Topic > Success, academic and professional success: the...

It is something that is happening and it is what we most often identify with the word success. Very often we equate success with being rich and important in the professional world. Academic success, however, depends on doing your best; it's about making the most of our potential. It's about hard work and knowing that you worked to get to where you are. It's about being happy in your career and satisfied with your achievements, whether academic or professional. Career success includes being happy with the choices you make and being proud of what you've done. It's about maintaining interest in your career, whatever it may be. Academic success is about getting the grades you want. Being successful academically or professionally means knowing that you have sacrificed to get what you want where you want and realizing that hard work leads to happiness. This type of success, just like all levels of success, is about setting goals and never losing sight of them. As Benjamin Disraeli said: "The secret of success is consistency of purpose." It's about knowing what you want, doing whatever it takes to get it, and never giving