What is Success ?

Success means different things to different people.

Some feel that to be successful one must be financially-rich. Some would attribute success to their level of education. Yet some think that success means power and influences.

To me, to be successful one must achieve success in at least 6 key areas of his life.

• Financial Success - Like it or not, a person who cannot earn enough for himself and his family is not a successful person. Can a person claim to be successful if he has to beg , borrow or steal to meet his financial obligations?
  
• Educational Success - Yes, you may be filthily-rich but without that piece of degree, you are not recognized by any institution to have gone through the process of education. That means you have failed to achieve success in education. When people with qualifications speak, everyone listens but when an a person without a degree speaks, people would mock him.
• Family Success - What is the point of being rich and powerful and yet one's family is in shambles? He may be a billionaire but his wife ran away with another man, his daughter is an unmarried pregnant teen and his son is involved with drugs. This is not success.
• Health - A rich sickly man physique does not reflect much success. He may not even live long despite all the wealth he has.
• Influence - A person with great influence over his family and friends is a successful person. He wields respect and can sway others opinion.
• Spirituality & Morality - Great people have great faith and moral.

So success is not merely based on one criterion but it is base on a package of criteria.