"Success has many family members" is a common saying in my place. Success has also been erroneously known to be synonymous to the acquisition of material wealth and such ephemerals that gladdens the heart of a fool.
In my view, a truly successful person is one who has been a blessing to his society. A patriot who is exemplary and has used his influence to build leaders and many more like him is an example. He may however not be wealthy in materials. Martyrs like Mother Theresa who modeled the life of Jesus, freedom fighters like Nelson Mandela and civil right activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are classically come to mind. Great men like Richard Branson, Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates are few examples of men who use their wealth to affect their communities positively are indeed successful.
Despite the fortunes made from their businesses, they still found delight in contributing to the course of the society. HIV/AIDS is a world pandemic; yet, the Gates family is staking a great part of their fortunes to combat the menace of the disease.
I have seen people who have great material wealth, but greed blinds them from enjoying it and helping others through their actions. They rather derive pleasure in seeing their fellow men languish in poverty. I consider these people poorer than those they oppress. The inability to make the best use of the opportunities created by their material wealth for the benefit of others is a classification of poverty. Poverty is not the absence of riches and wealth; it is the inability to create them, even in the presence of abundant resources.
Biggest manufacturers don’t usually have all the raw materials in their immediate environment, global companies do not pride in material assets, rather, in the intellectual asset that provide best quality. The same way, fashion giants and other franchising organizations mentor and help people achieve empowerment and make money. This is my definition of success.
Success and its definition portray a win-win strategy and one positively influences the other. Similar to a pyramid strategy as used by network marketers, success is all encompassing. It supports growth, development and such other terms that show the undesirability of waste. A system that permits waste is not successful.
In my view, a truly successful person is one who has been a blessing to his society. A patriot who is exemplary and has used his influence to build leaders and many more like him is an example. He may however not be wealthy in materials. Martyrs like Mother Theresa who modeled the life of Jesus, freedom fighters like Nelson Mandela and civil right activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are classically come to mind. Great men like Richard Branson, Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates are few examples of men who use their wealth to affect their communities positively are indeed successful.
Despite the fortunes made from their businesses, they still found delight in contributing to the course of the society. HIV/AIDS is a world pandemic; yet, the Gates family is staking a great part of their fortunes to combat the menace of the disease.
I have seen people who have great material wealth, but greed blinds them from enjoying it and helping others through their actions. They rather derive pleasure in seeing their fellow men languish in poverty. I consider these people poorer than those they oppress. The inability to make the best use of the opportunities created by their material wealth for the benefit of others is a classification of poverty. Poverty is not the absence of riches and wealth; it is the inability to create them, even in the presence of abundant resources.
Biggest manufacturers don’t usually have all the raw materials in their immediate environment, global companies do not pride in material assets, rather, in the intellectual asset that provide best quality. The same way, fashion giants and other franchising organizations mentor and help people achieve empowerment and make money. This is my definition of success.
Success and its definition portray a win-win strategy and one positively influences the other. Similar to a pyramid strategy as used by network marketers, success is all encompassing. It supports growth, development and such other terms that show the undesirability of waste. A system that permits waste is not successful.
1 comment:
its good to read about people's thoughts and actually understand their level of assimilation in the things they do, i will say project management is your thing and you are good at it. to the concept of success i agree with your points , i will say that financial success should be defined by the contributions one makes to the society at large. we have achievers who are sucessful in the way they touch peoples like mandela and others you sited. their is a need to educate people more on the beauty of constructive ideas of success,and this medium is a sure way of enlightenment to those that come by it.
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