I believe in the word “Success”. The word can motivate me and perhaps other people to do something successfully. The word “Success” can also inspire me to work hard in order to reach the results of my work because I think when we are strong-minded; we will try to achieve the targets that we have set up earlier. However, to succeed in every activity is not that easy; we need to sacrifice such as feeling, energy, money, and time. For example, it was in 2007 when I worked with one NGO focusing on education in Indonesia and we visited some remote and inaccessible areas to meet some teachers and help them to set up their school and convince students’ parents that schooling is very essential. We needed more than 5 months to persuade them so that they would rather send their children back to school than help them in farming activities.
Moreover, I believe that the word “Success” does not have a single meaning. It has multiple meanings. For me, one cannot be said as a successful person when people around him or her are not successful as well. It means when you are successful but you ignore the other people around you such as mother, father, sisters, brothers, relatives, and neighbors, then you cannot be said as a successful person. More specifically, we should share our success to the other people. e.g. we inform the other people how to reach success in their own interest. The other example is a teacher cannot be judged as a professional and successful one if only two or three of his or her 30 students are successful.
Success cannot be measured only by looking at or relying on someone’s property such as having cars, houses, money, and companies. However, a teacher in a remote area who is successful in motivating her students to come back to school is also an example of a successful story. Lastly, I would like to say that the word “ success” has a powerfully inspiring meaning to guide someone not to give up in order to be successful not only for himself but also for people around him.
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