It really depends, cause there are different aspects to my life. In my business life, success means increasing sales, in my sports gambling, I consider having a 3% ROI a success. Then there's my children which consist of so many little things that have to be done right, with the ultimate goal of them being better off than I am. I'd say that my children being better off than I am is the ultimate result I'm looking for, but it always starts with little goals. Set a goal and achieve it. While right now in sports gambling my goal is to maintain a 3% ROI, If in five years I achieve that I will be retiring early and making it my full time gig, which is the long term goal
Yea, I haven't really thought about it....but I guess so. I just bought my first house last year, so unless I run into some $, I have 23 yrs before I'm debt free. I'd like to be able to do whatever the Hell I want, when I want when I get older. I'm 28, married and have a one yr old daughter. The wife isn't working for a few yrs, so we are trying to be smart financially for now
I'm rather selfish in that department:
Maybe my values change again in the future, but right now I'd see my life as a success, if I was able to make enough money by sportsbetting and with some related stuff. I don't need the money because I wanted to buy some stuff, actually I got rid of pretty much anything except my laptop and ipod, some clothes (and bought a bicycle and surfboard down here).
But I need the money because it enabled me to comfortably live my life here in CR the way I want, without worrying about my finances or having to work my stupid office job in Germany ever again. So I could just spend my time doing the things I always wanted to do like doing sports (esp. surfing), learning foreign languages, do some travelling at times, spend times with my friends/family (=the people I care about) and also spend some of my time volunteering in some local projects (which is a much more rewarding work than my old office job and therefore my time spent feels much sensible).
In short: I consider my life a success if I'm healthy and can enjoy my life.
Maybe my values change again in the future, but right now I'd see my life as a success, if I was able to make enough money by sportsbetting and with some related stuff. I don't need the money because I wanted to buy some stuff, actually I got rid of pretty much anything except my laptop and ipod, some clothes (and bought a bicycle and surfboard down here).
But I need the money because it enabled me to comfortably live my life here in CR the way I want, without worrying about my finances or having to work my stupid office job in Germany ever again. So I could just spend my time doing the things I always wanted to do like doing sports (esp. surfing), learning foreign languages, do some travelling at times, spend times with my friends/family (=the people I care about) and also spend some of my time volunteering in some local projects (which is a much more rewarding work than my old office job and therefore my time spent feels much sensible).
In short: I consider my life a success if I'm healthy and can enjoy my life.
Thx. Had you asked me like 5-6 yrs ago, my answer would probably have included many things like a house, fancy sports car or carve out a great career in my job....things I today couldn't value much less. I guess sometimes you just need a wake-up call to straighten out your values and to realize, what's really important in life.
