Success

[Drunken Blindness]

To me success is being able to live life happy with who you are and what you have at the moment and not putting off your happiness for some future goal. Once you feel happy and fulfilled NOW, you have achieved success. I am not talking a moment or an hour of feeling good, I mean when you are living your life happy and fulfilled you are successful. If that makes sense. I have met a couple people who make less than me and have less than me and are happy and living life better than I seem to be able too. I envy that. I keep chasing goals, money, retirement, kids funds, etc... always its something more down the road.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

I have said it before, and I will say it again - as long as my family and friends can say that I loved them without condition and did whatever I could to be the best person to them , then I would call myself a success.

I do however have very specific life goals that are a work in progress. None of these involve money - given my chosen vocation and passion, I have come to terms with never being wealthy.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

Success is being able to do what makes you happy, and if you have a family, being able to provide them or help provide them with the necessary ingredients for them to do the same.

If you make tons of money but never can do the things you love, you are just a puppet.

My definition, of course.

 

[5crew]

If I can leave this world having made it no worse than it already is, I've succeeded.

One person changing/affecting the world. Or are you Peter Petrelli that needs to save the cheerleader?

To reply to OP:
If you are able to stay happy majority of the time, I would say you are successful. As many pointed out itt, everyone have different "goals" in life. But the ultimate reason for these goals is to be happy.

I know people in their late twenties and early thirties that is still brimming with light when talking about their high level characters or rare items in WOW, Maplestory or whatever MMORPGs. I think it's a success they stayed so "child-like" though.

 

[drstrangelov]

I just got back from a business trip, the first since being promoted and having my salary doubled at the end of last month. When I got back to my house, my fiancé had baked me cookies. I'm feeling successful right now, but I prefer not to rest on it or get complacent in any way.

 

[Gene Tunney]

Overcoming obstacles and winning in the end like Teen Wolf. That's success.

 

[BearGrounds]

One person changing/affecting the world. Or are you Peter Petrelli that needs to save the cheerleader?

To reply to OP:
If you are able to stay happy majority of the time, I would say you are successful. As many pointed out itt, everyone have different "goals" in life. But the ultimate reason for these goals is to be happy.

I know people in their late twenties and early thirties that is still brimming with light when talking about their high level characters or rare items in WOW, Maplestory or whatever MMORPGs. I think it's a success they stayed so "child-like" though.

By virtue of existing, I've changed the world. You too, numbskull.

 

[A Pennysworth]

Posting on Sherdog is the very definition of success!

 

[Clippy]

You guys - I bought a shop vac the other day, I can't wait to use it!

It's a big one too

 

[LatFlare]

No. I think success is defined individually. For me its a combination of financial/relationship success and its more or less intertwined. I have large appetites. I want several large houses. I want to travel the world. I wanna sleep with exotic women in exotic countries. I want nice cars. I also wanna find a good woman to settle down with one day. I wanna have good relationships with my kids and family. I also want spiritual happiness. So for me real success is a full spectrum deal.

Sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it too. You will never be successful in this endeavour.

 

[5crew]

By virtue of existing, I've changed the world. You too, numbskull.

Nope. Human egos makes us believe we can change or impact the world. All we change is the course of how tough/easy mankind live on in the future. Earth will still be here WAY longer after we go extinct.

EDIT:
Everyone believe they are special, but by definition if everyone is special, no one actually is.

 

[BearGrounds]

Nope. Human egos makes us believe we can change or impact the world. All we change is the course of how tough/easy mankind live on in the future. Earth will still be here WAY longer after we go extinct.

EDIT:
Everyone believe they are special, but by definition if everyone is special, no one actually is.

Cause and effect. Our actions/interactions effect everything around us. You or I have little comprehension of how far-reaching the impact of these interactions may or may not ripple out, and effect things in existence.

There are events a single person could put into motion that they'd never be able to grasp the impact of from their limited viewpoint. Nevertheless, by being, they are effecting the world around them, even if only in a minor way.

