Success as it is written in the dictionary is the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. Success is different for different people. When we seldom define success we think we know what we are talking about when we talk about "success". We think we know what success is, but when we reach success we often do not know we have arrived. Success has many destinations and each destination has many paths. Many people think of success as .oney, wealth, fame, or power. When you define success, you not only know you have achieved success when you reach your defined target, you also begin to define how to reach the target called success. Too many people allow others to define success for them. That's why so many fail to achieve success for themselves.
             Success to me is how well you accomplish what you set out to attain. It is about your goals meeting your dreams, and sometimes, exceeding what you had expected. It is about thriving and being seemingly prosperous. I would define success as who I am. The Lord made me in His own image; therefore, I'm successful. Knowledge and skills also contribute to a person's success. If a person doesn't seek opportunities to elevate his/her knowledge or skills, then that person will ALWAYS be stuck in dead-end comfort zones. Success is accomplishing my purpose in life. If my purpose is to help others the success would be the actual act of helping and the results. Success is the freedom to do whatever one loves and enjoys each and every day. Success is being healthy, happy and doing something careerwise that I enjoy and that provides me with a means of living a lifestyle that I are comfortable with.
             Personal successes for me are obtaining a job at National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center where I held a position as an Administrative Assistant. Success is my overcoming the odds such as breaking the cycle o
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