What "Success" Actually Is - And What It Isn't
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- On this channel, we tend to talk a lot about success.
But we never really talk about what success actually is.
Like many others, I grew up equating success with money, status, fame and power.
And for many years, that was my definition of success, so I pursued just that.
But over time my perception has changed.
You see, success is a very personal thing.
And you'll understand what I mean, after this video.
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#success #thetruth
Success = Being happy + doing what you love + financial stability.
In one word success = fulfillment
Damn ur right, right now I'm only financially stable but I'm not happy and definitely not doing what I love
I love hoarding cash and it gives me a warn, fuzzy feeling. Checkmate.
One step away 😂
Success is a balance between these two brothers. They are both extreme.
I was just about to write that - life is a balance free time & financial freedom.
you cant have that balance, you cant be THE BEST at something you do and do it casually, it is just not possible.
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@@roumi123 i see where you are coming from. Yes, you might not be able to be the best at something if you stirke a balance between the both. BUT, if being THE BEST takes a toll on you and your mental health then better be able to do it casually and be happy.
Although, its all about perspective just like the 6 and 9 thing. So, everybody is right in there own way and also nobody is right fully.
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Yes. Super Smash Bros is very successful
Beautiful concept . Success is not what the world portrays ...It consists in attaining peace with you inner self no matter what it takes ...
Inspiring content man ..I hope I can someday reach the level you are at with my youtube channel
Good luck with your channel :)
The problem is in real life LIVING costs so much money Mike lived on the street and couldnt afford camera batteries or to go on dates.
@@sergiotachini2809 She can get a job
*John. Mike was the one chasing wealth and clout.
Success is passing a poop smoothly when you are extremely constipated
For me success is finding peace with my consience and with God. If I achieve that, I can really do anything in life.
This is great video!
amen
God told you how to be happy which happiness and success are 1 in the same. If you come across true Godly happiness in life which rarely no one ever comes across I’d say you are successful considering how narrow the path is.
Happy are the poor in spirit
Happy are those who mourn over sin.
Happy are the meek.
Happy are those who thirst and hunger for righteousness.
Happy are the merciful
Happy are the pure in heart
Happy are the peacemakers.
Happy are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.
Happy are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Success is relationships. Your circle of influence and the impact you have and leave in other people's lives. Success is lying in your deathbed without regrets
I've always felt sorry for people who are pushed to follow in their parents and grandparents career paths . Doctors, lawyers etc. In jobs they hate for the rest of their working lives just to please the parents. Bad parenting , the parents roll is to equip and assist their children to full fill their desires no matter how different they may be .
Friends can't put food on the table, nor they can give you a house or a car. Being self sufficient and then enjoying life with girlfriend and friends is success
@L Franco so can a wife in court
L Franco
That’s why you choose your friends and spouse wisely.
Who we let into and stay in our lives says more about us than them. Friends/support make ALL the difference in the world. Every true success had TONS of support at some point in their lives. Tiger woods, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett...all had families that prepared them and set them up. Either through money, time, skills, coaches, teachers etc. Nobody truly does it alone. For the rare anomaly that does do it that way they are 100% miserable! It's all a myth...that is lie that has been sold to you to make someone else money.
My friends have cooked me amazing food almost weekly for years now, and given me so many cool things, including free music lessons and garden plants. We (used to before the virus) meet up once a week and potluck together, and share needs and offerings. All healthy human beings are social and inter-dependent. Rugged individualism is a myth, and it'll make you miserable. Trust me, I know from experience.
@@Kaleidalee you are very lucky then. I have a few friends like that, but being self sufficient is necessary. Friends too have a limit.
Reach your goal ->SUCCESS
@@sergiotachini2809 you may have to work harder for something or move the goal post, but the point is to be happy in what you do. I've stayed at miserable jobs just because of the pay...that never made me feel successful.
Go after your dreams, work hard, and believe in yourself. In the end, I truly think it comes down to achieving something you've wanted to achieve, even if it's something small. Those smaller accomplishments are just as important as the big ones.
I keep waiting for your videos..!! They add real value..,
This is starting to be my favorite channel.
I love this perspective on success. I love this video. Keep it up better than yesterday
Simple, Short and Clear❗thank you ♥️ for videos, keep going 🥇
Mike is being seen from John point of view and vice versa. I find happiness in being busy with my work, it thrills me to work on weekends. Wasting times in the name of socializing is nonsense.