That is what I meant by using the word "world". I wasn't talking about removing a planet from this solar system. It's kind of silly of you to have taken it that way.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

 

[genecop]

To answer my own question..Success is defined by the individual...I really dislike people who don't get that, they will judge another mans value by the standards that they set..At the end of the day Success is Inner Peace and Serenity. As far as my own Success based on that definition...Not There yet, but fighting for it each and every minute..

 

[Sir Galahad]

How do you define success? Have you achieved it?

I've been debt free for six years now so to me that's success.

 

[5crew]

Cause and effect. Our actions/interactions effect everything around us. You or I have little comprehension of how far-reaching the impact of these interactions may or may not ripple out, and effect things in existence.

There are events a single person could put into motion that they'd never be able to grasp the impact of from their limited viewpoint. Nevertheless, by being, they are effecting the world around them, even if only in a minor way.

That is what I meant by using the word "world". I wasn't talking about removing a planet from this solar system. It's kind of silly of you to have taken it that way.

Butterfly effect?

Indeed there are events of catastrophe results that are caused by an person action/decision. But not everyone in the world, world in your sense, have the capabilities to do that. Most of the people in this world are sheeps and do what are taught/told to them. They might rebel a little here and there but they are still sheeps. Their overall actions have little consequences to the world you speak of. We might affect the life of the ones we have close contacts with but the inaction or action of regular people have little to no effect of the "overall world".

Case and point, media propaganda on human actions like school shootings, Asia planes crushing, terrorism.
The first time around, everyone in the world is sad, emotionally affected and pray for the safety of the victims. The second time around most will repeat what they did previously. Third time around, nah. Fourth nah. 56th time nah. The only impact these events have are on the family members of the victims. When it happen more than enough time, it would just be a newspaper and small chat for 99% of the rest of the population, nothing more.

And THESE are major events, sort of. If they have little effect on the overall world couple months/years down the road, what makes you think the action of an individual make a difference?

I'm not saying we can't affect lives. Hell, it would be impressive if you can help 20+ individuals throughout your entire life, and I mean help in the sense that actually deeply changes them and the way they live. But these 20 individuals doesn't necessary pay-it-forward and affect the ones around them. It just stops eventually.



Ripple effects stops eventually even though we are taught otherwise. This is physically proven by throwing a stone in the river near your house and the ripple wouldn't even expands more than 10m much less reach the lake in the next state. It's all an idea sold to us from education, media to make us "a better person".

 

[tehend]

See my post count? Success.

 

[BearGrounds]

Butterfly effect?

Indeed there are events of catastrophe results that are caused by an person action/decision. But not everyone in the world, world in your sense, have the capabilities to do that. Most of the people in this world are sheeps and do what are taught/told to them. They might rebel a little here and there but they are still sheeps. Their overall actions have little consequences to the world you speak of. We might affect the life of the ones we have close contacts with but the inaction or action of regular people have little to no effect of the "overall world".

Case and point, media propaganda on human actions like school shootings, Asia planes crushing, terrorism.
The first time around, everyone in the world is sad, emotionally affected and pray for the safety of the victims. The second time around most will repeat what they did previously. Third time around, nah. Fourth nah. 56th time nah. The only impact these events have are on the family members of the victims. When it happen more than enough time, it would just be a newspaper and small chat for 99% of the rest of the population, nothing more.

And THESE are major events, sort of. If they have little effect on the overall world couple months/years down the road, what makes you think the action of an individual make a difference?

I'm not saying we can't affect lives. Hell, it would be impressive if you can help 20+ individuals throughout your entire life, and I mean help in the sense that actually deeply changes them and the way they live. But these 20 individuals doesn't necessary pay-it-forward and affect the ones around them. It just stops eventually.



Ripple effects stops eventually even though we are taught otherwise. This is physically proven by throwing a stone in the river near your house and the ripple wouldn't even expands more than 10m much less reach the lake in the next state. It's all an idea sold to us from education, media to make us "a better person".

Lol okay man, you're an insignificant sheep. Apologies for insisting otherwise.

 

[Michaelangelo]

@$uperman knows

 

[5crew]

Lol okay man, you're an insignificant sheep. Apologies for insisting otherwise.

I'm not afraid to admit I'm not significant to make an lasting impact to the world. You obviously believe you are more important than you actually are. Thus bringing me back to my first response to your post.