Definition of Success

Success is attaining desired and justified goal using sound planning and execution. I consider success in three scopes. In its narrow scope, we usually experience success in our day-to-day life, for example, finishing a project on time. In its intermediate scope, success is achieving significant milestones of life: graduation, getting a job, and finding a right partner. Accumulating these successes lead to the broad scope. In this scope, which often considers a person's life span, success is defined in 3 terms: possession, power, and philanthropy. Possession defines financial freedom and sound physical and mental fitness. Power defines fame, recognition, and a leadership position. Philanthropy defines a person's win-win attitude and contribution to upbringing of positive changes in community. I do not limit success to what most people in their predictable way define success: great career, big pay check, nice house, and new car. However, financial freedom is usually a pre-condition for philanthropy. Success is making fortune while traversing path to attaining significant accomplishments and thereby providing something that community can benefit from and remember.

The pre-requisite on this journey to success is self-awareness. Personal values, culture, education, and experience emphasize different traits and principles in different persons. These along with a great control over spiritual and