succes?

Success has many different definitions for people, depending on the situation they are in. for me, success is being able to overcome you fears, obstacles and accomplishing your goals. "To be or not to be: that is the question" - William Shakespeare. My interpretation of this is that you are either strong enough to face the challenges that life puts on you or weak that you let life treat you like a puppet and control your life. When you let others control the way your life goes, you are often miserable and have this mentality that you are unable to be "alone" in the world, you have the need of having someone to help you. There are many things that put your success at jeopardy for example, family, money, and friends (personal life). Either these can help you have more success in life or stop you form have the life you want and are aiming at.

Family can make your success mean nothing to you because you might feel you have not really worked for the success in life that you wanted, but was just given to you by parents or someone in your family. "...I’m going to be careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect" (into the wild . 21)  this is proving that success is measure by the things YOU! Can accomplish not what someone else just gives you to show that they "care.” when this just give you the tools to be succesfull they are secretely telling you that they (your parents/family) dont believe in your capability of being succesfull and having whay you whant on your own. "at long last he was unencumbered , emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers , a world of abstraction and security ...a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the throb of existence"(into the wild. 22) in order to overcome this obstacle that family forms in your path to success you must choose to become independent . Becoming independent does not mean leaving your family forever and not seeing them or loving them. Becoming independent from them is letting them know that you can accomplish anything you set on your mind on your own and that you do not need their economic support to accomplish your goals. By being able to stand by yourself in the world, you are proving not just everyone, but yourself that you can be successful.

Money is a major obstacle that people, especially minorities face. This is a challenge where many struggle and give up because they close their mind thinking they will never overcome this obstacle. "You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live “George Bernard Shaw. letting the fear of being without money feed on you will stop you from becoming a successful person in life it will transform you into a "slave" because you will never go beyond what your current life can offer you. Letting poverty defeat your hunger of a better life will make you become a conformist and everything bad life gives you, you will accept with the mentality that you do not deserve something better. "Her son, the teenage tolstoyan, believed that wealth was shameful, corrupting... which is ironic because Chris was a natural born capitalist..."(115). This shows that for many people, money does not define success. Chris, the main character from into the wild, by Jon krakauer, goes against this because he does not feel complete; successful in his mind he is miserable. However, he did not just stand there and did nothing about it; he decided to pursue his happiness, which would give him the successful life he wants/needs.

Finally, friends cam also influenced into doing things that can make your journey either easier or harder. You should never let friends influence you into doing something that you do not want because in the end you will be stuck with the result you actions produce not them. "There was no talking the guy out of it" (into the wild .6). This is a perfect example that you should be strong about the ideas and goals you have and always go with what you believe in order to be successful. "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it" Bruce Lee . This proves that you should never let someone else define success for you, you must find the definition of success that best fits the needs you have in life. Letting someone else tell you what success is, is like becoming them and not yourself. When doing this your life suddenly becomes someone else’s and not your, you lose your need for success and settle with what others want.