Success is byproduct of doing things that you like. Watching movie, reading a book, trekking, painting or working in office.
Nonsense to you :D
@@communisttears3628 😆😆
@@communisttears3628 "success is highly personal" hmmm?
Wonderful thoughts!!! I watch your videos daily during my yoga class. Your voice, words and persuasive way keep us listening to you... show your face or put up your own video talking...
"Don't meet your heroes."
I came up with a saying years ago, regaurding success:
"Success is achieved when you know you've achieved it."
In other words, only you can decide what success is for you. For me, success is me having a job and being able to pay the bills and thats it, because thats what makes me the happiest I possibly can be. I feel zero need to achieve "greatness" in any sense, but if that is your definition of success, then do that! As long as your definition of success is healthy and maintainable.
Thank you so much for this video.
Success is a very personal thing - loved that thought
For me success is making a lot of money off your passion
Well said
It's possible but very unrealistic
That's a lonely road! Very few will share your passion and majority of people in your life will use you. Either for your talent/skills/ or money. You will have plenty of fake friends and takers around you.
If you do any job with love and patience it become your passion
Barely getting by and have a loving girlfriend? Not for long...
No one is successful. We all are just blessed :)
Very informative. Thanks a lot! 🙂
Yes, setting a goal and reaching it is by definition, a success. But self-sufficiency is key, paying your own way yet remaining generous. Not to mention the importance of focusing on creating a loving family to share your life with. That does more for the soul in attaining success than goal setting ambitions alone.
Thanks for a meaningful message!
Well said!! I like your videos! Changed. Me
Success = to live ur life in balance with urself and all around! well done!
I just recently tried to explain this concept to my friend to the point of frustration. I envy the life John has, even when those that identify more with Mike would look at him and think he's essentially a failed photographer.
Very well put!! I've been saying this to people for a long time hahaha
Totally agree!
As Better Than Yesterday said, success is whatever you think it is
I agree, but have a caveat.
I was a success by virtually everyone’s standards, including my own. Now that I’m older (currently I’m 64), I’m not so sure.
When I reflect back on my life, it is a bit like looking at an empty bottle of wine. No matter how much you enjoyed the wine, when the bottle is empty, the party is over. Same with life. Thinking about all the good things I’ve done and knowing I can never do them again is sad.
To be sure, being a success is much better than being a failure, so you should go for it. Just be aware that “being a success” is not a cure all for aging….
But can it be a prevention for spending your sixties seething with regret? Funny thing about people is that they can never truly comprehend how good they might have it, even if you had even more success or age better due to putting even more effort into your health, chances are you might still have things to say that aren't so cheery. But that's just life isn't?
Começando assim já da pra perceber que A Comunidade Zillo vai mudar o mercado...
I used to think that being successful was being rich and famous and making a huge impact in the world... until I managed to make a huge difference for a kid who was struggling at school, for a college student that failed her exam multiple times and who was pretty much on the verge of getting kicked out, for somebody who had just moved to America and who barely spoke English, to name a few. Knowing how they all succeeded and improved dramatically made me so happy that I've decided that, as long as my actions continued making an impact on somebody's life to make it better, I was successful, whether or not I made big bucks. The only reason why I want to be financially independant is so that I can reach even more living beings. I may not have billions or 8 gold medals, but I'm rich in accomplishments already. :)
Very thoughtful video 😄💕For me, money does not = success. What money can offer is stability, opportunities and ultimately a level of peace of mind. Mike is an extreme. In order for him to maintain that extreme, he sacrifices his energy, time and psychological equilibrium. On paper, John sounds like he is “healthier” because he refuses to sacrifice certain things for the level of “success” his brother has. The problem with this however is that just like with everything else in life, sacrificing even a modest level of monetary “success” comes with a slew of its own stressors and problems. My generation was told over and over to follow our passion, and we’d be “successful”.
Unfortunately, in a society where *both* the Mikes and Johns are upheld as “true success”, those of us who aren’t in a high paying field or *can’t* get by working just 20 hours a week (does his girlfriend chip in for rent? Does she have a stable, good paying job? How can he sustain a child if his income is so low?) are left feeling kinda depressed about the whole thing. I truly agree with what you are saying, money does not equal success. However in a world where doing anything, let alone achieving what we’re told should be possible (not a mansion, but a nice place to live, a car, maybe being able to take a vacation 1-2 a year, etc.) is getting increasingly more difficult as the cost of living escalates, money certainly makes things easier and alleviates stress.
