What does the term "successful person" mean? What does it mean to be successful? Poll results

Municipal budgetary educational institution

"Average comprehensive school No. 38 Shakhty Rostov region»

Conversation with students

"WHO IS A SUCCESSFUL PERSON"

Teacher: Rumyantsova

Lyudmila Valerievna

2015

To him everyone who wants to realize himself as a person strives.

It's great when you his has reached.

His compared with the pinnacle of happiness.

He stands next to the word "luck", and they are often confused.

AT him need to believe.

To his to achieve, you need to put in a lot of effort.

It's on the way to him they say to a person - "The road will be mastered by the walking one."

Today I want to talk to you about what, probably, every person aspires to. Anyone who wants to realize himself as a person.

I started our meeting with some statements. You probably already have your own assumptions about what is hidden behind the pronoun "OH" in these phrases. Share with me your thoughts.(student answers)

In fact, today we will talk about success, or rather, what kind of person can be called “successful”.

Guys, name the words that you associate with the word "SUCCESSFUL"(student answers)

Interesting options. And here is the definition of the word "SUCCESSFUL" in his explanatory dictionary Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov:

Successful - accompanied by success, successful

Guys, name people you know who you can call successful. And why do you think so.

Guys, I want to ask you: “Can a person who has external signs of success be called successful: a car, a watch, an expensive suit?”

Not always.

For example, in the case when it all went to him without difficulty. For example, he won the lottery, received an inheritance, given by his parents. This is not a success, but an accident. And a person can lose all this as quickly as he gains.

When we still cannot call a person successful: when he is internally restless and unsure of himself. I am not sure of my own success.

They say that the letters that make up any word can help reveal its essence. I suggest you play a kind of linguistic game: let's spell out the word "SUCCESS" and select an adjective for each letter that names the qualities of a successful person.

At - successful, persistent

With - brave, strong

P - professional, principled

E - one with the world and with oneself

W - broad-minded, quick-witted

H - persistent, independent

O - responsible, organized

With - proud

T - hardworking

b (maybe kindness in some cases also helps to become successful)

Let's go back to examples of successful people. I also made a selection of successful people.

And who are these people in their profession?

Now let's look at our records. What is each of these people doing? Looking at the names of these professions, what conclusion can be drawn?

It's completely different types activities. It means that you can become successful in any business, the main thing is to cultivate in yourself those qualities that we talked about.

And this is not all the qualities that can and should have successful man. These are just some touches to the portrait of success.

A person must choose for himself in which area he will become successful. He must first of all ask himself the question: “What do I want to be successful in?” and give yourself direction.

Remember Alice's conversation with the Cheshire Cat:

Please tell me where should I go?

Where do you want to go? asked the Cat.

I don't care ... - said Alice.

Then it doesn't matter where to go, - said the Cat.

This dialogue contains one of essential principles success

Which?

Choose the direction of movement, choose the direction of your activity in which you would like to become successful and develop in yourself those qualities that we talked about. And then, maybe in time, someone will be able to call you a successful person.

But I think that you can now call yourself successful people.

Do you agree with me?(children's answers)

You are successful students, many of you are successful in sports, in creativity.

To wrap up our conversation, I invite you to fill in the blanks on your Ingredients of Success card.

What happened, let it stay with you and help you not to forget about how to become successful in life.

Whether you are successful or not is determined by everyone for himself. And here, it seems to me, a lot depends on whether you are satisfied with the results that you have achieved. If a person has achieved his own goals, but there is still no sense of satisfaction, will he call himself successful, even if everyone around him considers him so? And vice versa - if a person is satisfied with what he has achieved, although success is not at all obvious to those around him, can he be called successful?

I think that success is an internal and very personal state of a person. Just like happiness. A person is successful as much as he himself feels it.

I wish you to feel these sensations and not part with it throughout your life.

Many people dream of fame, wealth and happiness. However, not everyone succeeds in achieving something in life. From the article you will learn about how successful people became successful, how to find the main secrets and principles of luck.

Age-old mystery

Thousands of thinkers, scientists and ordinary people trying to create a universal path to victory. Some people believe that the only way to achieve your goals in life is through hard work. Others are sure that people receive a "ticket" from fortune from birth. Still others are convinced that a person becomes great only because of mystical coincidences. But people who have actually succeeded know that only all of the named points together will help to catch the "firebird".

