#Questioning

“An unexamined life is not worth living” Socrates stated. Some people may ask themselves several times about the progress they have made. They wonder how significant factors and experiences have influenced and shaped their characters to become who they are today as well as who they want to be. They also wonder how these aspects affect the fulfillment of their goals. Some adults do not have time to question themselves. They are busy coping with life’s everyday tasks. However, questioning is a significant element of everyone’s life which could change it for the better. Besides questioning there are other important factors that could change people’s lives for the better such as success. When success is available in a person’s life, questioning becomes a meaningless factor. Of course, questioning may be useful, but not in all of one’s life stages.

Success plays a significant role in people’s lives. It is a key factor that enables people to experience fulfillment. The Higher a person achieves on Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs; the better he is doing. Success is a subjective notion that a person can use to detect if he is passing all the stages correctly to reach the self-actualization state. The latest statistics show that if people are asked about the most important factor that makes them satisfied, the decisive answer is success. Moreover, success plays a predominant role affecting a person’s work. In fact, how a boss deals with a worker is basically depends on how successful he or she is. For instance, a successful worker has the priority to get a promotion and to be closer to his boss. Therefore, success is important in everyone’s life.

Moreover, success provides a student with enough confidence academically. For example, in college life most students who are not afraid of sharing their opinions in a class are those whose GPA is high, because they are confident enough to express their views. Additionally, success offers a student with some qualifications. It is known that universities honor the outstanding students. If a student achieves more than 3.5 in two semesters respectively, her/his name will be in the vice president list, for example. Consequently, universities make a special ceremony and give prizes in accordance with a student’s academic standing. These will add a unique flavor to a student’s life. Being a successful student could assure the stability of his\her future.

In addition, success is a fateful choice in a woman’s life. It is important how people will perceive her. No one denies how it is important to be a respectable woman in a society i.e. social acceptance. To illustrate, if a woman is a successful, people will appreciate her and deal with her respectfully. Being successful in her education or in her work proves that her life is not useless and her existence matters. Discrimination between girls and boys in some families could be an issue that damages her confidence. Consequently, success will be the only escape that will rescue her. Success is a substantial pillar in woman’s world.

However, questioning could assure that a person is on the right path. It is a first key factor of being the best version of him or herself. In fact, asking questions like am I on the right path? or am I better than the person I used to be? are meaningful questions that enable an effective action in the self-development process. Of course, being truthful in answering these questions make a difference. For instance, being a tolerant person is not easy when a person imposed to a new culture; even though people may underestimate him for his color or gender. Consequently, questioning becomes a helpful tool that examines the stability of a one’s values. Self-questioning in a person’s life is a step toward a one’s milestone.

Moreover, questioning could be a basic element of achieving a successful life, the academic and social ones specifically. Many people believe that college life is the most interesting period, but at the same time it is the hardest. Shaping an opinion is a critical part of a student’s life. In order to have an ability to defend his views, a student has to be skilled in questioning his own choices and defend them wisely. For instance, if a student is studying Mass Communication and others disagree with his choice and judge it as a useless field of study, he must be ready to prove his interest of this study strongly. In order to do that, he has to face himself and question why he is studying this so he will be ready for any opponents. Additionally, in the university social context, adapting could be a solution, but not the one that diminishes a student’s personality. A student has to distinguish between right and wrong. In fact, it is his responsibility to choose what suits him. In other words, he has to experience how to say no at the right time in some cases. To illustrate, if a friend tries to convince him to attend a party or watch a movie, a student should not say yes to satisfy his friend and ignore his own interests instead. Thus, it is obvious how questioning is an advantageous thing in a student’s.

Furthermore, questioning plays a significant role in a woman’s life. It is a key factor to resist injustice and violence. Although we are in the 21st century, women’s rights are still a debatable case in the world. The majority of women prefer to keep silent and hide her pains instead of breaking their fears. Every woman should ask herself if she faces any type of violence such as gender equality issues specifically the equal paid jobs. Even though a woman has a same level of a man’s qualification, she cannot rule a high position like a man does. In addition, if she has a child, her career will be in danger because most companies do not prefer a worker mother and in anytime they discharge her. In order to keep a woman safe and secure her rights, questioning is a first step in the remedy process.

To conclude, a person should not feel afraid of questioning him/herself. Sometimes, it is a choice that a person should choose, otherwise a person’s life will not be his or her life but other’s life. The more questions a person ask, the better life he/she gains. In short, if a person continues his life without checking it, his life means nothing literally. A successful life can’t be achievable without questioning which is an essence core of it. If someone asks how to be successful questioning would be the first step of it.

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