What does this word mean to you?

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Might be a bit cheeky but it’s the subject of my dissertation and I’ve found the research fascinating so far. So, fun little experiment (don’t read other people’s comments before answering and give your instinctive answer, don’t think about it too hard!)

What does the word ‘success‘ mean to you?

Success = happy with your achievements.

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It means happiness to me. If you have the things that make you feel happy and peaceful.

Being happy and content with your life, being a good person.

Doing well in life, achieving what you wanted and being happy with it

Being happy ... just that I suppose

Not worrying about anything - bills, job politics, the house, kids progress. Just being happy with where everyone and everything In my own little bubble is at.

Having enough money

Winning...

It's not just achieving something but realising that you've achieved something and celebrating it rather than just moving the goal posts.

@DrierThanANunsNasty

Might be a bit cheeky but it’s the subject of my dissertation and I’ve found the research fascinating so far. So, fun little experiment (don’t read other people’s comments before answering and give your instinctive answer, don’t think about it too hard!)

What does the word ‘success‘ mean to you?

Happiness

Doing what you set out to do.

Contentment, of your soul

Men and women probably have, by and large, different answers to this question.

Before I became chronically ill with 3 conditions that are life long and totally life altering I would have said the usual achievement of your career, financial security, nice home etc
Now for me with all that taken away, regardless of anything else success to me is totally focused on peace of mind & contentment of the soul.
Jobs, money, social standing, perfect house pales totally into insignificance. It's about being at peace with yourself.

Happiness, love, fulfilment.

Success means to me achieving a goal. Goal is can vary health goal, academic, physical, family, career, the arts etc

I like to think I define my own success by happiness, but if I'm honest, if I heard someone described as a "successful person", I'd probably associate the "successful" part with wealth and status, and guess they were a CEO type.

On a general level, having achieved x goal.

On a personal level - being happy, having a decent standard of living and having happy kids.

Finished

Success to me occurs when a person is financially and emotionally comfortable.

I'm autistic so take things literally. My first thought was that it's a synonym for a pass (test or exam) or meeting a goal or target.

If the question was phrased differently eg "What would your successful life look like?" I'd have spent longer thinking about it and come up with a different answer.

Self -actualisation

Achieving what I set out to do.

@JoyFreeCake Snap!