Measuring Success: As defined by the Deputy CEO of the Bankers Association of Ghana

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers, John Awuah, has opined that the true measurement of one’s success is possible if it is devoid of comparison with others’ successes.
Speaking on the Y Leaderboard Series with Rev Erskine, he said: “Don’t live your life for others. Live it for yourself. Once you have that very much at the top of your mind, you are almost always happy because you are thinking about yourself, not what others are thinking about you.
You cannot control people’s views about you. You can only make sure that you are being true to yourself and hope that people will see you for who you are. What people think about you is none of your business. It is about the kind of value that you see. If it means your children are in that school, it should not be because someone’s children are in that school. It is because you can afford it and you think it is good for the children”.
He observed that most at times, we look at the “outward display of success” that we begin to forget the pertinent factors of success.
Per his view, many people have been reduced to “copycats” by trying to measure their success in comparison to what others have achieved.
“People should not put undue and unnecessary pressures on others. The country is overheating because people who should be renting one bedroom house are living in eight bedroom houses. The country is overheating. We are always looking at what the next person is doing and that is why we become a country of less innovation and more of copycats of what other people are doing”.
He emphasized that one can only know his worth, if he considers success as pertaining to what he can do within his strength rather than pursuing what others will deem as success.
By: Alberta Dorcas N D Armah