WHAT PEOPLE THINK SUCCESS IS - IS NOT REALLY IS.

Everybody everywhere wants to be “successful,” but only a very few people succeed. Millions are driven, possessed and preoccupied with this passion. They would sacrifice anything to be seen or accepted as “successful.”

Success in today’s world is usually defined by the superficial rewards glorified in the media: wealth, power, fame, luxury, prestige and recognition. Yet few of us have a firm idea what it takes to be or feel successful.

It is easy to presume that a young corporate executive who rises to the top management position of a major corporation and earns nearly a million dollars a year is successful, but would the young man agree?

That depends largely on the sacrifice he made to get to the top, the quality of his life outside work, and perhaps most significantly, his personal reason for pursuing his particular career.