Absolutely everyone is sure that everything depends on specific person and his ability to recognize and use the chances that fate offers. Of course, it is impossible to reach heights in one hour or several lessons on the topic “How to become a successful person” from a famous lucky person. But if you strive for this and read the relevant literature, communicate with interesting people, that is, every chance to change your life for the better.

In any case, there are rules that unite all the rich and handsome men and women among themselves. The first secret is to set goals and priorities correctly. Immediately think about who you want to be, for example, in 10-20 years, what you need to do to achieve what you want. Start with small tasks. If they are successful, then continue to work in the same spirit.

The second secret: when you go to the goal, do not waste time on things that make you vulnerable and insecure. Try to avoid people who do not share your intentions. The ability to deal with difficulties, criticism and temptations are the main qualities of a successful person. Remember that no matter how hard you try, there will be people who will not appreciate your work.

The third secret: do not put things off until later. Enthusiasm and ideas often lose to laziness and lack of initiative, so try to cultivate punctuality and patience in yourself. After all, men and women with such traits are valued in the world.

Computer genius

The idol of many dreamers is Bill Gates. The story of this man is fascinating and instructive. He was born into a wealthy family. My father worked as a successful lawyer, and my mother was actively involved in charity work. The boy lived in a good area and attended an excellent school. From childhood, parents tried to instill in their son the spirit of competition. Relatives made sure that the boy aspired to science. Little Bill liked to play various games in which he was often the winner.

Already at the age of 10, the boy decided that he would enter the circle in which there are successful people. His father was a role model. Therefore, instead of sports games and fun with friends the boy read a lot and spent time studying.

Ironically, the school had one of the very first computers. Even then, he was interested in a unique machine. Intuitively, he felt that the world will change the program, not the devices on which they are installed. It was at this time that Bill created the first projects. The director encouraged the students with bonuses. For his work, the boy received the first 500 dollars at the age of 15. After graduating from school, the guy set himself the goal of making money on programming. It should be noted that not all the people around him believed in Bill's powers.

Target and means

Parents who knew nothing about computers were against such a desire. They believed that successful people could not do such a thing, and saw their son as a lawyer. The young man entered Harvard. On the machines of the university, he continued to write programs. The money that I got for my ideas I invested in the business. In 1975, Bill and his friend opened their own company, which they called Microsoft. Often a genius worked so hard and diligently that he fell asleep right in the office. The guy dropped out of Harvard. Parents did not share his choice, but the computer genius did not give up.

Bill Gates knew how to become a successful person. The secret of the man was hard work and fabulous ambitions.

In 1978, there were already 11 people in the Microsoft office. Today, the program that his company created has 90% of computer users.

There were ups and downs in the history of this genius, but he confidently walked towards his goal. Several times Bill Gates topped the list of the richest people in the world. Now the multibillionaire gives significant funds to charity. He donates millions to the poor and disadvantaged. His new goal in life is to save the world.

Grief as an incentive

The most successful people work in different directions. If Bill Gates got the fame of a computer genius, then in the world of the book, J.K. Rowling is the leader.

The future writer was born in a simple family. Her homeland was the county of Gloucestershire, which is located in England. She had a younger sister. It was to her that the author read her first stories. At the age of 5-6 Joan wrote a fairy tale. Childhood can not be called sweet. The family often lacked money. The girl was afraid of her father because of her difficult nature. And her mother, whom she loved very much, died when Joan was 25 years old. She took the tragedy very hard. But it was this death that pushed her to work. It should be noted that before cardinal changes, almost all successful people in the world experience something terrible, unusual.

A few months before the disaster, she, racing on a train, imagined a dark-haired boy who had just found out that he was a magician. At that moment, the novelist did not have a pen with her, so more and more new and vivid images surfaced in her head.

Creativity is a pill for depression

She wrote the book very slowly. Behind a short time Rowling survived the death of her mother, a divorce from her abusive husband, and a move back to England. A woman with a small child, whom she gave birth to in 1993, lived very poorly. For some time she suffered from severe depression. Therefore, many dark and evil characters appeared in the draft of the Harry Potter book.

