You want to succeed.
If you didn't, you wouldn't be here right now.
And you certainly wouldn't be walking long distances to summer school classes in 104-degree weather — yes, it really is that hot — if you didn't want to get somewhere in life.
Whether you plan to end up in a comfortable chair in the boardroom of a multimillion-dollar company, at the head of a classroom of 20 second-graders or at the podium addressing Congress, each college student has a slightly different take on the definition of success.
This week's State Press features an unusual number of success stories.
From the softball team winning their first-ever Women's College World Series championship to two former ASU students who dreamed up a "nothing" business that became a $9 million a year international company, ASU students have had a pretty good week.
Fourteen of our baseball players got drafted to play in the major leagues, and the team continues to plow through practically every opponent it meets.
One ASU professor is getting closer and closer to breakthroughs in medicine and technology by working to create a stronger version of DNA, the building block of life.
But one ASU graduate has Leber's congenital amaurosis, which allows him to see only a couple of notes on a sheet of music.
However, we say his success is the greatest of all.
After those 14 baseball players finish out their long, successful major league careers — provided they don't get injured somewhere along the way — we hope they have more to show for it than a box score.
Not to say those accomplishments aren't as noble or inspiring, but too often the world reveres those whose successes are easier to notice and ignores the success stories written in slightly smaller type.
While making millions would be nice and winning big games is exciting, eventually the championship ring rusts over and the coffers run dry.
The quality of character that is formed by the hard work and dedication it takes to overcome such a devastating disability like Todd MacIntyre's is truly something to be proud of.
There have been volumes of stories written about MacIntyre, and he's been honored with numerous awards in his not much more than two decades of life.
But let us add just one more accolade to his already impressive resume.
He never discovered GNA or got drafted to the major leagues. He didn't win a CWS championship and probably doesn't haul in millions of dollars yearly, but if Todd McIntyre isn't a success, it's time to define the word differently.