To me, what needs to be addressed (in general, not by you personally! 😊) is the massive dissonance between what is affordable, and what is simply out of many peoples reach due to climbing costs of living.
Hoping everyone has a lovely day, and thank you for your video. 😄🙏💕
Amazing it was♥
Thanks for the video
THanks buddy.
My job is low-paid
I can`t bought everything I want
I don`t have friends
I don`t have girlfriend
There are people, that hate me for no reason
BUT I STILL FEEL MYSELF SUCCESSFUL
Great video
Success is your own independent identification of it. An error pertaining to this society on subject comes into fruition. Where you have an order, structure, a internal design which discourse a specific group from their life's purpose with a wave of disastrous cycles that rather strengthening this group to their goals as others. It instead redirects them to emptiness, depression, and poverty.
Money can't guarantee happiness.
However, I am convinced you cannot be happy without having a certain amount of money.
John is not happy with all his money, but who wants to live as hippie Mike without a house or money to pay bills or, worst case, medical attention if he (or his "loving" gf) needs it?
Great thanks
You so inspired me a lot
I hope one day I can be an ispiration to others
I did my own CZcams channel now and been monitise also juts coping with the gap and love how you do inspired me
Interesting video.
Money doesn't mean success, but it absolutely gives you more options . Who cares about the material things .
Success is achieving happiness by setting a goal and obtaining it then maintaining it for yourself and for those you love then expanding it to include others that you do not know well enough to like or love them.
I think success is being happy+doing what you love+ financial stability+supporting your family+sharing your wealth with those who need it.
Made my day:)
Cool video.
Another banger.
To have success means to be succeeded. So go forth and multiplieth.
he has i real piont and i think he is smart enough and kind enough to share the info so like his vids
Success is closely related to 'succeed', 'successor', and 'succession'. Succession - a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other. I think they all generally connote hierarchical competition in a linear manner, either within yourself, or with others, and the act of progressing or overcoming something to reach higher. I don't think it matters what that thing is. What is most important is the process, because there is satisfaction in achieving something through merit.
Yes! Another video about me!
This is a great video, nice thinking, I agree with it.
However the story is kinda disturbing. We all know the Mike type, it's real. Is John real though?
I think it is important to have time for what and who you love, not to stress, live a nice life, this is what I do. Yet living paycheck to paycheck is not healthy, not good. You can do it alone, but when you have a partner and think about family, it just seems irresponsible. You can achieve a financial stability while not working your ass off, so you can feed your family and pay your rent without any major difficulties. John seems like a guy who is successful at enjoying his life but he is not responsible enough to start a family... yet.
I have no desire to be reach, I could could keep leaving paycheck to paycheck and slowly increase my free time i'm cool, most rich people don't have time to relax, i currently work in home improvement retail, i deal with a lot of self employ contractors and they are always complaining how they have to work seven days a Week.
@@adventurerpan8527 living paycheck to paycheck is fine... until you get sick and have medical bills to pay.
@@Efsixteen True, money provide a cushion, some insurance against unfortunate things that may happen to you.
Thanks
For me success would be the middle ground between the 2 what you showed. When I can save up money so I don't have to live pay check to pay check. But I still have time, and I can get anything what I want if I gave it enough time.
So True
"Did'nt have a fancy car" *draws a Mondeo 97😆
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Pursue a goal worth it. You may be successful as a father with a decent job too :). Great talk BTW, thank you!
0:16 I've never heard anybody actually say what it means to succeed, but I have heard it all the time growing up. You know, "go through college so you can have what you need to succeed" and stuff like that.
Both as per there terms, thoughts, & dreams
Success in life is fulfilling your purpose. Everything else is but a footnote. For one guy it may be building a large business, for other guy it may be building a large family.
Birthday today
49 years old
Have money for gas to go to work.
No church friend.
Happy B Day! Little question here, do you feel you wasted your life, or have you lived it to its maximum?
do well and feel good
Well that answers that.
Well, I wanted to start a business, wanted to buy a house and a farmland... So I spent 2 years saving money and actually I ended up just being around and reading books, travelling some countries, excersising and spending time in the nature. Why? I realised the first thing on my way to wealth is my mental and fysical health. So I am reading books about mental and fysical health, keeping up healthy diet and avoiding stress because stress situations are my weakest point. Thats why I spend a lot of time in the nature
I believe it's possible to be Mike and John at the same time.
how if your working 80 hours a week.??
