If at First You Don’t Succeed, Find Out if the Loser Gets Anything
What do you think of when you think of success? Do you think of billionaires coming down marble stairs with money overflowing in their pockets? Maybe you think of a doctor saving lives. Although the definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose,” everyone has a different idea of what success means to them. For countless people, their ideas and ideals of success change over time, and each person has their own idea of what it takes to be successful. What is success? What makes a person successful? It is interesting to hear a multitude of different answers to the same questions from people in different points in their lives. Jacob Fahey, a high school senior working at Eli Lilly said, “I define success as the achievement of personal, professional, intellectual, or monetary growth that stems from the dedication of an individual to improve himself.” Lisa Hardin, longtime teacher at New Palestine High School, said success is “Enjoying your life on a daily basis.” It is important to note the differences in their definitions of success -- in people ranging from ages …show more content…
“I have learned many people who have all those things are not happy.” Kennedy’s definition of success has definitely changed over the years. Now Kennedy describes success as “accomplishing what you sent out to do,” and is motivated by “the bigger picture in life,” i.e. happiness. Julie Ciminillo, a HR onboarding representative from Elanco, had the same revelation in life: “I thought I was going to be a lawyer and have a lot of money and a big house with a super successful husband and go to a lot of galas and events and it would be awesome.” As Ciminillo matured, she realized that success is really “when your job doesn’t feel like a
What do you think of when you think of success? Do you think of billionaires coming down marble stairs with money overflowing in their pockets? Maybe you think of a doctor saving lives. Although the definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose,” everyone has a different idea of what success means to them. For countless people, their ideas and ideals of success change over time, and each person has their own idea of what it takes to be successful. What is success? What makes a person successful? It is interesting to hear a multitude of different answers to the same questions from people in different points in their lives. Jacob Fahey, a high school senior working at Eli Lilly said, “I define success as the achievement of personal, professional, intellectual, or monetary growth that stems from the dedication of an individual to improve himself.” Lisa Hardin, longtime teacher at New Palestine High School, said success is “Enjoying your life on a daily basis.” It is important to note the differences in their definitions of success -- in people ranging from ages …show more content…
“I have learned many people who have all those things are not happy.” Kennedy’s definition of success has definitely changed over the years. Now Kennedy describes success as “accomplishing what you sent out to do,” and is motivated by “the bigger picture in life,” i.e. happiness. Julie Ciminillo, a HR onboarding representative from Elanco, had the same revelation in life: “I thought I was going to be a lawyer and have a lot of money and a big house with a super successful husband and go to a lot of galas and events and it would be awesome.” As Ciminillo matured, she realized that success is really “when your job doesn’t feel like a