Comments on: Are You a Success? …How Do You Know?

By: Sopan Greene

Sopan Greene — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:10:06 +0000

Beth, You’re very welcome. Thanks for reading the post and taking the time to comment. Communication and comments on the blog are what bring the true value out of it for everyone as we share different insights and perspectives.

By: beth

beth — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:57:02 +0000

“I encourage you to define success and happiness by appreciating what you have now. That’s what you have and what is your reality today. ”

Truer words have never been spoken. Thanks for reminding me. b

By: Sopan Greene

Sopan Greene — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:21:36 +0000

Jared,

Thanks for your kind words. It’s interesting how much suffering we create for ourselves in the service of trying to be successful. In the pursuit you speak of we put ourselves through a lot of unnecessary drama and turmoil.

The other aspect of this is realizing that we’re not broken and don’t need to be fixed or “better.” At that point we would already believe we’re successful. ..but that will be another post.

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:09:15 +0000

I try not to use too many superlatives when describing my feelings about a blog post, but Sopan, this truly is an amazing post.

When you boil it all down, this is really why people live their lives, right? To be “successful”. It is one of the main reasons people work (or don’t work) hard. We’re all reaching for something, and even though that something may be defined differently for each one of us, and may change over time, it becomes the motivational factor for most (if not all) that we do.

A very intriguing topic, and kudos to you for having written about it so well.

The ultimate rhetorical question: What is the measure of your success?