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How Do You Define Success?, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
How Do You Define Success?, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
Kimmel Education and Research Center: Presentations and White Papers
What exactly is success? Many of the books, blogs and other for-profit resources available on success would have us believe that success is making it big in terms of money, power and fame. If you happen to have an executive title or big paycheck, you must be successful, right? This type of success is largely associated with external motivation and gratification.
What is the cost of getting “to the top” or “making it big?” Sometimes, we forget to consider the tradeoffs associated with perceived success, or we only hear about the positive elements of money, fame and status. Rarely do …