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70 Men Ages 5-75: How Do You Define Success?

We asked 70 men from 5-75 years old: How do you define success? From following your dreams to making a difference in the world, find out how each of these guys sees success.

Released on 06/01/2021

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[Producer] How do you define success?

I don't know.

Make money.

When you accomplish something.

Scoring in a soccer game.

To achieve your dreams.

Like when somebody's smiling about you,

about something that you've done

like that you've proven wrong.

Teaching.

Having a nice class.

When you accomplish your goal.

And like you did something that you really wanted to do.

Completing a goal.

Being proud of yourself

and like knowing what you've accomplished.

A happy person.

Happiness.

Being happy.

Being happy with the right people.

Being happy in life.

A person who's willing to get up

and do what they need to

to get where they want to be in the future.

Success is personal.

To each his own.

Fulfillment and feeling like

you're contributing to a meaning.

Just being content on what you want,

what you have, have a certain goal, reach it.

Doing what you love and not compromising who you are.

Oh, a lot of money, a lot of love.

To be successful, I think you have to be happy.

And then you have to be independent.

Being content with myself.

Happiness.

Fulfillment.

Looking back on your life and being proud of it.

Loving the person I see in the mirror every day.

Being a role model to my cousins

and being self-sufficient enough

to where I can take care of myself and my family as well.

If everyone in my circle is successful, happy.

Just feeling like yourself and feeling content.

Being at peace of where you're at in life.

Enjoying your time.

Doing what you love

and not letting negative people like make you quit.

Waking up in the morning

and doing what you want to do when you want to do it

with the people that you wanna do it with.

Success is a sense of achievement.

Is to reach where you want, where you want to be.

Health, for sure.

And, and then happiness.

Opportunity meeting preparation.

You can have excuses or success, but you can't have both.

Being able to freely

do whatever it is that you want to do.

Doing something that makes a positive impact on the world.

And also it doesn't compromise your belief system.

To never have to worry about living again.

Acquire things you need at a timely fashion.

Success is making a difference in the world around you

even if it's a small way.

Peace, having peace.

Understanding what it is

that an individual's passions are,

and then pursuing those passions

to the best of your ability.

A mark that you leave behind, a positive one.

To find out what you are good at.

I think the individual find success,

knowing that you accomplished what you wanted to do.

It's just being honest, loyal.

Being happy.

That's success.

Being financially secure and healthy.

Having an internal peace

meeting having met the goals that you've set for yourself.

A happy contentment.

Just being happy with yourself.

I think a person is successful

if they learn how to love themselves.

My success is seeing my children happy.

Trying your best.

Being able to help others

and being able to make a positive difference for others.

Being happy.

Waking up with a smile every day.

My motto is if I believe then I can achieve.

Being happy and helpful.

Finding work that makes you happy.

I think success is when you're happy.

Being happy in your job.

Great family.

Accomplishing a mission and completing it properly.

An accomplishment every day.

I'm a pianist and getting through a composition

without making a mistake, that is success to me.

And I take the money afterwards too.

Having friends and just enjoy life.

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