What Success Means To Me

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. And you’re the only one that will know that.” — John Wooden

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. — Roy T. Bennett

“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 lived. This is to have succeeded.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is having everything you need and doing everything you want. It is not doing everything you need to have everything you want.” — Jacob Lund Fisker

“Extreme success is not going to make you happy. In fact, success amplifies who you already are and how you already feel.” — Mark Manson

“Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

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“The Inner Ring” by C.S. Lewis ¹

As long as you are governed by that desire you will never get what you want. You are trying to peel an onion; if you succeed there will be nothing left. Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.” ²

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我曾經有過許許多多的夢想，但是我更想要成功，我常在夢想和現實中擺盪著。在一次又一次的失敗後，我告訴自己不要為世俗定義的「成功」而活，要爲自己真正相信的 眞理 而活。不要只想當個出鋒頭的英雄，要學習當個配角，一個傾聽者，積極追隨許多前行者完成夢想，也積極幫助需要幫助的年輕人實現理想。我的故事將從我的 失敗經驗 開始。當我能完全臣服於自己的失敗，洞穿了自己的脆弱和不足之後，反而成為一個完整可愛的平凡普通人。這是這些年我越來越清楚的事情。

Footnotes

1. is the exclusive group/circle to which people are drown to and want to belong throughout their lives. ↩

2. If you define success on the basis of comparison to others, you will never feel successful. The only way to feel successful is to create your own definition of success, rather than consenting to one that was handed to you. ↩

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小野著., 小野, 1951- author. 有些事, 這些年我才懂: 小野的人生思考. Chu ban. 臺北市: 究竟出版社; 2012.