Meaning Of Success
The idea of success varies from person to person. What one person would consider success can be the polar opposite of what someone else considers success. Steve Mueller, the founder of Planet of Success, goes deeper into this topic in his scholarly article “The Meaning of Success and How to Define Success in Life”. In “The Meaning of Success and How to Define Success in Life” Steve explains how “The true meaning of success goes far beyond the common definitions of success…. Quite the opposite: true success in life cannot be measured….”. Steve’s credibility originates from his various articles relating to success. Articles such as “What is Success”, “What Does Success Mean to You?”, “How Do You Measure Success?”, and “The Principles of Success”. Having such a wide understanding and broad view of success gives him sufficient credibility in this topic. Steve also utilizes personal and past experience to persuade his readers. In the article “The Meaning of Success and How to Define Success in Life”, Steve starts off by answering the question “How to define success in life”. Steve defines success as something unique to each individual. Success in life does
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not have an ultimate definition, therefore success can only be answered by yourself. Everyone thinks differently meaning that their ideas of success will also differ. Steve then continues talking about “The meaning of success” and how the most important step to achieving success is to know what success in your perspective. Knowing what you want allows you to strive to achieve it, ultimately the definition of success is “the consequence of having earned a series of accomplishments”. In the article “The Meaning of Success and How to Define Success in Life” Steve persuades the readers by utilizing personal and past experiences.
Personal experience was shown in the introduction where Steve suggested readers look at his other articles which related to success: “What is success”, “How to measure success” and “What does success mean to you”. With all of these articles, it projects a knowledgeable image of the author to the readers. Also, past experience about how wealthy and successful people having scandals, addictions, and suicides provide sufficient evidence to prove that wealth isn’t the only source of happiness. “All of them were extraordinary persons but a lot of them were also extremely unhappy with their lives..” shows his understanding of what success is and the different
viewpoints. Similar to my research probe “Success in Today’s Society”, I talked about how success is interpreted in many ways. Each individual's idea of success is dependent on the person. For example, a college student’s goal might be to have all A’s while someone currently working has a goal is to buy a specific house. Knowing what success is to you is a major key to achieving success. The idea of success is a continuous process as changes are made as the generations go by and our society's’ keep changing. In order to be successful one must know what success is to them.
not have an ultimate definition, therefore success can only be answered by yourself. Everyone thinks differently meaning that their ideas of success will also differ. Steve then continues talking about “The meaning of success” and how the most important step to achieving success is to know what success in your perspective. Knowing what you want allows you to strive to achieve it, ultimately the definition of success is “the consequence of having earned a series of accomplishments”. In the article “The Meaning of Success and How to Define Success in Life” Steve persuades the readers by utilizing personal and past experiences.
Personal experience was shown in the introduction where Steve suggested readers look at his other articles which related to success: “What is success”, “How to measure success” and “What does success mean to you”. With all of these articles, it projects a knowledgeable image of the author to the readers. Also, past experience about how wealthy and successful people having scandals, addictions, and suicides provide sufficient evidence to prove that wealth isn’t the only source of happiness. “All of them were extraordinary persons but a lot of them were also extremely unhappy with their lives..” shows his understanding of what success is and the different
viewpoints. Similar to my research probe “Success in Today’s Society”, I talked about how success is interpreted in many ways. Each individual's idea of success is dependent on the person. For example, a college student’s goal might be to have all A’s while someone currently working has a goal is to buy a specific house. Knowing what success is to you is a major key to achieving success. The idea of success is a continuous process as changes are made as the generations go by and our society's’ keep changing. In order to be successful one must know what success is to them.