What does success mean?

usha manohar wrote:

Success is also not permanent in life. A person may have a successful career but his personal life may be filled with problems and unhappiness. So, it is difficult to say that a person is totally happy and successful in life.

Life is not plain highway, it also have big and small pits.

Success is nothing but attainment of goal set for oneself. This may mean anything.  This has nothing to do with happiness, virtue etc. If a thief has completed his job and not nabbed by police, he has got success.  

http://www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/2010/accomplishment-the-meaning-of-success-and-how-to-define-success-in-life/

Of course people have different ideas as to what success means, for some it is goal attainment, for some it is having lots of money and wealth, could be that was their goal to begin with and so on.. but when one says successful life it is much deeper than that because many things need to be considered 

for me success always means happiness, whether it is from money or achieving great things in life.. 

usha manohar wrote:

Of course people have different ideas as to what success means, for some it is goal attainment, for some it is having lots of money and wealth, could be that was their goal to begin with and so on.. but when one says successful life it is much deeper than that because many things need to be considered

Satisfied person is happy person and he is also success person. If some claim that his life is success it mean he/she is satisfied with family job, society  

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Of course people have different ideas as to what success means, for some it is goal attainment, for some it is having lots of money and wealth, could be that was their goal to begin with and so on.. but when one says successful life it is much deeper than that because many things need to be considered

Satisfied person is happy person and he is also success person. If some claim that his life is success it mean he/she is satisfied with family job, society  

 

True, but again satisfaction, happiness and success are all temporary since change is the essence of life and the only permanent factor in life . 

yeah even your get success and if you are not satisfied then it cannot give you enough happiness because the happiness which one get when he/she is satisfied is something awesome..

Babu saroj wrote:

yeah even your get success and if you are not satisfied then it cannot give you enough happiness because the happiness which one get when he/she is satisfied is something awesome..

So, ultimately success does not bring us happiness but satisfaction does. However, isnt satisfaction and happiness also success in a way ?

Satisfaction = happiness but we want to taste and feel true success then we should be satisfied.

A few quotes on success that are really thought provoking !!!

1, " Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it "

2, " Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." 

Being yourself and not losing heart at defeat and having the mentality of "Never say Die "will help.

Having the mindset of being happy in each and everything we got. That's all to be satisfied and happy 

Being happy with ,what you have  and not being jealous with what others have, will make you happy.

Where does jealousy come into success ? seems totally unconnected ..

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

I am not sure I agree with the above quote because many a times we do make mistakes a second or even a third time , but always learn something through these experiences ...

I personally know how some people spend all the time brooding over other's success, though these people achieved several laurels in Music and painting.Their mentality is,only they should achieve anything. No other should.

One can only imagine and perceive other peoples feelings which may be right or wrong...

Came across this quote from Albert Einstein - "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

Charles Darwin - "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

I guess success is not about making money or gaining power or perfection but also about survivial !

Yeah change with change in circumstances is also a way to success

usha manohar wrote:

One can only imagine and perceive other peoples feelings which may be right or wrong...

Came across this quote from Albert Einstein - "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

Charles Darwin - "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

I guess success is not about making money or gaining power or perfection but also about survivial !

I really like both the quotes, it is so important and hard at the same time to stick to your values in the pursuit of success because success earned the hard way is the one that stays longer and also helps one to survive through thick and the thin.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

One can only imagine and perceive other peoples feelings which may be right or wrong...

Came across this quote from Albert Einstein - "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

Charles Darwin - "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

I guess success is not about making money or gaining power or perfection but also about survivial !

I really like both the quotes, it is so important and hard at the same time to stick to your values in the pursuit of success because success earned the hard way is the one that stays longer and also helps one to survive through thick and the thin.

Absolutely Kalyani, I like to hear success stories of common everyday people rather than the rich and famous and celebrity figures..The small time success stories touch your heart because of the hard work and dedication that has gone into it..

usha manohar wrote:

One can only imagine and perceive other peoples feelings which may be right or wrong...

Came across this quote from Albert Einstein - "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

Charles Darwin - "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

I guess success is not about making money or gaining power or perfection but also about survivial !

These are really nice quotes and very meaningful as well. I always believe success comes after failure. If I want to be successful I must see failures in my life.