Personal Essay: My Definition Of Success

Success, is a term with relative meaning depending on what aspect of life it is associated with. I view success in terms of achievements, fulfillment, and accomplishments. I set goals, and I do what it takes to make them happen, by dedicating my time, intelligence, skills to achieve them. I make sure that at the end of the day I can be proud of my work, knowing that I invested myself a hundred percent. Goals are a very important aspect of life, they are like maps that guides you, because if you do not know where you are going, how would you know when you get there. All aspects of my life are intertwine, and accomplishing something in my personal life have repercussion on how I feel in my professional life, and vice versa. I do not measure success on the size of my bank account, the size of my house, or what kind of car I drive, but instead I assess how happy and filled my life is. Filled with family, friends, love, happiness, and that is what I use to determines how successful I feel.

I am not saying that money is unimportant, because not having money can get in the way of being happy, but it is not the single most important thing in my life.
Success for me means overcoming failures, disappointment and obstacles.

Success take work and determination, perseverance, and I am prepared to work hard so I can succeed. If history has thought me anything is that, it does not matter how many time you fail the one time that count is when you succeed. When things do not go my way, I go back and find out where I went wrong and I try again, however many times it takes to get it right. My mother is the best example of success that I have witnessed, she is a strong, dedicated women that have accomplished plenty without a solid education. She was born in a third world country, she lost her parents when she was eleven, and she did not receive any education from that point forward. However, she was determined not to live in poverty her entire life, she took the fifty dollars that she had at that time and became a merchant, buying and selling whatever she could find. Because she had a vision, now I am in the U.S receiving a good

education.
This scholarship will help me attain my goals, I am passionate about languages; I speak French, English and creole fluently, and I am currently learning Spanish. I am at an intermediate level, but I want to go study abroad in a Spanish speaking country where I would be surrounded by the language and the culture for an entire month. Such environment would help me grasp the language better, and will be beneficial for my professional and personal life. I want to work for the United Nations, and being fluent in Spanish would be an advantage because it is one of the UN official languages. I would also get to experiences the world, meet new people and expand my horizons. I see this trip as contributing to my overall success, and I am excited at the thought of such a great opportunity.