How do you define Success?
This could be an MBA app question ;) but I found it posted on LinkedIn.
Has the definition changed today? Comments most welcome...
In 1905, Bessie Stanley wrote:
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction."
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The definition of Success has taken its twist with time. If you look it up in a dictionary, you would get - the achievement of one's aim or goal, financial profitability, a person who achieves his or her goals.
Success today has found a more monetary meaning. One achieves success when he attains his needs/desires/goals. It has taken the form of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. When one attains each of these levels of needs, Success is said achieved.
But, then the real success would be for those few who reach the top of Maslow's ladder.
erm... ferrari?
fuck! that sounds like me :( was it me??
yo! time to update!
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cheers!
I love the century-old definition. Couldn't have said it better! :)
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