Reflection+on+the+Definition+of+American+Success

The definition of American success is shortsighted and self-interested. The desire of most is to be rich and happy. What is most true, however, is that people fail to see the disconnect between the two. Often times the feeling is that happiness can not be achieved without money. What this does, then, for the American people is create a false perception of success. An obsession to appear as having fulfilled the “American Dream” takes over and dictates much of what people do in life, thus causing them to lose sight of happiness. The American Dreamer wishing to be successful instead has to devote their time and energy to doing what they themselves want to do not what society tells them in the most elite and prestigious thing to do. By acting for yourself, by yourself, the inclination to impress others diminishes and life starts becoming yours again.

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