Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure.
The difficulty of measuring success comes from the difficulty of both formulating the expectations and checking whether they are met.
What is Success?
I have always been obsessed with successful people. I constantly read about the processes, habits, philosophies, behaviors, histories, and influences of those who have managed to accomplish great things. Not only do I find it motivating, but by understanding how and why successful people do what they do, I pick up tools and ideas that I can use to improve my own life. As I researched over the years, I came to realize that success has many different definitions depending on who you ask. So what is success?
The dictionary defines success as the accomplishment of one’s goal; the desired result of an attempt; or one that succeeds. Pop culture would have you think the success is all about money, fame, and power. The numerous stories of unfulfilled lives and burnout among so called “successful people” shows however that success is not solely about achievement or possessions.
A great recent example is provided by Arianna Huffington. In 2007, she was on top of the world. Fabulously wealthy, celebrated as one of the world’s most influential women, and cofounder and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post. A shining example of success! However, in April of that year Arianna collapsed from exhaustion. She spent the next few months going from doctor to doctor and wondered is this really what success feels like? In her own words, “In terms of the traditional measures of success, which focus on money and power, I was very successful. But I was not living a successful life by any sane definition of success.”
As Arianna figured out, and many others before and after her have as well, success in life is more than money and power. It is defined by your actions and how you live your life.
What is needed to succeed in life?
I have spent the past few years figuring out what exactly is a successful life. Research in psychology has shown there are six essential aspects of happiness in life:
- Physical Health: You need to be physically healthy to have the energy to engage in life. If you don’t have a baseline of health you can’t function and can’t be successful.
- Mental Fitness: You need to be continuously engaging your mind. Learning and growing, experiencing new ideas, getting better, pursuing mastery, and putting your ideas to work to accomplish your goals.
- Emotional Health: You need to be self-aware emotionally, feel good about yourself, and have a positive self-image. If you are depressed to the point where you can’t function you can’t be successful.
- Social Health: You need positive relationships in your life and people that love and support you. You have friends and loved ones that you trust, that make you a better person, and inspire you to be better. There are people you can call at any time of the night if you have a big problem. Humans are social, if you don’t have people you care about and that care about you can’t be successful.
- Purpose / Meaning / Spiritual Health: You make a positive impact in others’ lives, giving meaning and purpose to your work and daily life. This keeps you focused and inspires you to overcome the day to day struggles and setbacks that are a part of everyone’s life.
- Material Wealth: There is a basic level of food, shelter, and clothing that all people need and that is paid for through money. If you are too poor or have too much stress from struggling financially you can’t be successful.
You can function and be happy in the short term without all of these elements but in the long term if you are missing one of them it is unsustainable and you will become miserable. By definition, something will have to change in your life for you to go on.
Emotions are how your subconscious communicates with yourself, they are one of the reasons humans are so resilient. If you are unhappy, it is your body’s way of telling you something is wrong with your life and you should do something about it.
What is Success?
My hypothesis is that success is the drive for long term sustainable happiness.
In the short term, you can find happiness from all sorts of different things: work, partying, small-wins, YouTube, TV, money, Facebook-likes, alcohol, shopping, movies, etc.
In the long term, if you do not have the above 6 essentials you will not feel happy or successful. Only you can know if you are truly successful or not, and that is only the case if you are on the path to happiness over the long term.
Going forward, my writing will focus on how to achieve success across each of the different essential parts of life, and how by building good habits and processes for each you can achieve success and long term sustainable happiness.
What Is Success? (Best Answers from 20 Successful People)
uccess can mean differently to all of us. For some people, it may mean attaining a certain social status in life or fame, and for some, it means being genuinely happy and satisfied even without all those things.
So, what does success mean to you?
To help us explore the different meaning of success, we asked 35 people to share their insights and how they achieved their own version of success.
Let’s take a look.
1 – G. Brian Benson
Award-Winning & #1 Best-Selling Author of “Habits For Success – Inspired Ideas to Help You Soar” | Coach | TEDx Speaker | Radio Personality | Actor | 4x Ironman Triathlete
Success simply means attempting to move forward
I think many of us have been taught by society and our loved ones (as they were taught as well), that happiness, success, and fulfillment come from fitting into a certain societal mold. More often than not success meant having a good job and making a good living from it. Be wary of being seduced into prematurely accepting some role that doesn’t have much to do with your nature or values.
