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What Is Success To You? by Alexbrain(m): 3:06am On Oct 22, 2016
“What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; That is to have succeeded”. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

One way to know the dream of someone is to ask him “What is success to you?” This question helps you outline your dreams and if answered correctly, would certainly give your life a meaning, help you focus on your core-genius and become better at what you are born to do.

Gone are those days, when I am asked “What is success to you?” And I will reply saying “Success is making so much money that my wife will not be able to spend it all in one day”. But true success in life is not measured by how much you make, but by how much of a difference you make. The rap artist Rick Ross once said “By how many people you bless, that’s how you measure success”.

I quite agree with him. Right now, if I am asked “What is success to you?” I will reply the person saying “Success is helping that young man and woman discover and develop his or her talent; success is telling that man or woman in the street that Jesus so love him or her that He came to die for him or her; success is motivating and inspiring the young generation to be better people; success is feeding the hungry, praying for the sick and providing home for the homeless.

Success is becoming the best husband and father in the world; success is making the world a better place in anyway that I can; success is making my neighbor feel blessed for having me as a neighbor; success is blessing the lives of my people and not just the lives of my parents and family members; success is sending a whole community of children to school.

Success is when that young man or woman can say “Thank God, a certain Alexander BusyBrain walked this earth, for he has blessed my Life. Remember, this is what success means to me and it does not have to be yours.


Herschel Walker said “I still say that I am a little different because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house. Success is just being happy.”

My question to you reading this right now is “What is success to you?”


I want you to sit back and really think of what success means to you and share it with me on the comments below.

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Re: What Is Success To You? by Nobody: 5:40pm On Oct 22, 2016
Success to me is to excel beyond limits. To be the best that I can, to achieve the 'impossible' (ie unexpected) and set footprints for others to follow.
To be successful one must means dream big,be genuinely passionate about what one wants to achieve, work hard, pray even harder and enjoy the journey. Lastly to not compare oneself to others, we all have unique paths.


And of course everlasting success is making it to paradise on judgement day.

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Re: What Is Success To You? by Alexbrain(m): 5:56pm On Oct 22, 2016
Contact17:
Success to me is to excel beyond limits. To be the best that I can, to achieve the 'impossible' (ie unexpected) and set footprints for others to follow.
To be successful one must means dream big,be genuinely passionate about what one wants to achieve, work hard, pray even harder and enjoy the journey. Lastly to not compare oneself to others, we all have unique paths.


And of course everlasting success is making it to paradise on judgement day.
YOU have said it all, I love your definition of success.

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Re: What Is Success To You? by nmreports: 7:03am On Oct 23, 2016
Simply put, success is relative.
There's no one definition of success.
But like you said, success to me is the;

1) Amount of life I am able to impact everyday. You could imagine how happy Seun would be when he sees post like "Got my job through NL" or "We married through NL" etc.

2) The kind of life you are able to give your children. This to me is the ultimate success.

3) Sleeping happily every single night under your own roof with food in your stomach, happy about your kids life and still being able to make impact in people's life.

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Re: What Is Success To You? by Alexbrain(m): 8:44am On Oct 23, 2016
nmreports:
Simply put, success is relative.
There's no one definition of success.
But like you said, success to me is the;

1) Amount of life I am able to impact everyday. You could imagine how happy Seun would be when he sees post like "Got my job through NL" or "We married through NL" etc.

2) The kind of life you are able to give your children. This to me is the ultimate success.

3) Sleeping happily every single night under your own roof with food in your stomach, happy about your kids life and still being able to make impact in people's life.
I really do love your own definition of success. It is simple and not self centered. Most people see success as just having so much money. So if you're not making money, you are not succeeding.
Re: What Is Success To You? by akaahs(m): 11:15am On Oct 23, 2016
Success to me is ''fulfilment and contentment in life''.
Fulfilment: impact positively in the life of people, reached my carrer high, be a better husband nd responsible father.
Contentment: satisfy and live within what God has bless me with.

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Re: What Is Success To You? by Alexbrain(m): 11:42am On Oct 23, 2016
akaahs:
Success to me is ''fulfilment and contentment in life''.
Fulfilment: impact positively in the life of people, reached my carrer high, be a better husband nd responsible father.
Contentment: satisfy and live within what God has bless me with.

It is good to know that I share similar definition of success with you bro. May God grant you your heart desires.

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