John Simkin Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan I go along with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob DylanI go along with that. Me too. Are we assuming that said man is unmarried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Blair Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 The Bob Dylan's and the Henry David Thoreau's of the world are good to admire but they are difficult to emulate and call yourself successful. I have described Dylan's personal views as a type of anarchic individualism. If your version of success does not need strong social ties, he is your guy. I think we too often (probably not on this site since most are educators) place success in the category of income. For a quip, I will count myself successful if I earnestly can smile in my death bed or horrific accident that abruptly sends me from this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 It was my birthday on Saturday. The quotation was on the birthday card that my sister and brother in law sent me. She wrote underneath: "the most successful man we know". Maybe they were telling me that I am the most selfish man they know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Geraghty Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 John you selfish Bastard, stop setting up forums for us to use and spend our time all day on for free, discussing things that happened 40 years ago and furthering our knowledge. You make me sick I would have to agree with Mr.Dylan, for me I would love to either make movies, make music or some kind of research to do with the assassination of JFK, does it show that I'm 19? Im never getting a job, gotta keep on rockin forever. John 'live forever' geraghty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigdem Göle Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 In my work life, if I can help my students to express themselves in a foreign language at the end of the academic year, I consider myself successful. Of course, the effort spent by the students plays the most important part in this. Also, as a foreign language teacher, if I can make at least one elementary level student understand the difference between the words "accident" and "incident" by saying "Every accident is an incident but not every incident is an accident.", I feel quite successful. In general, to me, success is being able to make someone smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 the result of being here now, that being a result of being there then, and planting good seeds in fertile soil and letting bad fall on barren ground then and now. from darkness to light and from light to light. thus future is created and if it is in harmony with that which is good then there is success. at least a few steps more in the right direction than in the wrong one is success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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