I ran my family business for 11 years finally leaving after owning up to the fact that it didn’t truly interest me or feed my creative being. It wasn’t easy at first because I felt like I had the weight of society and my family pushing against me because I wasn’t abiding by its definition of success.
Since then I have come to realize that success isn’t defined by money, job status or keeping up with the Joneses. Success simply means that you are showing up, attempting to move forward and open to the self-growth process. In my book, if you do that you are a success.
Here is something I recently started doing that has helped me reframe my idea of success. All you need to do is get a jar or a can and every time you do something successfully, you write what it was on a slip of paper and put it in your jar. That’s it. I know you are probably asking me why you should have a success jar.
Well, it’s like this. I started doing it to remind me of all of the positive, successful things that I am doing that in the past I had overlooked. If you are anything like me, sometimes we forget and it can feel like we aren’t making much headway. It’s a way to keep my energy up and the positive vibes flowing. I put everything in there.
Showing up for Cross-Fit class, going to an audition, having a successful radio show, a great day of writing, an awareness in my self-growth process, stepping out of my comfort zone or even if I handled a situation well. They are all successes in my book and they go to the jar. What’s really cool is to pull some of the slips out from time to time and remind myself of successful moments that I had.
I have found it to be a really powerful tool and I hope you do as well. It’s an eye-opening exercise that will help you learn the real meaning of what success is!
2 – Paige Arnof-Fenn
Founder & CEO, Mavens & Moguls
Staying true to my core beliefs
Loyalty is one of my core values—loyalty to self and to others whom I respect. It’s important to me to gauge how many colleagues and customers come back and refer us to those who trust them. Being true to the mission of the organization and delivering superior experiences matter to me a lot.
Having the confidence to walk away from a client or colleague who’s diluting the equity in your brand is tough, but it’s necessary sometimes. You must always be authentic to the essence of your brand and surround yourself with people who reinforce your brand and its values–not tarnish it.
So I’ve come to the conclusion that for me, relationships matter. Quality encounters matter. Honesty matters. Consistency matters. Authenticity and integrity matter. The experience and the journey matter. Focus on what matters to you and get rid of things that don’t. Taking the clutter out of your mind and your life frees up space for more of what you value.
Success is very personal so your definition will be–and should be–different than mine. To me, growth for growth’s sake is meaningless, but profitable growth with interesting clients solving important problems is what keeps me engaged and excited.
The ability to spend time with people I love and care about is critical. My reputation really matters, and the positive word-of-mouth means a lot to me since almost all of our business comes by referral.
In my experience being brutally honest helps build trust and relationships with clients. No one likes being told their web site/name/tag line/materials are sub-par but sometimes it needs to be said.
I have been in meetings even ones where we are pitching new business and made comments about confusing copy, double entendres, broken links, poor navigation, etc. and although sometimes it will backfire in many instances they see the point and appreciate the candid feedback. Sometimes a person will come up after and actually thank you for “being so honest” or saying what others have felt but were afraid to express.
The best example for me was when we were invited to submit an RFP for a large client (all the other firms invited were large agencies) and in our pitch we highlighted the fact that the document was poorly written and not very clear so could be interpreted various ways so that in fact instead of being one 6 figure engagement it could easily be interpreted to be 2 very large projects but we did not want to scare them off so assumed they meant the smaller scope.
The President of the company asked me to explain what I meant. He paused and said we were the only firm that mentioned it and he agreed and asked for a second proposal from us, we ended up winning the entire project and it is still the biggest engagement we have ever done in the history of my firm.
He also apologized because a new junior employee wrote the RFP it was her first one and he asked us to serve as her brand coach in addition to the project so she could learn about marketing processes correctly from us.
We got 3 pieces of business out of it! You hate to ask stupid questions but sometimes asking clarifying questions and having them explain what they mean can end up in your favor (and triple the work)!
A great quote about success comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
3 – Vid Lamonte’ Buggs Jr.
Founder & Owner, VLB/VBJ Enterprises, LLC and 4-U-Nique Publishing
Obtaining happiness from achieving your goals
What is success and how do we obtain it? Many people attribute success to how much money they have, what kind of car they drive or the size of their home. However, should material items really define success?
