Definition Of Success

What does success look like to you? The term “success” can look different to all people. One may perceive it as the amount of money you have, while another person may define it as the amount of education a person has gone through. For me, success has no correlation with money. I believe success is based on how happy you are and if you have achieved all of your goals and dreams.

I believe that success is not defined by your salary, level of education, or the size of your house. For example, my father is a soldier and my mother is a nurse practitioner. They definitely do not receive as much money as the president or a scientist, own the biggest house in our neighborhood, or have their doctorates. However, they are satisfied with how their

lives have turned out. My father had an unfortunate childhood, he had a job at 13, and payed rent to his step-father to live in his own house. Eventually, he moved in with his grandmother, in New Jersey, at age 15. I would define my father as successful because he came from nothing and built a successful career. Additionally, he married my mother and had me and my sister. My family has been able to travel all over the world together and make many memories that we will all cherish forever. A person may not have the most money in the world, but that does not mean they aren’t successful.
Finally, I believe that if you have reached your goals and lived out your dreams, you are successful. My goals in life are to receive a rowing scholarship, graduate college, start my own family, and become an orthodontist. If I am able to achieve all of my goals, I will be ecstatic! However, if I am satisfied with the life I have been given, I will consider myself successful.