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20210701 : Success

One of my friends asked me this morning "what is Success"?  I am not sure if there is a definite thing or one definition for being successful. I feel it's a constantly moving goalpost and different for different folks. I think when we are very young, toddlers really, there is no such concept even. When we become a little bigger, middle childhood basically, I think success is doing well what gives happiness to our primary carers. Parents mostly. Could also be grandparents, teachers or anybody who cares enough. In the adolescent world, teenage basically, i think the need to find acceptance with peer groups, friends, classmates drives most of our definition of success. If we "fit-in" and seem "Cool" to our group, then it's success for us. As we get to the young adult phase, probably the more productive stage, i think success is defined more by the broader society we live in. More so, the group we believe we have a common mindset with. However, i think