Introduction
It is known to us that each and every one of us would like to be successful and we are willing to sacrifice in order to achieve success. However, different people have different ideas as for whether success can be measured or not and different people use different standards to measure their own success. Some people deem that success cannot be measured because success is too broad and abstract to be measured while others hold that success can absolutely be measured and it can be measured by issues like making a lot of money, social status and wealth as well as the amount of happiness a person obtains. There is no doubt that success should be measured and the criteria as will be used to measure success are mainly the below three ones: the amount of happiness one has, the ability to become better and realizing a goal that seems beyond one’s own capacity together with the competency to cultivate harmonious and peaceful relationships with people nearby.
Definition Argument of Success
Firstly, success can be measured by the amount of happiness one has. Happiness can be obtained in various ways and it is not always provided when money is involved (S Beth Bierer, Hujiu Carrie Chen. 2010). Without a lot of money, one can still find many potential ways to become happy and successful. For instance, to be loved can make people happy. Most people believe that to be loved can bring them happiness and a life without love is not thoroughly complete so that they can not achieve success. Apart from that, one’s work can also determine how happy one is. Some people deem that it matters more to enjoy work and get less money than to hate work and get paid higher. It is success for one to work happily every day even if he can only get less money. A person who has a well-paying job while he complains about work every day and he is unhappy about his life, then is he successful? Probably not. At the same time, how one enjoys what life gives him/her can exert an impact on one’s psychological success (Lawrence Gustafson. 1999). The wide public have actually overlooked many significant aspects in life. Actually, family is a crucial aspect for people to value and one can achieve success from within. To perform the family role well can undoubtedly enable one to feel happy and successful.
Moreover, success can be measured by the ability to become better and realizing a goal that seems beyond one’s own capacity (Jo Bostock. 2014). People don’t have to be the best in order to become successful and they can be regarded as successful as long as they can become better than their past self. For example, students who always get an A continue to get an A may seem to be less successful than a student who usually gets a C get an A this time. It is a great progress for a usual C student to get an A while A-level students get an A cannot be seen as success. Accordingly, a runner who can only run a half marathon can now run a marathon can be seen as a success and it is a great personal achievement. Besides, to realize a goal that seems beyond one’s own capacity is another kind of success because to realize a seemingly impossible goal can be seen as a breakthrough. Not every person can stick to the last minute after they set up their goal and most people will give up halfway when they feel afraid of the trouble in front of them. It is not hard to detect the uneasiness for one to realize a seemingly impossible goal and the pains and sufferings one has experienced during the process of realizing the goal are definitely too much for many people to stand in the reality.