True success is gained not only from the achievement of our goals but also from the happiness and satisfaction derived from pursuing those goals.
To become successful, one has to have – and keep – a plan on how they will obtain success. Keep improving and increasing your work ethic.
Whether you want to become an athlete, musician, speaker, entrepreneur, model, etc., train to become the best at what you do. Give it all. Work as hard, or harder, as the top professionals in that field.
Know that you will experience some failure along the way – but it’s important to remember that failure is a necessary step on the road to success. You’ve heard it before; it’s not how many times you fall that matters; what matters is how many times you stand back up.
When you keep reaching for your goals – then look back to see how far you’ve come since falling – it is the failures that allow you to achieve a sense of satisfaction, no matter where you are on your journey.
Sometimes, in order to reach success, one has to be a little selfish. Some may criticize you for the necessary choices you must make in order to obtain your goals – but remember it’s easier for people to criticize than it is for someone to create. Cast doubt, fear, and intimidation out of your mind, body, and soul. Do not let pressures of other’s get you down.
When you do become successful, do not boast about your success but instead let your actions speak for themselves. Strive to make a positive difference in the world and spend your free time learning new things and continuing to be constructive.
Success does come with a price – it may mean spending less time on personal enjoyment – and some people may become jealous of your success, affecting your relationships in unforeseen ways. However, if your priorities and values are in order, the success you achieve will be well worth it – and the people that truly matter will be able to share in that success with you.
4 – Rafael E. Salazar II, MHS, OTR/L
President & CEO, Rehab U Practice Solutions
Doing meaningful or fulfilling work
I define success as doing meaningful (or fulfilling) work that both meets your personal or professional goals and provides enough income to support your desired lifestyle.
This means that success means different things for different people depending on your circumstances, goals, and desires.
Often times, people get caught up in “climbing the ladder”, “taking the next step”, or trying to fit the mold of what society or the media portrays as “success”. That leaves many people spinning their wheels, grinding it out, trying to reach that corner office that’s going to end up making them miserable. It also means there are plenty of people out there who have given up on their passions, dreams, or goals in order to “succeed”.
It can be very easy to get caught up in that, but we need to remember that we will only be truly happy when we are doing the work that we feel we were meant to do. For some, this might mean earning less money or receiving less recognition in order to work on a project that gets them fired up in the morning. For others, it may mean grinding it out trying to build a business they believe in.
Ultimately, it comes down to 2 questions:
- Are you fulfilled by your work and moving towards your goals?
- Are you satisfied with the lifestyle that work provides for you?
If the answer to those two questions is “yes”, then quit worrying about what other people may think, you’re already living the dream!
5 – David Gasparyan
President, Phonexa
Success is more about the journey than the destination
Obviously, we can define success in many ways: by having the love and support of your family, by setting trends in your industry, by building a great company. And I do believe it is important to set goals for your work and personal life and reaching those goals can be viewed as a success.
But I believe that ultimately success is more about the journey than the destination. If I am able to wake up every day and put the maximum amount of energy and effort into goals that I believe in, that is success.
I have a great passion for my company and our team and every day that I get to work with them is a day of success. Yes, there are big achievements that we strive for—and most of the time we get there and occasionally we do not. But to me, it is working towards these goals and achievements that make me feel successful.
6 – Erin Baker, PhD
Leadership Coach | Social Psychologist
Success is something that every person can define and design for themselves
What matters most is whether a person feels an internal sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, rather than whether they have reached some external yardstick or milepost. For some people, success might be about living a life of authenticity and alignment with their values.
For others, it might be about making enough money to live a life of comfort, stability, and providing for their family. And for others, it may be constantly pushing the limits of what they can do personally and professionally.
Importantly, just as products and services routinely go through “redesigns,” so can one’s own definition of success. That is, a person does not need to keep the same definition across a lifetime. At one point in time, success may be maybe making enough money to be comfortable, but later in life, it may be about living a life of authenticity and alignment.
So ultimately, the number of definitions of success is only limited to the number of people on this planet multiplied by the number of times they can redesign their definition! Which is to say, the definitions are limitless!
7 – Timothy G. Wiedman
Associate Prof. of Management & Human Resources (Retired)
Doing the things that you really enjoy
When I was much younger, I spent thirteen years managing several different business operations in Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus. I made a good salary, earned solid performance bonuses, was regularly promoted, and considered myself a successful manager. But 60-hour work weeks often left me stressed out and exhausted, and I rarely had enough time for my outside interests.
