Success should be redefined to include well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving back rather than just money and power.
“what we're trying to teach here at thrive and what i'd love everybody listening and watching to take home is to redefine success to include a third metric nothing wrong with the first two but the third is what completes our purpose and it includes well-being you know prioritizing our health and well”
Jay Shetty Podcast · Mar 2021 · 1 episode · 18K views on this topicTrue success should be redefined to include health, well-being, personal peace, and alignment with one's values, rather than just achievement and external accolades.
“I had to really kind of go like what what is success for me and to what degree do I get to be a part or my happiness or my peace of mind or my health and well-being, physical, mental, emotional health and well-being. to what degree did those get to be a part of the equation”
TED · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 17K views on this topicTrue success should not be defined by external achievements or public accolades, which are fleeting, but by cultivating well-being, meaningful relationships, and a fulfilling life.
“success is what you define it to be and that actually happiness starts to be more important to you than what society quote unquote deems success because success is fleeting and maybe success is a moment but you're quickly replaced”
The Peter Attia Drive · Jan 2020 · 1 episode · 996 views on this topicThe American ideal of success, which emphasizes individualism and independence, is inherently isolating and antithetical to the interdependent nature of human beings.
“I learned that you know kind of unsurprisingly the American ideal of what success is is a very isolating one. You know we really uphold the idea of independence as a measure of success. which is kind of fundamentally antithetical to what it means to be a person.”
10% Happier · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 790 views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.