Tom RobbinsIt is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate response to life. Success can eliminate as many options as failure.
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To be successful is to be one who has met certain standards and expectations. But the very definition of success is subjective and thus it is not an adequate response to life. In fact, success will eliminate as many options as failure. Success can mean that people have to give up their own dreams or goals because that person’s success is only measured by others.
Success will cause people to live a life they don’t want to live, simply because it is what they have been taught is the only way to be happy. The real satisfaction comes from finding a way to do what you love and being happy doing it. That’s where the real glory lies.
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