By not drafting your own definition of success, there’s a high probability that you’re pursuing someone else’s definition. Maybe it’s your parents’ definition of success, or your boss’s, or even society’s definition of what a successful life should look like. Below you’ll find thirty-one phrases that you can mix and match to create your own, unique definition of success. Success is:

1. Making the world a better place.

2. The attainment of wealth, awards, status, and power.

3. Achieving the goals we set for ourselves.

4. Making a difference, if only in one person’s life.

5. To be recognized as one of the foremost experts in your chosen field.

6. To feel loved and understood.

7. Having the love and respect of family and friends.

8. Doing work you love.

9. To laugh often.

10. Having robust health and a high level of energy.

11. Being happy and content in the now.

12. Having enough money to cover monthly expenses.

13. Crossing off every item on your bucket list : to try new things, travel, find hobbies in which you can completely lose yourself . . .

14. Having lots of time for leisure activities.

15. Raising a healthy, happy child.

16. To use up all of the potential that you came to earth with; making the most of your talents.

17. To live an exciting life.

18. Finding work that feels like play.

19. Achieving inner peace.

20. Achieving the right balance between work and family life.

21. Feeling comfortable in your own skin.

22. Having goals that excite you and make you jump out of bed each morning.

23. Adequate shelter, food on the table, health, and a happy home.

24. Going out into the world each day and doing the very best you can.

25. Being able to quit your day job and live comfortably off of investment income.

26. Helping others with your unique talents.

27. Working hard and playing hard.

28. Coming up with a truly original idea and seeing it through to its implementation in the real world.

29. Being true to yourself.

30. Loving another with all your heart and soul.

31. Creating something new and extraordinary.

So, what’s your definition of success?

如果沒有拿起筆定義自己的成功，你追求的很有可能是別人的定義。或許是父母的，或許是老板的，或許甚至是社會規定的成功生活模式。以下31個短句，你可以進行混搭量身定做自己的、獨一無二的成功。成功是：

1. 把世界創造的更加美好。

2. 獲得財富、獎勵、地位和權力。

3. 完成為自己設定的目標。

4.對一個人的人生有著重大影響。

5. 在你所選的領域里，被認為是一流專家之一。

6. 感到被愛和被理解。

7. 擁有家人和朋友的愛和尊重。

8. 做你熱愛的工作。

9. 時常大笑。

10. 擁有健康的身體和旺盛的精力。

11. 此時此刻開心又滿足。

12. 有足夠的錢用于每月的開銷。

13. 劃去遺愿清單上的每一個條款：嘗試新事物，旅行，找尋可以完全失去自我的愛好。

14. 擁有許多業余活動的時間

15. 撫養一個健康快樂的小孩。

16. 耗盡伴隨你來到世上的所有潛力；充分利用你的天賦。

17. 過著激動人心的生活。

18. 找份好玩的工作。

19. 達到內心平靜的境界。

20. 在工作和家庭生活之間找到合適的平衡點。

21. 裸體時感到自在。

22. 擁有讓你興奮得每天早晨都會蹦跳著下床的目標。

23. 有房子、食物、健康和一個幸福的家。

24. 每天盡你所能融入這個世界。

25. 能夠辭去工作，通過投資所得過上富足的生活。

26. 用你特有的才能幫助他人。

27. 努力工作，盡情玩耍。

28. 提出一個真正獨到的想法，看到它在現實世界中的落實。

29. 對自己誠實。

30. 全心全意的愛一個人。

31. 創造新穎獨特的東西。

那么，你對成功的定義是什么呢？