Personal success can mean dozens of different things. To me it means being at peace with yourself. It means using the time we have on Earth in a constructive way. It really doesn’t have much at all, in my mind, to do with money. Sure money is nice; most people like to buy nice things. But to me true success is being happy with what I have and knowing I earned what I have. It means respecting other people so they will respect me. Success is going through life in a way that we help others, and they in return help us.
Imagine a boss at work who is angry all the time. He snaps at his employees and has no problem yelling at them when they make mistakes. This boss realizes, in his heart of hearts, that this is no way to get the most out of his workers. Once he learns how to show some patience and work positively with his employees, this boss is on his way to success. His workers will be happier so they’ll be more productive. The boss will feel less stress and be happier at work and when he goes home. He has successfully gone from someone people would want to avoid, to a decent human being.
This article and responses are RichardStep visitor submissions and are about as raw and down-to-Earth as we can get, folks. Keep this in mind as there are varying opinions, ages, and stations in life represented. In the end, there are always some good hints, tips, and advice nuggets to grab from it all.
Personal Success
- Do what you love to do. Don’t sacrifice your happiness for money. Make a career of something you have passion for or you will be miserable everyday.
- Don’t let the world define the word “success” for you. For some it might be financial based, for others it may be the quantity of materials they own or friends they have. Find out what makes YOU feel “successful” and strive for that every day.
- Honesty to yourself is the key to success. If you’re an honest person people would see more respect in you. you’ll be able to figure yourself out. your wants and needs.
- Follow your aspirations no matter what others think of you. The world will not present you with success, but instead you must earn it. Take advantage of everything while you are young.
- Be comfortable in your own skin. Life often makes you choose a path with many areas of influence. Knowing who you are and being comfortable in your decisions will make you more successful.
- Do something you love for a living, because at the end of the day, rich or poor, if you do what you love you will be happy no matter what. Too many people go into a career for the money or the title, but they forget to pick something that makes them happy doing it.
- I think I would advise a young adult to not be afraid to dream, to pick a career based on what they love, that way work will never feel like work and to treat others with respect and kindness. The reason I’d say that is because I think that as adults we often forget to dream, we pick careers based on how much money we can make rather than what will make us happy and bring us satisfaction. By treating others with respect and kindness, we will be treated with respect and kindness too.
- “Make a career of humanity” -MLK. Do what drives you, don’t define success by how society does but by personal achievements and accomplishment of dreams
- Save money! All these articles about living life to the fullest don’t consider that you need MONEY to live to the fullest. Get a good job with lots of vacation time and use your money to go out with friends and travel and buy those things that you like. You can’t even go to the movies when you’re living paycheck to paycheck. Don’t delude yourself.
- Do something that not only serves to enhance your own live but also others’ lives. The more you share, the richer you become–in every which way!
- Value love more than money , you can always find more money if you lose it but you cannot replace love
- Whatever you were passionate about when you were a child, that is the career path you should take. When we are children we do activities that make us happy. That never changes. When we are adults we tend to find careers that make us money, not necessarily happy ones.
- Don’t worry so much about money or fame- worry about happiness and self-fulfillment, and there is no greater self-fulfillment than that achieved by helping others.
- Follow what you believe to be true. Do not let negative people push you back. Everyone else is taken so just be yourself and be confident. This will bring you the most success.
- Learn money and time management do not ignore having a life or your children
- Work hard and always try your best. By doing this, you will become successful in all aspects of life.
- You don’t need money to be happy there are plenty of experiences and people to meet that will make you a lot happier. Just do what you want.
- How can I help freeing people from the clutches of money and the misery the money model brings to humanity? Money is just the current method of enslavement, don’t base your life on money, and free yourself from enslavement. Don’t care too much for other people’s opinion, it’s boring. Live life free from opinions, and preset life models.
- Leave your life as though u would die tomorrow always think before you leap. Life is not a bed of roses be careful of the choices u make, some choices can lead you to destruction while some can lead you to good success.BE WISE
- I would like to advice that being positive and true to oneself is the most important thing. Also , having confidence in ourselves and to believe in our potential when no one else in the world does is necessary. no matter what the situation is, the moment until when you know that you are correct , you can survive, else you will fall. the last word would be , never run away from the difficult situations, DO FACE THEM, that would definitely lead you to the path of success or solution, sooner or later.
- Don’t spend your life worrying about what others will think. Do what you want to do and you will be the most successful because you will be working for what you are passionate about.
- I would tell them that seeking advice from older people is never the wrong thing to do, but it will even enrich our own insights to what situations that will come at us. Asking around will only bring us the knowledge of what to do when a certain situation arises, then it will be up to us to weigh in the possibilities of each decision. Learning from experience is also important, do not be afraid to look back and determine whether whatever decision you made was worth the results or not.
- Enjoy their life be happy and be free and also be successful you only get one shot
- “Don’t give up.” Persistence is key to success, regardless of skill or capability. It’s also the key to luck; the more you try, the more chances you have at getting something right.
- Question the norms. If you don’t want to follow societies blueprint for ‘success’ then don’t. If you want to travel, travel. If you want to write, write. If you want to paint, paint. Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t feel pressured to be someone you are not.
- Life is precious, therefore appreciate what is around you right now. Money and material stuffs, they are replaceable if they are lost. But families, friends and your beloved ones, they aren’t. Once they are gone, they will be gone.
- Live life to the fullest. explore and do all you can! take every opportunity that comes your way! happiness is not about making money!
- Be honest and work hard. Money is not always the answer.
- Always trust your instinct, and believe in yourself because with a good understanding of yourself and confidence in your instincts and abilities will yield success when mixed with hard work and determination.
- Go for your dreams from the start and money will come, because usually you become good at what you love
- Take every chance that live give and that lead you to success, if not you will regret it.
- “Care about the journey and the outcome.” Don’t be so ruthless you sacrifice everything as a means to an end, but recognize something is dependent on your success and there must be give and take.
- Do not worry about appearance – be yourself. People waste too much time trying to present themselves in a way which they believe will make them more popular or successful, rather than connect honestly with the world as it is,
- Never stop learning. Always try to enhance your knowledge of whatever interests you and things that you are not familiar with. This will help you to be successful in life and figure out early on what your passions are.
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