Since I had always enjoyed training new managers, I had thought that one day I might go into college teaching. With that in mind, I had been taking evening graduate business courses at a major university located near my office.
So when my company offered me a buy-out during a recession, taking it allowed me to become a full-time graduate student for well over a year (with my wife shouldering more than her fair share of the financial load at home). But when she got sick and had to leave the workforce for ten months, I had to take up the slack.
So I landed my first teaching job as a full-time business instructor at one of the state’s small two-year colleges in an adjacent county. I didn’t enjoy the daily commute, the workload there was crazy (twenty contact hours per quarter), and the base salary was almost thirty percent below what I had been making in the business world. (And, of course, there was no bonus plan for college instructors, and I had been used to regularly earning bonuses!) But at least I’d gotten my start in academia.
Once I had enough experience, I set my sights on better teaching positions at bigger schools and moved up the academic ladder. Ten years after landing that first teaching job, I was an Associate Professor and was running the business programs at a fairly large community college in another state — and was finally making “decent” money again!
Then, after eventually completing my doctorate (which took eight years of part-time work, but was definitely a worthwhile goal to pursue), I decided that I wanted to finish my career teaching in a four-year Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program.
Making that switch temporarily reduced my rank and salary, but teaching upper-level management courses at a small, residential, liberal arts school was extremely rewarding. At the end of grading periods, I still occasionally worked long hours; but the flexibility and control that I had over my schedule beat the business world by a long shot.
And, of course, I was able to take the summers off if I chose to do so — and I did in order to hike through, explore and photograph eighteen different National Parks, National Monuments and scenic National Forests throughout the western United States.
Further, during our winter and spring breaks, I was able to rediscover the joys of Alpine skiing in the mountains of Colorado! And I also invested wisely, which eventually allowed me to take early retirement from that semi-selective liberal arts college as a 62-year-old tenured associate professor.
Over the course of my working life, it is entirely possible that I would have been better off financially if I had stuck with my management career (and its hectic 60-hour work weeks). But money isn’t everything — and at some point, you’ll likely have more than you really need in order to live comfortably in retirement.
In my opinion, it is more important to live your life doing things that you really enjoy. I believe that best-selling author and businessman Harvey Mackay once said, “Find something you love to do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” And who can argue with that?
8 – Christopher G. Rither
Founder, OneMeanDream.com
It is we who define our own success
Today, we live in a fast-paced connected society that seems to equate success with getting ahead, gaining attention, making money, expanding popularity or even owning more stuff than everyone else. But success can only be determined by the inpidual.
What’s success to one could mean failure to another. So, to be successful, we must identify what success means to us. We are the only ones who can answer the question – What is success?
This means we must decide what it takes to determine ourselves successful. I find success every time I reach a milestone, I set for myself. To some, it could be reaching a lifelong dream, receiving a promotion, completing a Ph.D., or saving enough money to maintain a certain lifestyle after retirement.
In the end, success can only be determined by the goals, desires, and actions we ourselves take. It is we who define our own success, not others.
This means resisting the pressures of popular culture or those nagging friends trying to push us into their own preconceived ideas of success. Finally, success is something we find from within. It’s the ability to set a goal and then reach it.
To be confident in our abilities and talents to get us where we want to go. To find the strength we need to reach our dreams or learn the things we need along the way. Success can only be defined by you. Why not start today!
9 – Roman Grigoriev
CEO, Splento
Imagine your life as a road trip. Some people will judge your success by the speed of travel, by RPMs on the tachometer or by how many other cars you overtake. Others by the company you keep in your passenger seats, the variety of stops you make along the way or by how beautiful and well-kept your car is.
To me, however, success is:
- Wanting to go somewhere.
- Knowing why you want to go there.
- Having a plan to get there.
- Sticking to this plan in spite of obstacles, yet being flexible to change it when necessary.
- Enjoying the journey.
10 – Jimmy Rodriguez
COO, 3dcart
Success is being able to live your life in your own way
Since work takes up a big part of most people’s day, a big part of success is not only being good at what you do but being happy with what you’re working on. It’s hard to be successful if you’re not good, and even harder if you resent or dislike the work that you are doing.
