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The check mark is a symbol of success.

Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. [1]

The process of learning is entirely dependent on success.[2][3] It involves making a prediction and paying attention to the outcome of an event.[4] Success in a discipline or an industry involves a normalisation of expectations.[5]

Etymology

Mid 16th century, 1530s, from Latin successus, an advance, a coming up, happy outcome, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’.[6][7]

Measuring Success

The difficulty of measuring success comes from the difficulty of both formulating the expectations and checking whether they are met.

Tools

Some of the tools to measure success :

Factors of success

Among the many factors of success we can list[9] :

Strategies for success

Among the many strategies for success we can list[11][12] :

  • Careful Organization of experimental conditions
  • Focused Orientation of attention
  • Clear Definition of specifications
  • Systemic Elimination of Factors of Failure

See also

References

  1. ^ "Definition of Project Success". www.pm4dev.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Why we learn more from our successes than our failures". MIT News. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. ^ Steup, Matthias; Neta, Ram (2020), "Epistemology", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2020 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2020-02-18
  4. ^ Smout, Cooper A.; Tang, Matthew F.; Garrido, Marta I.; Mattingley, Jason B. (2019-02-27). "Attention promotes the neural encoding of prediction errors". PLOS Biology. 17 (2): e2006812. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2006812. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 6411367. PMID 30811381.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  5. ^ Zedler, Joy B (2007). "Success: An Unclear, Subjective Descriptor of Restoration Outcomes". Ecological Restoration. 25 (3): 162–168. doi:10.3368/er.25.3.162.
  6. ^ "Success | Definition of Success by Lexico". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  7. ^ "success | Origin and meaning of success by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  8. ^ Gawande, Atul. (2010). The checklist manifesto : how to get things right (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8050-9174-8. OCLC 465378674.
  9. ^ forward, Personal Success moving; Factors, Success (2012-05-21). "9 Success Factors for Personal Growth: Moving Forward to Achieve..." Brian Tracy’s Self Improvement & Professional Development Blog. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  10. ^ Lebowitz, Shana (2017-10-09). "Why Your IQ May Have More Influence on Your Success Than You Think". Inc.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  11. ^ "7 Strategies for Success | McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning". mcgraw.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  12. ^ Grant, Heidi (2013-03-25). "The Most Effective Strategies for Success". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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