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What is your definition of success?
There can be a multitude of responses to this question. You can come from a personal perspective, or as part of the collective. What is the underlying value/concept of your idea of success?
Gerald O'brian 30+
Cheyenne Lin
Dara Singh
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Paolo Atencio
Thanks for that Eric!
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Dara Singh
Success means to never give up,and never to talk defeat
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It means to work towards goal with full enthusiasm and always be motivated by burning our spirit on the fire of enthusiasm.
It aims at learning from every expierence,every heartbreak and every defeat....Keep on improving on the next performance and finally achieving the goal by utilising all experience and opportunity.
Cheyenne Lin
Silvia Marinova 20+
Helen Hupe 20+
Gisela McKay 30+
But seriously, there are as many definitions as there are people and visions. Or maybe fewer since so many people seem to pursue other people's definitions of success.
What would I like it to mean? Making the world just a little bit better.
Mike Myatt
Just take a look around and you’ll see that most people use their knowledge, resources, and experience to acquire things in an attempt to satisfy their personal desires, which in their minds constitutes success. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it leaves great potential on the table when you contrast this with the people that use their knowledge, resources, and experience to serve and benefit others, which by my standards constitutes significance. Just as success must be defined before it can be achieved, so must significance. While both require sacrifice, success comes at a great price and is often based upon the compromise of values. Significance on the other hand is driven by personal values and is a gift that cannot be purchased.
Necla Yildirim
Yousaf Hussain
Debra Smith 100+
marxie arica
lynn eschbach 30+
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