The BIG Question- Abstract

The dictionary defines success as the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors, and failure as an act or instance of proving unsuccessful, nonperformance of something due, required, or expected. Success can also be seen as "truly living," where as "struggling to live" is not. The need of this study is to see what we can change in our culture and lifestyles to become more successful and prevent failure from an early age. By understanding what brings us down we can prevent those things from holding us back in the future. In order to be successful we may have to make changes in our life, which is often difficult. We must take risks and not let our pride get in the way of learning, growing, or collaborating. After establishing definitions of failure and success, I will start by sharing a story of a college class where in order to receive credit for the course you had to fail. From there I will discuss the downfalls of being being so driven to succeed that you lose sight of what is important to you and ultimately end up failing.