I wish someone in my life had said this 50 years ago.
Being happy with your life and living a life you want is success. You don't need $$$$, wealth, fame, possessions. You need happiness!
i just realize about this new concept of success,success depend on individual,first brother work hard to achieve wealth ,for him success is having alot of money bit he need to sacrifice time and energy to achieve it,he don have much time for himself,busy with work,feel tired after work all day,this sacrifice give him money to buy anything that he want and the sacrifice worth it,for second brother,he do activity that he love,he become cameraman,he does not need to sacrifice his time and energy,he have many free time to do what he love,he can spend more time with family and friend compare to the first brother,the second brother opinion is having free time and do what things that he love is a success or he might thing wealth is not an important or main factor to be happy like the first brother,to conclude success is to achive something that make you happy,happiness is depend on individual
Excatlly
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Success = maximizing your total utility for yourself.
What about if one chooses to some & get high for most of the day, while doing a part time job (most likely selling drugs)? Is that a success as it makes him happy?!
Success is how you feel about yourself. If you seek the success where people praise you, it's a very cheap and inefficient way of doing it. Why? Because, if you're not happy with your life and yourself, no matter what you do or how much money you have, you will not feel successful.
Hallelujah
Without watching the video ... It is .
This is a very good muse; what is success? As illustrated here, we MUST consider the concomitants of any goal we set. If we resolve to go swimming; we should not be upset to find we have gotten wet. If you resolve to be a CEO, you should not be surprised to discover your job owns your life. Are you willing to get wet? Are you prepared to exchange virtually all your time for a big pay off in cash?
Success is not a destination it's a journey
Success to me is being able to wake up knowing my health is on point. Knowing I have a loving wife and knowing I have money on hand and in the bank and being able to have the free time to do whatever the hell I want. More money more problems.
for me its making a shittone of money while having all the time you want for your socialization and hobbies... real success is the combination of the two
that how I see it what is the point of amazing mountains of Wealth if you don't have time to enjoy it
The most important thing is feeling happy, not success , I think.
Feeling happy to some is what success means to them
Who is the person who does the graphic designs for this channel I love them
You define your own success, nobody can determine that but yourself. If you go to bed at night knowing you did at least one more thing that contributes to your definition of success, and it makes you happy, then that I think is success. We keep defining success for others, but everyone is different. There are some famous people who have all the money and influence in the world but they choose to end their life or get into drugs. Why? Because they are following someone else's definition of happiness and success. Success is also not just one thing, not just one big grand goal or passion, it could be small ones. It has no size or limit or age.
success: EVERYTHING. FUCKING EVERYTHING.
Yes but saying money isn’t equated to success is like saying winning isn’t equated to trophy’s or championships
Success or failure is by definition is reaching your goal. If you have the goal to reach mount everest top in life and reached it you are successful for yourself. If you have goal to earn lot of money and you have made money you are successful.
The author clearly mentioned in this video don't consider others success which may be money, power, houses etc
Mike!
I don't need a surplus of wealth, nor a fancy car, or alot of materialistic things. I just wanna make video games that I'd enjoy playing and that I could share with other people. I also want lots of free time to spend building up myself and my relationships with family, friends, and my future girlfriend. My definition of success is having a balance between work and play along with maintaining healthy relationships.
It is nice to say that money and fame does not equal to happiness, but I think to emphasize that is also a bias, what if making money and becoming famous does make someone happy. The way to judge is being happy or not but not make the preconception that work/perusing money/perusing fame =unhappiness.
Loving girlfriend wants john to earn money like mike...
Lol you are right.
Sad but true, as usually they choose money.
Stop assuming.
That is such a black pilled thing to say.
Loving girlfriend is seeing Mike on the side! 😉
my path is that of mike
Thanks bro ❤
I will come here when I became a millionaire
See you soon 🫡
hi new friend done everything thank you
Balance
"You need to define what success is" should rather be rephrased as "You need to decide what's most important to you". I would love having lots of money, a big house, a fancy sports car and all that, but I have found other things more important. I would never spend 80 hours a week on a job, since that would kill me, not only from stress, but also from boredom and loneliness.