Defining Success

This cluster consists of comments debating the meaning, subjectivity, and metrics of 'success', often challenging claims about successful people, ventures, or strategies by questioning what constitutes success.

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Sample Comments

pjmlp Jun 29, 2023 View on HN

The "success" of others prove otherwise.

mbg721 May 19, 2022 View on HN

There are plenty of people known for being successful who were previously not-very-successful at something else. You hear about the thing that worked.

loco5niner Dec 9, 2020 View on HN

Depends on how you define 'succeed'.

bpyne Jul 17, 2014 View on HN

Success is highly subjective. Perhaps you mean different?

knightinblue Apr 29, 2009 View on HN

What exactly constitutes 'success' tho?

OJFord Jan 20, 2020 View on HN

What's 'success' here?

PUSH_AX Sep 23, 2023 View on HN

Ah ok, some success is ok, some is not.

riemannzeta Aug 29, 2015 View on HN

what do you mean by "more successful"?

fredgrott May 17, 2016 View on HN

its not how many unsuccessful ones, its how big of success is the successful one..

yompers888 Aug 4, 2016 View on HN

We might have to define success