complete opposite. Many people have chosen their definition of success to be having a great deal of money, power, and anything else they can think of. I think that definition does not encompass the total, or entire meaning of the word success.

One definition of the word success is the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like. There are many people that have chosen to adopt this definition of the word success. This is a very materialistic view of success. The people in this category either look in a dictionary for the word, already have wealth, a very prestigious position, and high honors, work very hard to get what they want, or are the kind of person that sets there hopes way to high and always have them come crashing back down on them. This view includes some of the parts of the definition but leaves out a good deal.

There are other versions which better explain success. Some of those are, favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors, and the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. These two definitions include all the possible ideas that anyone would want to call success. The people who choose these definitions as their own have a higher probability of being successful, and feeling good about it.

My idea or definition of success is similar to the last two definitions. My idea of success is accomplishing, fulfilling, or finishing goals that you have set for yourself, and having someone in your life that you can share the success with. The goals that you set for you should not been not be impossible to reach but they should not be easy to reach either. If the goal you set for yourself is impossible to reach then not only will you not be successful in it, but you will also feel bad about yourself and make it harder to be successful in other things. If the goal is too easy you will not have to work for it and part of feeling satisfaction in being successful is know the work that you put into it and appreciating it.

Some people fear not being successful. There are a few ways these people can go about being successful at all times no matter what. The first way is the person always chooses easy activities to do. This way he will always complete what he starts and always is successful if successful just meant finishing what you started. If this type of person really thinks about what they are doing then he will see he put no effort into what he was doing so he can not enjoy the benefits from what he did as someone who put something in to what he does would get out of it. The other way that most people, who never what to fail and always succeed, go is putting all of themselves into what they do and have none leftover for anything else. This person is leaving out a main part of being successful, being able to share it with people in your life. A person can not fully enjoy something without being able to share his joy with other people.