What is SUCCESS?

Success is purely dependent  on the individual's outlook (it should be but society
seems to influence it too much)  as to what is important for one to achieve that will
bring them true pleasure and happiness from their efforts.

Hello Krisdirk,

Welcome to Expat-Blog................
For me success is a lack or scarecity of failure......................

Regards,
Anil

An example of the Success of a Dream:
Barack Obama, President and the Prince of Change once had a dream...To bring about CHANGE. What change did he achieve - apart from repeatedly changing his mind - virtually nothing!
So what was his success? His success was he got elected for a second term.
May the Good Lord (if he exists) please save us from Dreamers.

Mr Obama rose from the bowels of a society that considered him a second class citizen to become its president.  That is success regardless of how little he has accomplished since.

But becoming president or prime minister is a success for a particular person and moreover we can say about them but here OP is asking what is success?Your defination of success.............

MiaCulpa wrote:

Mr Obama rose from the bowels of a society that considered him a second class citizen to become its president.  That is success regardless of how little he has accomplished since.

Agreed!
But to me it seems a small measure of SUCCESS when a President's contribution to American policy CHANGE has been the mere fact that he was chosen as a man of African ancestry in order to impress the world of the nation's multicultural virtues.

Yes Kathylajolie,i have mentioned success is  a scarcity of failure.......means when a person is not failed.........means he/she has talent and done hard work secondly whatever may be the reason when you are failed then no success,so finally it is also understandable......luck favours when you are succeeded...............

El_Jost wrote:

MiaCulpa wrote:

Mr Obama rose from the bowels of a society that considered him a second class citizen to become its president.  That is success regardless of how little he has accomplished since.

Agreed!
But to me it seems a small measure of SUCCESS when a President's contribution to American policy CHANGE has been the mere fact that he was chosen as a man of African ancestry in order to impress the world of the nation's multicultural virtues.

It is largely irrelevant what American presidents do in office as that is the final employment they will ever have.  In terms of their success, getting there is more important than doing anything there.