When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

The Britannica Dictionary gives the following definition of the word „successful”:

1. having the correct desired result, ending in success.

2. having gotten or achieved wealth, respect, or fame.

Nowadays, the words “success” and “successful” are accompanied by a bitter aftertaste in social media’s temporary, fast-running, progressing world. If someone decides to observe the criteria that define a person as successful and compares them to the ones four or five decades ago, he surely can notice today a downgrade of current criteria—having thousands or millions of followers on Instagram or TikTok, wearing the most expensive clothing brands, owing huge companies, driving fancy cars, living in and enjoying luxuries, having a beautifully shaped body, of course, not to forget the millions of money on the bank account. By fulfilling only one or two of these criteria, no matter how, you are considered successful.

However, once someone receives the reputation of being successful, it doesn’t take long for it to turn into an air bubble, or, as some call it, downfall: shady business, tax fraud, violence, drugs, and sex.  The best up-to-date example is P Diddy.

Therefore, I would be careful which person I call successful since successful people automatically become idols for the young generation.