What’s your top tip to be successful in life?
Forty years have passed searching for the answer to one question.
Ironically, not only have I not found the answer, I am not even sure the question itself is clear.
What does it really mean to be successful?
The definition keeps changing with time.
There was a phase when clearing exams meant success. Then it became scoring a first division, and later securing a rank.
After that, starting a business felt like success. A few years later, merely starting one was not enough—sustaining it became the new definition.
So is success simply setting a goal and achieving it?
If that is true, then the race never ends. The moment one goal is achieved, another appears on the horizon.
And somewhere along this endless pursuit, if health deteriorates, if relationships turn sour, if peace of mind disappears—can we still call it success?
Or is success something much simpler?
Perhaps it is being happy ourselves and, in some small way, making others happy too.
And who decides what success means for you?
Society?
Family?
Friends?
Or that quiet voice within?
Maybe the real journey begins when we stop borrowing definitions from others and start listening to our inner voice.
Let it decide what truly matters.
Let it set the direction.
Let it define success.
Because if we are honest, in the end most of us long for the same thing—not bigger trophies or higher titles, but the feeling we had in our younger days, when life was simple, carefree, and full of joy.
Perhaps success is not about reaching a destination.
Perhaps it is about living in a way that allows us to keep that joy alive.
The greatest success may not be becoming someone. It may be not losing yourself in the process
Very nice.