The life of successful people is not always easy. But this writer did not give up and continued to create. She was given strength by the dream that her novel would be published. The story that the world admires today was originally Joan's diary. In it, she solved her problems with the help of fantastic situations. The work saved her from pain and suffering. A woman wrote when the child was sleeping after walking.

In 1995, Rowling completed her first book. However, none of the publishers she applied to agreed to publish the story. Once "Harry Potter" fell into the hands of the daughter of one of the editors. It was the interest of this girl that contributed to the fact that the novel saw the light of day. Over 400 million copies have now been sold. The writer is on the list of the richest women in the UK.

Charity

For some time many friends and even strangers asked a famous author for money. Almost all successful people in the world face this situation. Many women helped. But Joan is of the opinion that big money spoils the personality. The writer herself lives quite modestly and very rarely, even despite her financial situation, allows herself expensive things.

Weekly on mailbox the writer receives thousands of letters. Some of them are from fans. Others are from various organizations asking for help. At first, Rowling gave funds to everyone. But then I realized that it would not be able to help anyone in particular. Later, she decided to create her own charitable foundation. Almost all successful people turn to this practice. Her organization fights against multiple sclerosis, from which her mother died.

No age limits

Everyone has long known that the realization of a dream into reality and a small triumph make a person not only happy, but also improve his health. There is a great example that success can be achieved regardless of age and background. This is a unique person named Grandma Moses.

This American was born in the distant 1860. Since childhood, she loved to draw. All her life she worked hard on the farm. She became an exemplary mother of five children and a good man. time for favorite hobby she didn't have.

The woman retired and started painting. Grandma was in her 70s when a collector from New York liked her work. Simple, soulful landscapes immediately conquered the world. Exhibitions of paintings by the artist were held around the world. The woman created about 1600 paintings and died at the age of 101.

It should be noted that in 2004 her work "The Old Colorful House, 1862" sold at auction for $60,000. The story of Grandma Moses proves that the activity of a successful person does not depend on age.

Characteristics of goals

Everyone's secret to success is unique. Someone needs to make their dream come true good chance and helpful links. Others - a lot of time and a lot of opportunities. But in any case, without colossal work, expenditure of energy and ambition, it is impossible to wake up and become famous in one day.

For many people, happiness and success are not measured in terms of money. bank account, not in the army of fans who are on duty at the door. There are people for whom luck is to fulfill their dream, no matter how strange it may seem to others. The former want simple family comfort, the latter - career development, third - the ability to freely travel around the world. For each individual person, triumph has its own characteristics.

Stories about how successful people became successful are a step that can bring you closer to your goal. It doesn't matter what a person puts in front of him. If his aspirations are pure and bright, sincere work and circumstances will contribute to their realization.

And achieving this is one of the popular topics of modern psychology. Let's try to find the answer to a number of questions.

• What is the difference between successful and unsuccessful?
• How to achieve this?
• What are the criteria and standards for success in society?

AT modern Russia the well-being of a citizen is usually judged by the presence of a prestigious car, expensive and well-known from famous and fashion designers, the opportunity to relax abroad. But, this is only external signs because a successful person has special features that distinguish him from others. Let's talk about this in more detail.

First. A successful person will look for opportunities, while an unsuccessful person will look for excuses and obstacles. For example, in difficult situation lack of money, the first one will find a way to make money, and the second one will voice the reasons why it is difficult to make money during the period

Second. A successful person will act despite reluctance, ignorance and fear. Unsuccessful - will postpone "for later." The second category is usually passively waiting for the problem to be solved "by itself".

Third. A successful person is a person who will always strive for more than he currently is. Otherwise, a special life philosophy begins to operate: "Why? It will do as it is."

Fourth. A successful person will not be afraid to fall because he knows he will do anything to get up again. He has no fear or fear. The unsuccessful one is always afraid that he will make a mistake, because he will not even try to get back on his feet.

Fifth. A successful person will not need stimulation from outside, because he is self-motivated, driven by passion and needs to prove his strength, interest and ability to achieve his goal. Otherwise, the maximum amount of effort will be required for the subject to finally realize what he is striving for.

