hich is a more important measure of success: Accomplishment or struggle?
If two people have struggled equally but one has accomplished more then the more accomplished person has clearly succeeded more.
If two people have achieved the same goals one might say they have the same success regardless of a difference in struggle required, But is that accurate? Yes, I think it is.
But what it does not measure is the capability of future success. The person who had to overcome more obstacles has demonstrated a greater resolve to struggle and continue on against future adversity to achieve even greater success in the future.
If there were a future competition between these two hypothetical people who had achieved the same, my money would be on the one who had worked harder and overcame more obstacles in the past.
So, to answer the question of which is a more important measure of success: they both are. Struggle alone is not an indicator of success. Accomplishments alone are not either. It is when one has had to struggle to achieve their accomplishments that they have truly succeeded.
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Wishy-washy.
Posted by: Wilbur | October 3, 2006 06:23 PM