What is Success?

Some students recently asked me, "Sir, what is success?" I replied with a simple idea: "For some people, success is having a lot of money. But how much money is enough? That's a tricky question because there seems to be no end to it."

However, I believe success is more than just money. In my view, it's about achieving the things that truly matter to you. If you work hard to make your heartfelt wishes come true, that's success. I want to emphasize that these wishes should be yours, not something you copied from someone else because they seem successful.

Let's take examples like a person who dreams of becoming a writer or opening a café. If they put in effort and see their dreams come true, that's success to me.

I also want to challenge the idea that success is all about money. It's a bit like a bottomless pit – the more you have, the more you want. I've never met someone with a million dollars who says, "I don't need more!"

To put it simply, success goes beyond money; it's about making your true dreams a reality. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

So, success is not just about the zeros in your bank account but about living a fulfilling life pursuing your genuine dreams. As Henry David Thoreau wisely put it, "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." It's in the journey of following our passions that we often find the real meaning of success.