Chesterton's Definition Of Success
Throughout the essay G.K Chesterton bashes on writers who make books about prominent individuals’ “success” by defining it as greed and proudness. He states that anything is capable to be successful in the first place simply by being what it is.
“That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.”
As the example implies, success by itself is meaningless and in individual cases it’s just a way to confirm that you have done what you are supposed to do. How the success was accomplished means little, be it hard honest work or cheating, as long as the goal is reached then it is considered a success. Chesterton indicates that someone playing cards would rather read
“That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.”
As the example implies, success by itself is meaningless and in individual cases it’s just a way to confirm that you have done what you are supposed to do. How the success was accomplished means little, be it hard honest work or cheating, as long as the goal is reached then it is considered a success. Chesterton indicates that someone playing cards would rather read