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The Meaning of Success

Most people do not find their careers fulfilling or meaningful. Today more and more people are dissatisfied with this situation. Many people consider money to be more important than obtaining a purpose in life. Everyone has a passion deep down inside. You may not be aware of exactly what it is, but it will emerge as life goes on. Once you find this passion or mission, success will fallow. It is not easy to find or create work that truly satisfies the soul. Living your life purpose leads to joy and deep satisfaction. I see life purpose as a contribution to the world that gives your life passion, fulfillment, and meaning through dedication to something larger than yourself. The Love Your Job article says something so true, "It's unfortunate that most people don't love their jobs, since we spend half of our waking hours at work. You need to love your job!"

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Throughout college a student thinks and dreams of a career. We declare our major based on what we "think" would be fun, what pays a lot of money, what we think would be interesting. In the months upon a college graduation, the student begins to think seriously about a career. Some people have jobs to start right after graduation, and some have to begin the job search. This is a time when people start defining themselves by their careers. People ask what you do, you immediately respond with a job title. This is what it means to define yourself by your job. There is an abundance amount of pressure placed on the college graduate. Everyone wants to be successful in their careers. Your peers will talk about how much everyone is making. You will begin to compare yourself to others and think you're not making enough or your peer is not making enough. All these thoughts are normal but the real question, are you finding meaning and purpose in what you are doing? Are you living your life's purpose? Once you find your life's purpose the next step is connecting this purpose into you career and being committed to whatever that life purpose is. Take responsibility for managing your own career. No one else will. Avoid the trap of getting caught up in the expectations of others.

Finding your mission and life's purpose comes easily to some, and to others, it is difficult and takes more time to find. I have been having a hard time finding my life purpose. In the past 10 months have been working on discovering my mission. The first step in finding your purpose is discovering your core virtue. Finding your core virtue is a process to determine what you love and have a passion for. Everyone has a core virtue, and there are many ways to discover it. You have to think about makes you happy in life, what makes you angry, what makes you sad. This process is digging deep inside and coming up with a reason why you are here on earth. Another step in finding your purpose in life is through the process of elimination. You never know what you don't like or like until you experience it. If you decide to take a certain job, and five months later realize this is not what you were set out to do, you need to make a change. In the article titled, Do You like Your Job says that, "A "this isn't it feeling" about your job is an indication that the general fit you have within your organization may be off. If your unease about your job has persisted for a year, you probably need to take action now." If you never had that experience you would have never known you didn't like that specific career. From my research I understand that is crucial to gain knowledge in order to discover your purpose. Once you find your core virtue and make the decision to be committed to what ever it is you will find success.

People have different views of the meaning of success. There are many different aspect when is comes to success. You can be successful on a monetary basis; you can also be successful on a more personal fulfillment level. Being completely successful is having both