Intellesctuals Corner

by Najia Niazi

WHAT IS SUCCESS? STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IS NOT LIVING..

 

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. – (Pearl S. Buck)

I don’t think there is right or wrong as to how we define success. The term itself is a subjective thing, so what success means to you might be different from what it means to me or other people, and this is perfectly fine.

Most people tend to equate success with money. That is, the more money you make, the more successful you are. But under this definition one could argue that a drug dealer who makes millions of dollars annually is a very successful person, but I wouldn’t call him successful, because the impact he has on the life of other people is very pessimistic.

Take the example of Bill Gates. He is the founder of MICROSOFT, the worldwide leader in software who created one of the most successful open source projects to date  that help people and businesses to realize their full potential. 

I am not sure how rich he is, but even if he was broke I would call him a successful person, because he had a huge impact on the lives of people from around the world.

Believe that if you are intelligent and know how to use your intelligence, you can reach your goals and targets. Success is neither a destination nor a achievement, But its a constant journey of hard work, willpower, passion which help us to attain and accomplish milestones in our life.

You really can take control of your life and succeed. Unfortunately life does not come with a manual. Most people struggle through life and wonder why they never get anywhere. You do not have to be one of them ,  your life should be yours to command.

So in order to maintain success in the journey should go on and on.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

As to how I would measure up to this definition, I would consider myself both successful and fortunate.

So….. what is success? I would love to know what success means to you for me

Success is to know about my weakness, work upon it and win over them.

Failure is not meant for humans it is meant for materials. Failure only tells us to do better than before and do take them as challenges as it would prove life changing.