Book Summary Preview : If Success is a Game, These are the Rules

To Each His Own

To some people success may be anchored on material and quantifiable grounds while to others it may be viewed as a daily reward. Other people may think of success as a grand accomplishment of a personal mission in life like being a good mother, a socially responsible child or living an ethical life. Knowing that success means differently for each individual, the basic rule of success is that there is no one universal definition of fulfillment. Each person’s definition of success is just as equally precious and important.

Standards of Success

The normative definition of success is governed by three elements: power, money and fame. However, this definition is severely limited and excludes a host of other people who define success using an entirely different set of standards. These people are those who have realized goals and dreams set from within rather than as dictated by the societal norm.

Comparisons of Success

The volunteer at a local hospital who reads to the elderly is not any less successful than a baseball player who keeps scoring the winning run. The school principal that starts a middle school that teaches values and love of nature is not any less of a success than a tycoon who masterminds corporate buyouts.

Judge Yourself

Everybody wants to be successful but at the end of the day there is only one true judge - yourself. You are the only one who can assess your level of success because it is you who determines what it personally means for you. . . .