8 successful people on WHAT SUCCESS REALLY MEANS
It's not just billions in the
bank account. If you really want to know, take a look at what the world's most
powerful and impressive people have to say about "having it all"
Richard
Branson
Though Sir Richard Branson,
founder of the Virgin Group, is worth some $5 bil lion, t he Vi rgi n founder
equates success with personal fulfilment.“Too many people measu re how
successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they
associate with,“ he wrote on LinkedIn. “In my opinion, true success should be
measured by how happy you are.“
Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post co-founder
Ariana Huffington says that while we tend to think of success along two metrics
-money and power -we need to add a third. “To live the lives we truly want and
deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric,“ she
told Forbes. “A third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of
money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and
giving.“
Mark Cuban
Cuban offers a surprisingly
simple take on success. In an interview he said, “To me, the definition of
success is waking up in the morning with a smile on your face, knowing it's
going to be a great day. I was happy and felt like I was successful when I was
poor, living [with] six guys in a three-bedroom apartment, sleeping on the
floor.“
Maya Angelou
The late, great poet laureate,
who passed away at 86 in 2014, left behind stacks of books and oodles of
aphorisms. Her take on success is among the best: “Success is liking yourself,
liking what you do, and liking how you do it.“
Warren Buffett
With a net worth of $77.4
billion, Buffett is just about the wealthiest person in the world, second only
to Bill Gates.And yet his defini tion of success has nothing to do with money
or fame. The chai r ma n of Berkshire Hathaway once told shareholders at an
annual meeting: “I measure success by how many people love me.“
Bill Gates
Gates is the wealthiest
person in the world, but to him, success is about relationships and leav ing
behind a legacy. Gates took a tip from Buffett when asked about his definition
of success: “ Warren Buffett has always said the measure [of success] is whet
her the people close to you are happy and love you.“
He added: “It is also nice
to feel like you made a difference -inventing something or raising kids or
helping people in need.“
Deepak Chopra
The physician and author
says it's a matter of continual growth.
“Success in life could be
defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realisation
of worthy goals,“ Chopra writes in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.
Barack Obama
Obama once held the highest
office in the US -but he doesn't equate power with success. At the 2 01 2
Democratic National Convention, t hen F i rst L ady Michel le Obama told the
audience: “For Barack, success isn't about how much money you make. It's about
the difference you make in people's lives.“
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