Success

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There has been a misconception that has been created mostly by the mainstream media to explain the meaning and the definition of success. A person who is rich and famous and who exhibits such traits as being confident, joyful and popular may be said to be a successful person. Marketers and the mainstream media have succeeded in making the whole society believe that success means having a lot of money and being famous and popular. The society has adopted the definition of success to be that of living in a big house, driving the flashiest vehicle and living in the upper suburbs. Marketers and the mainstream media have made people believe that having a lot of money and access to the current technology and fashion is the main thing that lead to happiness, and ultimately, leading to success.
The truth is, there is a discrepancy between what the society takes to be the definition of success and what the actual success means. Success deserves respect. True success requires integrity. True success requires appreciation. True success is full of patience. Respect, patience, integrity and appreciation are some of the traits that most human beings find hard to attain. The modern marketers and the mainstream media always tend to deceive people on what the real success is. They make us believe that success is having a lot of money. When we buy this idea and definition of success, we tend to be impatient in our quest to be …