Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life – having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Read the complete book review.
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Success to me is being authentic to yourself, happy with your choices, and excited to face a new day when you wake up every morning. I am making less now than I was a few years ago, but I am happier now than I have ever been. Maybe my definition is a little unconventional, but money {especially in a time of economic stress} does not success make – satisfaction with your life does!
Living authentically and being present. Enjoying the things in life that money can’t buy. Letting go of grudges because life is too short. Having the courage to try new things even when you’re scared.
To me, being successful is feeling like I’m always working towards something, looking forward, working hard to reach my goals every day. Of course there are large goals and small goals each and every single day, and some of them you reach easily and others you don’t, but as long as I am reaching for them, I can say I am successful. Simone de Beauvior said that a lack of progression is the cause of depression, which I really relate to. As long as I feel as if I am not moving I can feel those dark clouds creeping in.
Success to me is finding a love for what you do and giving it your all! It’s important to find that inner passion and take it as far as possible. Earning a lot of money is great if it happens, but doesn’t seem to drive me to do things I’m not totally in to…I’ve learned this the hard way.
Well sure, doing what you love and excel at is great…but isn’t it really all about the $$$ in the end? Being successful doesn’t mean living in a cramped apartment in a sketch building in parkdale while pursuing your passion for finger painting does it? Yes you need to follow your passion but it’s got to pay out to be a success…I think that’s the gauge, like it or not.
Maybe if I had a copy of The White Tiger it would change my perspective?
Success to me means that others see me as a resource and look to me for my opinion on big decisions at work.
Success is subjective; it could mean alot of different things to people at different points in their lives. For some people success could be financial- wealth, social status, acquisition of material items. For others, success could be about being a good parent, friend, sibling etc.
For me, success means setting a goal and accomplishing that goal.
Achieving success in whatever endeavor I select to pursue.
Success would be to reach and achieve the goals that I set for myself. Ultimately, true success would be to reach the maximum potential of who I am.
I live by the old adage “Success is a journey, not a destination”. The greatest measure of success is not what one gets from it, but rather what one becomes through it.
In my opinion, success means achieving your goals and perpetually striving for new feats to conquer.
To me, success is gaining the respect and admiration of the people who mean the most to you.
I think success is making goals and achieving them.
On some days, they may be small goals like simply getting through the day and remembering to get milk on the way home. Or larger life goals like finishing War & Peace, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro or other ‘bucket list’ things.
Success should be attributed to accomplishing the goals that are important to you and not the goals that you think society/family/boss expects of you.
Thank you all for being so patient!
We are finally up and running and will resume regular posts next week.
I would like to thank you all for sharing your comments, it’s wonderful to see that success really is defined by the person not the task! Trying to pick winners was not easy!
But here they are:
Amanda
Simone
Liz
Clare
Jen
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