[Closed] Define 'successful'

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binners - Member
Making it through a whole day without someone looking at me with that special mixture of pity and contempt?

Sitting on the loo without holding having to hold on ?

Succesful at what?

Making it through a whole day without someone looking at me with that special mixture of pity and contempt?

We regret to inform you that your day has been unsuccessful. 😉

One day PP..... one day......

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

There is no one definition. Different people see it and measure it differently. So success is in the hands of the individual.

What if you're in prison?

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What if you're in prison?

Depends. Are you Grouty?

There is no one definition. Different people see it and measure it differently.

I know. And I'm struggling to square what i would define as success with meeting others perceptions of success - which is starting among other things to become obvious as one of the causes of my problems, too reliant on the approval of others vs being happy with myself.

Yet (most) people on here have the 'same' definition broadly as i do, so who are we finally trying to impress? The people we're most jealous of are those that have found their own happiness, not the wage slaves, no matter how big their houses or toys.

I'm happy. Mainly as I'm a simpleton, Therefore the path to true success lies in stupidity

I should set myself up as a life coach really....

Good one, tiggs121. 8)

I should set myself up as a life couch really....

Doing well so fa.

Quality of relationships, expression through creativity and the gathering of shiny things, surely?

Being happy and fulfilled.

Money/possessions are not ends in themselves but can obviously help with these, the trick is in the compromises you make to get them.

having your post copied by other forumites. Though that might be a failure to be noticed! 😕 😳

binners - Member
I'm happy. Mainly as I'm a simpleton, Therefore the path to true success lies in stupidity

INQUISITOR: I have to ask you the question: justify your existence -- what contribution have you made?
CAT: I have given pleasure to the world because I have such a beautiful ass!
INQUISITOR: Well, that's true.
CAT: Can I go now?
INQUISITOR: That's your case?!
CAT: You need more?
INQUISITOR: Some might say that's a pretty shallow argument.
CAT: Some might say I'm a pretty shallow guy. But a shallow guy with a great ass!
INQUISITOR: Sometimes you astonish even me!
CAT: Thank you!