KIC+ Manchester Volume 3, February 2014 | Page 10

What is Success?

And how do we achieve it?

Many people want to achieve success in life, but it's easier said than done. There are so many distractions that can be challenging to discipline one's self to accomplish a monumental goal.

The fact is that most people simply have no idea about what they really want. Have you ever asked yourself questions like: What is it that I really want? What does success mean to me? How will this accomplishment make a difference to my life? And what does achieve actually mean?

Each of us has different ideas about success. While some view at it as overall success in life, others compartmentalise it into various aspects of life such as success in their relationships, family, good job, education , financial aspects. Or is it by the legacy you leave behind? If you look through the pages of history, you will come across many individuals who achieve greatness despite seemingly impossible situations.

Money?

All too often we equate a successful life with material possessions. Yet, there are millions of people out there who lead successful, fulfilled lives who may be of modest means. They may not be rich in the financial sense, but they are rich in life and values.

I read a very interesting article on a blog about successful living. It gives a list of 20 important qualities that define success. The list includes sincerity, honesty, wisdom, charity, compassion and much more. You can read the full list here.

For this article, I asked over 25 people from around the globe these 3 questions.

What does success mean to you?

How do you measure success?

How do you achieve it?”

The results were that everybody has a meaning to success; some of them said success is to be able to reach targets, dreams and feeling satisfied in their career, others think success means to have a family ,job and financial success. A variety of answers show how they measure success; people think they can measure success by what effect they have on general people, reaching their goals, getting a career , having qualifications, etc. So how do they achieve it? …. They achieve it by hard work, studying and keep trying to do the best .

Here are some comments from an interview with a successful Kaplan student, Roman from France.

ROMAN CARRE one of the most successful Kaplan Manchester students, the 21-year-old was born in France, lives with his mother and step sister and step father in a town called Lorient west of France.

Roman finished his Baccalaureat (high school) in 2011 , then he started to study a business course for two years part time .

When Roman was studying at college he was working for a French company called S N C F so he began to be successful early, however he was studying and working at the same time.

A year later the French youth became an assistant manager in his job.

He said;”I was looking forward to completing my studies so I decided to study business at university in France.”

If the young man wants to study at university he has to get a good score in the TOEIC exam (TOEIC is an English exam to go to a French university).

Months later Roman decided to go to England to study and improve his English language however he had never studied English before.

Why did he choose Manchester to study? We know Manchester is the second biggest city in the United Kingdom, also people in Manchester are friendly and the cost of living is fair.

He has been in Manchester for 5 months , he arrived on 1st of September last year, his course finishes in February this year, he will be studying at university next September .

Roman started in Lower Intermediate at Kaplan school now he has reached the advanced class.

Mark Richards, Roman’s higher intermediate teacher said “Roman is a cheeky ,charming ,chatty young French man who is sociable and keen to learn.”

About his resolution this year he replied “ I have a wonderful life I don’t have any thing to give up just I have to keep going and care about my studies, also I have to be more enthusiastic .

I have an amazing social life with my family friends I should study , read and have fun.”

Roman likes meeting new people, also making friends. “What makes me stressed is when I have to speak in front of people or present myself,” he said.

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