This can take time to discover and uncover, but it’s a worthy path to take to determine what you want to work on every day, even if you had all the money in the world. When it comes to your personal life, success isn’t much different. It’s being happy about what you spend your time doing and with whom.
The combination of your work and your leisure creates true success. The unique thing about success is that it is not universal, but unique to each inpidual, so it’s important to pursue your own version of success and remember that it is a dynamic goal rather than a static one.
11 – Dave Ramsey
CEO, Ramsey Solutions
Success is conducting your life with integrity and perseverance
People may think that those with no integrity are the ones who get ahead, but that’s just on TV. Successful people let their yes be yes and their no be no.
Successful people aren’t always the most brilliant in the bunch. They just refuse to quit. They will not be denied. They scratch and they claw and they push through. There’s a high correlation between perseverance and success.
I’ve met with thousands of successful people, and in every case, I’ve found them to be colossal failures. They have failed their way to the top. It turns out, the so-called gleaming mountain of success is actually a pile of garbage they choose to stand on rather than lying underneath. Success is integrity, perseverance, passion, self-discipline, and faith. And the good news? Every one of these things, you can choose too. That is success.
12 – Shelly Schneider
President, 113 Solution
I believe that true success does not fit into the definition that our society gives us. If you look to our culture success is all based on material wealth.
As I age, I have found that the things that make me feel the most successful are not the things I can buy but the things I can grow. Being present in my marriage and with my children is the best example I can give of this. I have left two comfy jobs so far as to choose to be home with my children. I understand that not everyone has this choice and that also makes me feel like my prior choices have been successful.
We were able to work really hard in 2008 to pay off all of our debt but our house and that really opened up a lot of choices for us. Instead of being bound by what the corporate world says we need to do we have the freedom to do what fills our souls.
I recently started my own online business, and am able to show my kids that there are many ways to find success and very few of them have to do with how much you buy and what you own. I mean, unless you are measuring success by the size of your house, brand of your clothes, and flash in your car.
Overall, I feel like success has more to do with seizing life and being able to live it your own way even if it is contrary to what our culture says is success.
You wouldn’t believe how many people we have asked us how they could do what we do, most people simply don’t think outside of what culture tells them until someone shows them it can be done in a comfortable way.
13 – Christopher Chung
Director & Founder, Locate 852
Success is being happy and grateful
It is easy to put a number or object to the word success as it is quantifiable. People may say I need a Ferrari or seven figures in my bank account to be successful but I believe happiness and gratitude is success.
If you are truly happy and grateful for what you have and wake up with a smile, then you have achieved success.
Don’t get me wrong as I do believe that material goods do bring happiness but typically it doesn’t last. Chances are if you are not happy when you have a scarcity of wealth, you won’t be happy when you have financial freedom as you’ve made your happiness dependent on external factors that are not in your control.
You see, being happy and grateful is easier said than done which is why only a few are truly able to attain it. This is why you must be happy whilst trying to attain your goals and embrace the process of getting there. Always remember that being happy and satisfied are two different things.
Being happy and grateful is success. If you are already happy and you are chasing a goal (typically a monetary figure or object) you have yet to attain, once you succeed you will be 10x happier as your success originated from within.
14 – Romeo Spino
CEO, StratasCorp
Success should be about happiness. Too many people today display or project success with material possessions or extreme actions. It is so profound today because everyone is trying to keep up with the Jones.
Success isn’t about owning a fancy car, a big mansion, or flying on a private jet. Instead, success should be determined by the internal happiness of how a person feels.
Someone who is fortunate enough to build a successful business and provide jobs that can change peoples lives for the better is success. It should always be about providing value and making people feel valued.
My success story is not that I was able to build a $200 million dollar company. Instead, success to me is when one of my employees who started as a receptionist worked hard every day and ended up getting a promotion to work in our finance department and received a substantial raise.
After a few months, she came to me and told me how appreciative she was of her promotion because it gave her the opportunity to get her very first own apartment and move out of her parents’ house.
She grew up in an environment where her stepfather was mentally abusive and sometimes physically. By her being able to afford her own apartment has made her feel happy and gave her more self-confidence.
Knowing that the company I built was able to provide an opportunity for her to go from being at a low point in her life to now being at a high point makes me happy. Feeling that happiness in my heart deep inside my gut is my success.
