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How Would You Measure Success In Life?

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Izzy

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I think many people go through life thinking they'll be happy once they become successful.

 

Successful as in a good job/career, financially free, nice house/car etc. but I know lots of people who 'appear' successful but they're not happy.

 

The media is full of examples of 'successful' people who are depressed, so money/fame/status can't be the only answer.

 

My measure of success is deep contentment/peace of mind/comfortable in my own skin/spiritually connected, healthy, and happy.

 

Happiness leads to success much more often than success leads to happiness....

 

 

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Mike Oxlong

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5 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

At the end of my life only having regrets for things I've done, not for things I wanted to but didn't. 

This sounds as if it is straight from the swinger’s handbook ;)

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fox_favourite

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Good question. I have to say, my outlook on life has changed since I lost my mum recently. Spending time with my family has become more important to me. I’m at the age where I think more about things that I never worried about before. 
 

My main aim now is to make sure my kids are successful in whatever they do and more than anything enjoy life, and be happy. Make sure they value family/friends as much as I do. 

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ozleicester

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To leave the world a better place than when i arraived... whether it is in a huge way or just a little bit.

Sampson

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It’s a hard one and I’ve probably changed my answer many times over the years. 
 

The one about only regretting chances you took which went wrong rather than chances you didn’t take which Deb said is a good one.

 

Otherwise I guess the most important looking back for me would just making good memories with friends and family.

Milo

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I suppose it changes a bit throughout a life - it certainly has for me. 
 

I would say that my measurement would be in achieving set goals.

 

I regularly set targets, whether they be personal, relationship, doing more of…, business, health, financial or material. 
 

And they have different short/medium/long term timeframes. Ideally to provide a rounded sense of achievement in the now as well as also maintaining targets and motivation for future goals. 
 

This is the first time I’ve ever really thought about it like this! 

 

Dunno if that’s a reasonable measure of success or not.
 

I assume other people have similar processes? Never really thought about analysing my own before. 
 

 

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Greg2607

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I'm about to get a bit soppy with my answer to this.... 

 

Right up until my Mid 30's I was constantly comparing my life to my friends and thinking I hadn't achieved as much. This was despite owning a home, having a good job, not struggling financially etc. Something just felt "flat", I wasn't particularly happy, I just felt like I hadn't done as well as others.

 

Then I met my wife.

 

From that point on, I didn't really care what other people were achieving. I was happy and content with my little bubble. We were both on the same page, we were working to the same "life goals", we had a plan. 

 

Roll forward 7 years and I'm really comfortable in my own skin.  I'm still fat.  my friends still all have bigger houses and more money than me, but it really doesn't bother me.  And that is a really nice feeling.  

 

So Happiness for me, is being content with where you are in life, the path you are following and loving the people you are with. Meeting my wife definitely changed my outlook on life. 

 

It's simple to say, but hard to find! 

 

 

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grobyfox1990

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9 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

I'm about to get a bit soppy with my answer to this.... 

 

Right up until my Mid 30's I was constantly comparing my life to my friends and thinking I hadn't achieved as much. This was despite owning a home, having a good job, not struggling financially etc. Something just felt "flat", I wasn't particularly happy, I just felt like I hadn't done as well as others.

 

Then I met my wife.

 

From that point on, I didn't really care what other people were achieving. I was happy and content with my little bubble. We were both on the same page, we were working to the same "life goals", we had a plan. 

 

Roll forward 7 years and I'm really comfortable in my own skin.  I'm still fat.  my friends still all have bigger houses and more money than me, but it really doesn't bother me.  And that is a really nice feeling.  

 

So Happiness for me, is being content with where you are in life, the path you are following and loving the people you are with. Meeting my wife definitely changed my outlook on life. 

 

It's simple to say, but hard to find! 

 

 

Exactly, happiness. I know two lads who have a Ferrari/Lamborghini on the driveway, 7 bedroom house, holiday flat in the Algarve, able to splash £500 on weekend p1ss-ups, £25k booze-ups to Vegas etc but they will never ever be happy. They will always be competing with each other and there will ALWAYS be someone richer than them both. Even if they get a private jet each, someone will have a bigger private jet. We all know you shouldn't compete with others as there is always someone 'better' so it's a game you'll never win, but I do wonder why people take so long to realise that, some people never

Tommy G

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Measure it by how excited you are to get out of bed each day. Some people may get a buzz from getting up and birdwatching all day (respect) and some people may need to get up and make £100K a day to get that buzz - I think everyone should be respectful of peoples goals and wishes and success is unique and comes in different forms. 

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