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Post by ethanm1834 on May 8, 2014 9:23:06 GMT -5
How do you quantify these things? What is success? Is it having a high paying job? Living the dream of 2 kids, a wife, and a home? I ask this today because this is something that has been on my mind a fair amount recently.
I spent a great portion of my life trying to be this fiscal success, every ladder I climb pushes me to climb the next one. As of writing this I am an iOS Lead at CVS. I don't say that to brag, I say that because for some this would be enough. Others would be satisfied, to me its just another stop on the bigger goal. A goal which I have no idea what it is. I just know I have to keep pushing until I'm a huge millionaire? I'm not sure, and anything that gets in the way of that I cast it aside.
So I wanted to ask others what makes someone a success, how do you quantify happiness?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 10:14:41 GMT -5
Success is doing/getting what you always wanted/knowing that you have what you always wanted, and happiness is when you love what you have. You love your wife, your kids, and your job. So basically loving your life is success and and happiness in one.
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Post by ethanm1834 on May 8, 2014 10:25:15 GMT -5
Success is doing/getting what you always wanted/knowing that you have what you always wanted, and happiness is when you love what you have. You love your wife, your kids, and your job. So basically loving your life is success and and happiness in one. Thank you for your insight. I appreciate the response. For the record no wife or kids for me, I was just using that as an example. However, this will give me something to think over. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 10:36:10 GMT -5
Success is doing/getting what you always wanted/knowing that you have what you always wanted, and happiness is when you love what you have. You love your wife, your kids, and your job. So basically loving your life is success and and happiness in one. Thank you for your insight. I appreciate the response. For the record no wife or kids for me, I was just using that as an example. However, this will give me something to think over. I was using that as an example too. You know i'm 14... |
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Post by ethanm1834 on May 8, 2014 10:37:20 GMT -5
Thank you for your insight. I appreciate the response. For the record no wife or kids for me, I was just using that as an example. However, this will give me something to think over. I was using that as an example too. You know i'm 14... Heh, yes I'm well aware. Still I thank you for your outlook. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 10:49:06 GMT -5
I was using that as an example too. You know i'm 14... Heh, yes I'm well aware. Still I thank you for your outlook. No problem dude. |
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Post by pinksparklepuff on May 8, 2014 15:20:16 GMT -5
Success? Happiness?
There is no such thing.
If you can get out of bed in the morning and you're fully capable of living, you're just about as successful as you need to be.
We can want things, we're hardly unsuccessful or unhappy without them. If you are, you need to take a step back and reevaluate.
In life, there are goals, objectives, desires, and needs. It's best not to confuse those with potentially harmful distractions.
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Post by ethanm1834 on May 8, 2014 17:00:40 GMT -5
Interesting outook Puff. Thank you.
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Post by pinksparklepuff on May 8, 2014 17:06:24 GMT -5
It's not so much an outlook as it is a request for you to analyze your own life as opposed to mine, seeing how I don't have a job, wife, kid, or any form of happiness in general.
I'm a troll under the bridge, really. My abhorrence of fun and laughter is limitless.
Now if you'll excuse me, dinner is attempting to cross the bridge.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 17:19:36 GMT -5
It's not so much an outlook as it is a request for you to analyze your own life as opposed to mine, seeing how I don't have a job, wife, kid, or any form of happiness in general. I'm a troll under the bridge, really. My abhorrence of fun and laughter is limitless. Now if you'll excuse me, dinner is attempting to cross the bridge. You do have a form of happiness. You're alive don't you? Be happy that you're the one who won "THAT" race, and not another sperm. Until you have something to live in/under and you have food, and water you can be happy. And if you don't..then welcome to the team of hobos... |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 17:21:24 GMT -5
Success is having what you need to live. Happiness is realizing it.
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 8, 2014 17:23:20 GMT -5
I'd say that success is making a good, lasting impact on the world. If you can change other's lives for the better then that is what I would consider success, at least in regards to life.
Happiness is more relative however. It can be related to any number of things, these things being completely different for every single person. One might gain happiness from starting a family and settling down. Others may find happiness in being daredevils, constantly risking their lives and never staying in one place too long.
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Post by Brian_Underscore_ on May 8, 2014 18:53:41 GMT -5
I'd say overall success in life is the obtainment of happiness and happiness being simply enjoying your life and what you do, but I think success in general, usually comes when other people acknowledge what you've done as good, and doesn't necessarily have to tie into happiness. For example, someone can tell me I'm the best apple stacker in the world, and I'd be a successful apple stacker, but if I hate my apple stacking job, and begrudgingly head into work every morning, I hardly call my life successful.
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Post by CaptainDamage on May 9, 2014 6:31:59 GMT -5
You being happy. If you are not happy now, somethig is wrong. Got to stand up for your self and do what you want.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 6:34:46 GMT -5
You being happy. If you are not happy now, somethig is wrong. Got to stand up for your self and do what you want. And what is success in your opinion? |
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Post by CaptainDamage on May 9, 2014 7:15:39 GMT -5
Happiness. Able to live in good conditions. A roof over your head and couple of food in the fridge. And Faith.
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Post by wildknight on May 21, 2014 8:24:10 GMT -5
Success is an unquantifiable, unobtainable fallacy. You never achieve "success." You only strive towards it.
(As a broad reference to life, that is. In more limited ways you succeed all the time, every day. I succeeded in not looking at pornography yesterday. I'll try to do so again today.)
Happiness is knowing the value of what you have and where you are.
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