15 – Mike Sheety
Founder, ThatShirt
Success is not a one size fits all
Success varies for each inpidual, it is not a one size fits all. I measure my success on 3 baselines.
Financial Success
Determining the goals that I had and wanted to achieve to have financial success allowed me to appreciate success when it came. Whether it was having enough income to buy the things I wanted, to working towards a house/car – knowing what I wanted for financial success, give me the opportunity to appreciate that success instead of taking it for granted.
Career Success
At one point in my life, I hated my job and I didn’t look forward to going to work. I was miserable. I took a step back to analyze what are the things I love to do and what makes me happy. I then altered my career path to something that I enjoy and makes me happy. My career success is doing something that I love, not just a task that has to be done.
Health Success
I wanted to be healthy and fit. My success for health came from wanting to better myself. I have always wanted to run in a marathon and finish it – this was a success I wanted to achieve.
Taking the time to train and eat correctly, I began feeling better taking the small steps towards my goal. Eventually, I got there, I completed my first marathon and it tasted so sweet.
This is what success is for me. Establishing what I consider to be a success for each of my categories allows me to appreciate the goals I achieve and the life I live.
16 – Deborah Sweeney
CEO, MyCorporation.com
Can success be measured? And if so what is it measured by? Is success calculated in the amount of income you make, how happy you are, or how you see yourself? Throughout our lives, we’ve heard hundreds of stories about how the most ‘successful’ people are miserable. We constantly measure people’s success by their fame and riches.
Personally, I believe success should be defined without comparison to celebrities, coworkers, or family/friends. Success is how we see ourselves without comparison. Now ask yourself, “Am I successful?” “How far have you come in life?” “How much have I grown and built myself in my lifetime?”
Write these answers down and you’ll have your definition to success. Remember to always recognize your accomplishments, highlight your achievements, and mark that as your success.
17 – Reuben Yonatan
Founder & CEO, GetVOIP
Success is different for everyone, but to me – it’s creating a viable future for my family, and my family of employees. To me, a viable future is one that we can also enjoy.
As a leader, my team relies on me to provide for all of our financial futures. And, as a husband, my family relies on me to do the same. There is pressure here, but it’s important that I recognize what I’m doing all of this for.
So, while I feel stress in creating all of this success, it’s also important that I balance my work life with time to enjoy family and friends–and, ensure that my employees have that time as well.
Finally, I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the immense support my family gives to me, which enables this successful entrepreneurship.
18 – Shyam Krishna Iyer
Founder, SKI Charities
Success is a balanced focus on people, returns, and the environment. Everything that makes and sustains a community, from within the community. People are the most important aspect, and the key to our long-term success has been involving like-minded inpiduals to both finance and operate our organization.
When I began a global charity to serve the economically excluded, I found no existing organization that was doing the same. Having no template or beaten path, a startup was the only answer. 9 years later, our particular success is defined by the hundreds of empowered beneficiaries as they themselves become entrepreneurs who take charge of their lives and make their visions into reality.
19 – Grant Hensel
CEO, Nonprofit Megaphone & RoundUp App
In the entrepreneurial world, ‘success’ is a word outside observers use to describe a person, company or team that has persevered through failure after failure without a loss of momentum and manages to make progress against their most deeply held goals.
Before starting Nonprofit Megaphone and the RoundUp App, I started 8+ businesses, many of them smoking craters. At the moment, this looked, felt and smelled like a failure.
In hindsight, each failure taught a lesson that led to whatever level of ‘success’ that we now enjoy. By the same token, today’s failures are the raw material for what tomorrow the world will call ‘overnight’ success
20 – Yaniv Masjedi
CMO, Nextiva
Success to me is continued perseverance in the face of adversity, and remaining humble during the wins. What impresses me so much about my boss and our company’s CEO is his tenacity. Coming to a new country in his early 20s with no money, then going on to found a multi-million dollar company is incredible. But, beyond that, he quickly lost it all. Despite that quick rise and fall, he continued onward.
Today, he runs multiple companies, including one with more than 1,000 employees. Yet, even though he could stand at the top of a mountaintop and proclaim victory, he’s as humble as ever about his role in it all, and always thinking about how to better serve his clients and employees. His determination and humble spirit are, to me, what makes him so successful.
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