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Marcia Johnson

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What is success?

Some people think success is having achieved a certain income or educational level, some think it's peace or happiness. Educational institutions judge a student's success on passing certain standardized measures. So I wonder about what being successful really means.

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    Tibor V. Varga

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    Jan 19 2012: Achieving your goals or achieving more! If you achieve something without planning it before can be less rewarding then the knowledge that you fought for it. Luck only cannot make people successful - they wont respect themselves and that matters as well.

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