Success Happy

How to be successful?

I am currently 23 years old and I was walking in my neighborhood the other day and became very depressed when a question came to mind. I rent an apartment in a fairly nice neighborhood for my city/town and was taking a stroll around the subdivision and I started noticing everyone's houses and vehicles. In my neighborhood almost every property seems to be very nice. They are multi-storied houses with beautiful landscaping and parked in front of them are multiple newer nice vehicles. Im not talking anything extravagant, but $200 - $450,000 houses with $35-$60,000 dollar vehicles. Some had boats or Jet Skis in the yard. Mediocre to some but to me this would be a great feeling to have accomplished. I understand that not everyone lives like this but and to have this sort of ownership seems almost unfeasible to me and I was just wondering how people become successful enough to afford nice things like this. I have worked since I was 13 and know what it means to earn a dollar. I have graduated from a technical school with an associates degree in computer networking but so far I have only been able to land a job making $10/ hour part-time in a Network Operations Center near my home town. Before that I was a shift manager at Taco Bell making around $8.50/hour. So as I'm walking around and noticing this the question came to mind if I was ever going to be able to afford nice things like this. Then I started wondering what it is that these people do in their daily life to be able to afford nice things like this. Are they really more intelligent than I am? Are they doing something that I most likely couldn't do? I understand these people are much older than I am but some not too much older maybe but ten years, Some much more. But as I walk around I fear never to have the accomplishments of just this mediocre neighbor hood and it highly upsets me. I understand money is not everything in life but i would just love to one day have ownership of the lifestyle of these people. Im not shooting for riches but even mediocrity seems far fetched for me. I am not sure how many people my age are worrying about things like this but I know that it doesnt just happen overnight and would like to know what it is people do for a living. Answers to this question could be what maybe you do for a living and how did you get to where you are today or just simple discussion. Any response is appreciated. So my current answers I have received are not really what I am looking for. It surprises me people take time out of there day to waste others time. To answers jf's question my notion of success would include having a great kid and good friends as a success but I would like to do be able to do more than own a starter home and used vehicles. Is mediocrity really that hard to achieve?

Public Comments

1. Step on anyone on the way up. Murder, lie, cheat, steal.
2. Do hard leabour
3. Redefine your notion of success. I make a decent living but, will never own a new car and will probably only ever live in the one and only starter home I bought. But, I've got a phenomenal kid, great friends, and can look after myself. I'm affluent. Finally, the neighborhood isn't the problem. It's you. Most millionaires are self employed. Work hard and you can be successful anywhere.
4. I see your stuck in a rut my dear. Well my story I got to where I am with hard work. I work in the health industry making great money but I earned it. What we do is educate people on natural products. we don't sell or deal with inventory just educate and that's it. This is a work from home position and all you have to do is be motivated and hardworking to succeed in this business. If you ever want to know more and need help with changing your life and income email me!