Sixth. The successful are not afraid to take risks because they understand that life is not predictable. That is why negative circumstances can interfere with the most thoughtful plan. But the unsuccessful will refuse to act from this thought. Therefore, only the installation for this will become the main one.

Seventh. A successful person can be patient, ready to go a long way towards his goal. Moreover, he is aware that in order to solve problems, it will be necessary to apply a large number of labor.

Eighth. A successful person will not be afraid of being rejected, but an unsuccessful one this situation can "knock out of the saddle." Moreover, if you try to achieve something in life, then you cannot do without difficult moments.

Ninth. A successful person believes only in himself, and an unsuccessful person believes in the words and opinions of others about himself and the world around him. Moreover, the second category of citizens usually obey the opinions of the collective, agreeing sooner or later with the generally accepted point of view.

Tenth. Successful person "helps" in activities A big dream, worthy and unsuccessful - will pursue small and narrow-minded goals. There are a large number of examples in history when success came when a goal that was unattainable at first sight was chosen. But with the right, even a very bold strategy will be implemented.

Therefore, if we talk about how to be a successful person, then the unequivocal answer can be the following. It is recommended to develop in yourself the qualities necessary for this. It is available to everyone if there is a desire.

If we talk about how to try to develop these qualities, then you need to keep in mind. Only if there is a constant development and adjustment of one's thoughts and actions in the indicated direction, then one can become successful very quickly.

Question: What qualities and character traits should a successful person have?

Who is a successful person? How to become a successful person? How to move forward career ladder, achieve success in sports, creativity? How to achieve any goals? How to become more successful? After all, every person sooner or later in his life meets with these questions. The answer to these questions is not hidden from anyone - it is necessary to have certain traits inherent in most people who have achieved a lot. You need to have the qualities of a successful person. But what is hidden under the term success? It depends on the individual. For some, this is a happy family, health and spiritual self-realization. For others, it is material wealth. And no success option is wrong.

It is worth considering in more detail the qualities of a successful person. The main thing is the ability to set a goal that you need to strive for. You cannot compare a goal and a dream. A goal is a specific result of any action. A successful person is always sure by what means and when he will achieve it. A dream is a vague concept, unlimited in implementation in time. And here another quality is manifested - self-confidence and self-confidence.

A successful person is always confident in his own decision. He does not depend on the opinions of others and is not subject to suspiciousness. After all, the assessment of others depends on how you evaluate yourself. A successful person always looks at the situation with a sober look, sees bad and the good side. He is always responsible for his actions. But a successful person is not devoid of intuition - flair, the ability to predict the development of events.

Many successful people understand that the qualities of success are not limited to the psychological aspects of personality. They realize that their body is a tool for achieving goals along with the mind. After all, energy and ability to work depend on good physical shape and good health. Yes, and the location of people is easier to win a burst of energy than a person obsessed with his illnesses. Health is a guarantor that gives strength and confidence to solve possible problems.

The desire to learn something new, interest in various aspects of the world around us is one of the main qualities of achieving success. Knowledge opens up new perspectives for a person, gives the surrounding world additional colors. Smart man with a broad outlook, an interesting interlocutor. And communication is a way to get new acquaintances, friends, clients.

A successful person is always charged to achieve the goal. Such people have stubbornness, sometimes turning into obstinacy. Not one failure will make you give up. Even if you have to start over, but a successful person will achieve his goal. This does not mean that you cannot rest. In the daily routine, you should not keep a constant solution to problems - there should always be time for rest. But rest should not turn into banal laziness. For successful people, rest is playing sports or changing the type of activity. As a rule, it is associated with activity.

Here is the secret of how to become successful. All the qualities necessary for success are interconnected. This does not mean that successful people are born. Work on yourself, set goals for yourself and achieve them, overcoming all the hardships and problems that arise. Difficulties only build character. And then you will be able to say: “I AM A SUCCESSFUL PERSON!”

Today I propose to talk about a slightly abstract topic: what does it mean to be successful? When we say what do we mean? As you may have guessed, all thoughts will lead us to the subject of the site: a successful person is primarily associated in most people with a solid financial condition. But first things first…

In the media and on the streets, we periodically meet people who are considered to be successful. We define it by the standard, generally accepted “attributes” of success: an expensive car, expensive clothes, a luxurious house, holidays in world resorts, work in a high position in a prestigious company, etc. Are these people really successful? After all, it is likely that all these external attributes are just a mask that a person wears for one reason or another and behind which lies a bunch of debts and a series of serious failures. Can a person be considered successful if he got an expensive car from his parents or he won it in the lottery? Is a person who gets a high position through blat successful?

