How To Achieve Success In Life

In present times, the trend of graduating school and university have become normal. Across Asia, higher education enrollment has experienced explosive growth over the last few decades, from 20 million students in 1980 to 84 million in 2011 ( Chiao-Ling Chien and David W Chapman, 2014). For years, society has placed an overwhelming importance on good grades and negative impression on bad grades. There 's an unspoken yet necessary urge for students to strive for flying colors in their academics and will cast anything that isn’t relevant to achieve their predetermined target aside. Students cooped up in library most of the time to overcome the stress and missed many precious chance to get life experience. Experience is very important. especially

If we turn to a Latin dictionary, the word ‘successus’ – from which the English term springs – is defined as ‘an advance, uphill, approach…’ without specifying the specific nature of the goal one is striving to reach. Yet I think that in our contemporary culture – when it comes to determining success in life – we automatically combine English and Latin definitions, and assume that it is to be judged by the level the individual attains on his or her ‘uphill advance’ to achieve a measure of ‘wealth, fame, rank…’. But the reality of it is much different from what the dictionary defines, as the world is filled with different people with different personalities and personas as well as distinct cultures and backgrounds. To certain people success can come from different aspects. Some people strive for wealth, some strive for fame and glory, some aim just for peace and happiness in their lives. Nowadays, it is very common for people to aim for wealth and stability in their lives as it is one of the necessities to survive in the harsh world. As the saying goes,” Money makes the world go round”. As a result, people will have the mindset that money and stability is the most important thing in life. Parents will try to persuade and maybe in worst cases, force their children to succeed in their academics because in their perceptive, a good grade grants you a stable job, and a stable job will bring about a stable income. Yet Bill Gates, the top ten richest

Further more, in the educational system failure is determine by test results. During our time at school and university, our success is based on test results. Due to this, the level and quality of your qualifications can have a huge impact on your career, if you choose the employee route. The mixture of test results and subsequent qualifications is a recipe for self-doubt and dissatisfaction. Independent and driven individuals refuse to be scared into going down a path they are not passionate just because it’s the ‘realistic’ option. Instead they see failure as a positive thing, a tool for learning and analyzing to improve their methods. If Thomas Edison was given the task of creating the lightbulb as a school project rather than out of his own initiative, would he have tried so many times, or even have been allowed to keep trying after so many failed