Comparative Successes

Comparative successes

    Success is a word that’s often thrown around and many people have their individual ideas of what it means to them. The Webster dictionary definition of success is: 1) Outcome, Result 2) a degree or measure of succeeding and 3) favorable or desired outcome; also the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence.  Since we are emotional beings Success is more than a particular achievement or merely satisfaction with completing a task, success is our life’s work.

    After watching a few videos of the motivational variety, my point of success having a personal meaning seemed to resonate as each individual has his/hers own definition. Steve Jobs the co-founder of Apple computers said, being a success takes a lot of hard work and patience, he also stated that in order to persevere when things get off schedule is to love what you do.  If you love what you do then you will keep it up no matter what happens along the way. Jobs also stated in so many words that you have to have a strong supporting cast or team.

    This attitude would seem fitting for someone who was in his line of business, being a computer mogul in the fast paced world of technology; you have to stay a few steps ahead of the competition. So building a strong team is essential to the success of a man like Steve Jobs because he needs competent people to do the tasks that he doesn’t have time for. Also he needs people to make sure that he as well as others keeps the focus of whatever project they are trying to bring into fruition.

    Will Smith reinforced the point that Steve Job’s made about working harder than the average person will lead to success. Even though Smith grew up in a modest household he was taught to believe that he one day would be very successful at his craft. He also said something that really caught my attention toward the end of the video, he said when he sets a goal there is only a plan A, and that adding a plan B cast doubt on the original plan not working. Doing the impossible is possible was the attitude he adopted, you can feel the confidence in every word he spoke about this concept.

     I think Will Smiths way of thinking serves him well but not because of where he is in life at this point. To be a rapper/actor one has to have a certain amount of cockiness, they have to be very quick on their toes and have a knack for choosing the right producers to work with. As far as the acting part it takes a lot of confidence plus patience, a person has to basically become the role he/she is playing. Another thing I noticed about Will Smith is that he seemed genuine when he spoke. He said that he wanted to make a difference; he wanted his family to make a difference also. I think he has achieved that by being one of the few rap artists to cross over into acting without being cast as a gangster of some sort. Even though Will Smith and Steve Jobs are successful in two different crafts I think they are parallel in the acquisition of that success.