Various statistical studies have shown that most often the questions “what does it mean to be successful?”, “Who is a successful person?” Residents of the post-Soviet states respond approximately as follows:

– A successful person is one who constantly puts before himself life goals and reaches them;

– A successful person is a person who is confident in himself, his knowledge, abilities, actions and deeds;

– To be a successful person means to have a highly paid and demanded job;

– Being successful means never resting on your laurels, constantly developing and improving yourself;

– A successful person has a high position in society, public recognition, he is always in demand as a person, he is respected;

- A successful person has leadership qualities, he is able to lead other people;

– A successful person is a person who is able to turn a dream into a goal and achieve it.

Many participants in the research also noted that success cannot be associated solely with a career and financial condition: in order to be successful, you must also have a family, be loved, and some noted that in order to become successful, you need to be rich not only materially, but also spiritually.

In general, the majority of the people surveyed still associated the concept of “successful person” primarily with him.

One way or another, in a modern capitalist society, which, as you know, is ruled by capital, the ability to achieve goals, self-actualize, accumulate wealth always directly or indirectly depends on the state of personal finances. And already the state of personal finance largely depends on psychological qualities person, because it is thanks to their personal qualities a person is able to earn money and accumulate material wealth.

Thus, speaking about what it means to be successful, we come to the conclusion that competent personal finance management plays an important role in this.

And now let's outline the main qualities of a successful person that allow him to make good money, manage his money and achieve his goals:

1. industriousness. As you know, you can’t even pull fish out of the pond without difficulty. Therefore, success is unlikely to fall on its own head.

2. Patience. Nothing happens quickly, the path to success is long and step by step process therefore, a person needs to be patient in order to become successful.

3. purposefulness. Without this quality, you will definitely not be successful. If a person does not strive to achieve their goals, what kind of success can we talk about?

4. perseverance. It takes persistence to be successful. On the way to success, many difficulties will arise that should not stop a person in his striving.

5. Determination. Indecisive people will not be able to become successful, so you need to try to develop this quality in yourself, which is quite real.

You can supplement these qualities of a successful person with others, such as the ability to communicate with people, the ability to plan your time, etc., but at the same time, all of them will follow from these five main ones.

As for a career, as a sign of a successful person, one can argue a little here, in what sense. The fact is that the most successful people in the world (those who are recognized as such by the world community) were not careerists, but investors. Although the career high positions open more possibilities for self-realization in terms of social recognition. But in terms of money, I would still recommend focusing not on career advancement, but on creating sources of passive income - in my opinion this is more promising, and the experience of successful investors speaks of this. A career is good when work does not take away health and brings not only material, but also moral satisfaction. How common is this in our country? Can a person with a nervous system undermined at work be successful?

Also, when talking about what it means to be successful, I would not celebrate family or personal relationships. Still, it seems to me that the wording “to be happy” is more suitable for this, but the concept of “success” has its own clear definition, in which there is not a word about family happiness.

Summing up the above, I would like to focus on the most important, in my opinion, characteristics of a successful person:

– A successful person always moves forward and never stops there;

– A successful person develops in different directions, never gets hung up on one thing;

– Success today is the amount by which a person has surpassed himself yesterday.

In order to be successful, it is not at all necessary to strive to imitate the generally accepted “standards of success”: drive an expensive car or dress in prestigious boutiques. The most important thing, it seems to me, is to be able to achieve goals and not stop there. And the far-fetched external “attributes” of success are just an unreasonable spending of personal finances, which would be much more efficient to use to achieve real goals, and not to create and maintain one’s image of a successful person.

A successful person strives to achieve financial independence, but this should be reflected in the real state of his personal budget, and not in the external demonstration of his wealth.

However, this is just my point of view, your opinion may differ. I would be interested to know who is a successful person in your opinion, what do you agree with and what do you disagree with my point of view on this issue? I invite everyone to the discussion in the comments to this publication.