Personal Essay On Success: My Idea Of Success

Merriam Webster defines success very simply as a favorable or desirable outcome. This only covers the tip of the ice berg, since success has much more depth than simply a good outcome. Success has been defined as many things for me, predominatly a stable income. Though that is still a large factor of my idea of success, I have learned that there are many more layers and complexities for what I am looking for. Now being successful includes healthy relationships with friends and family, proper stress management, a fulfilling job, as well as a stable income. As I continue to develop as a person, my ideas of success may develop too and add even more layers to the idea of what someone hopes to achieve in their life. Although we all have different views of success, we all can recognize a successful person.

My grandfather is very succesful in my eyes, and there is not only one reason for it. He has an stable income and even through the good, bad, and ugly has stayed calm and collected. His stress responce is quick and he works through his problems logically. My grandfather is an anesthesiologist, who later changed his career to buisness. I hope to become a doctor with a stable

If I choose to get distracted or lose focus, there is almost no humanly way possible for me to get into the 7 year medical program I hope too. If I give it my all and I do not get into the program I would like to, I also realize that success may come in the form of a different college or oppurtunity. I hope to go to Rice Baylor 's 8 year medical program. I would hope to accel in this program and later become a heart surgeon, who makes a minimum of 250,000 dollars and is able to support myself and my family. This would be my ideal world where I have successed; however, life is never fully predictable. All we can do is plan and prepare to do whatever we need to on our