Does success always imply riches?

Given the circumstances at the time, the word success could mean many different things to many different people. However, in order for us to truly understand the word success and the meaning it holds, we must first examine it very critically.

What is success?

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Success is nothing more than the accomplishment of our goal. However, with this definition of success, it is very obvious and simple for us to understand fully what success actually represents.

When we achieve our goals, we are considered to be successful. These goals of ours, however, can come in many different forms, so when they do, we can be confident that we are following the right paths to success.

What has the debate so far been about?
If you asked a common man on the street to name a successful man, he would almost certainly name wealthy individuals as the only successful people among us, given their extensive control and ownership of economic and financial power.

His reasons are not at all far-fetched since he could argue that the successful man or woman has the financial power to buy his or her way out of a very difficult situation or even balance and give his or her life the best in terms of what life needs to be kept under all careful watch. To such persons above, his argument, as can be seen from the body of words above, is that success or for one to be called a successful man or woman, then he or she must be wealthy.

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In all honesty, I used to think the same way too. However, as knowledge advanced and our understanding increased—as is the case with all human endeavors—I found that my initial belief that only those who are wealthy qualify as successful people was quickly replaced by a new perspective.

A successful person or the capacity to be successful does not necessarily go to a wealthy man or woman alone or the act of being wealthy alone, in my recent line of thought and argument. If my argument is in opposition to the original belief and thought of people regarding Who has the right to be referred to as a successful man or woman, then who is to be declared a successful person?

Who then is a successful person?

As a result, it demands the greatest amount of caution when being examined for a deeper understanding.

Let's look at this example to better understand what success is or what it is that a successful person owns, does, and implies that makes him or her a success in all respects.

Use these as examples:

A teacher.

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A teacher is an educator, a tutor, and an instructor who teaches in a variety of subjects that he is considered qualified to do so.

Yes, given how society was designed to function as a whole, these teachers are frequently not the wealthiest or even the most well-known people the society has ever seen or heard of, but he or she (a teacher) still has what it takes to teach someone to become successful in life.

Think about a professor who was taught to become a professor by a teacher. Since this professor was able to hold the highest position within the confines of a school authority, we can say that he or she is successful. But what about the teachers who helped him or her reach that level of academic excellence by becoming a don of a particular school? Are they not also successful people?

A doctor.

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This individual studied disease processes in high school and now uses them to treat his injured and ill patients with the primary goal of saving a life. Yes, based on his professional ability to save numerous lives when necessary and in accordance with the standards of his profession, one could describe such a person as successful.

Then consider those who taught him to become the man he is today; can we consider them successful as well?
Take, for example, a former American president named Barack Obama, who became president not because he was the most astute at the time, but because he was well taught very well within the finest and most refined line of politics, which he also capped by reading a lot of books that are very motivational in meaning, as he quoted many pages from such books he had read.

As a result, when he declared his interest in the exalted position given rampant and free quoting styles as much as his political readiness in handling America's politics correctly, the Americans loved him and wanted him to become their president.

President Obama was said to be successful both during and after his tenure as President of the United States of America (U.S.A), and he received numerous accolades for his outstanding contributions to moving America's interests forward.

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Now, we only see Mr. Barack Obama as the most successful person in this country, without taking into account the motivational books he read, which played a critical role in ensuring he quoted wise words that his people, the Americans, saw, loved, and elected him to represent them at the helm of affairs.

What about all those who helped his campaign to become what it was? Can it be said that they are not successful people as well?

Take it or leave it, success is a ladder that begins at the bottom and thus anyone who has tasted success at some point in their lives should always remember that he or she never metamorphosed himself or herself into such a position of success, but rather that he or she started from a point that is almost seen as a point zero before the main rise to the occasion will occur.

CONCLUSION

I want to be clear that riches or wealth also guarantee success, but my argument is that this is not always the case, given the facts outlined above. After all, success is the only thing that can guarantee riches or wealth.

What have you learnt so far?