Kiwis Say Having Family & Friends Equals Success

Kiwis Say Having Family & Friends Equals Success

A recent survey exploring what success means to New Zealanders revealed that a close loving family and a supportive group of friends rate as our most important indicators of success.

The survey, conducted by Unitec Institute of Technology, showed that being confident with your personality, attitude, and beliefs, was the second most important success factor to Kiwis. Coming in third place was "success means having financial security".

"The survey revealed some really encouraging results; younger New Zealanders, those under 35, rate 'setting goals and achieving them' them high in their list of critical success factors. Over half of the 1008 respondents surveyed stated that success was about having a job that makes them want to get up in the morning. It is reassuring to know that New Zealanders, especially our future generations, are thinking about what they want to achieve in their lives and how to go about it," said Unitec's Acting Chief Executive, David Coltman.

The survey is part of Unitec's latest instalment in the We Make The People Who Make It campaign, which ask what success means. The campaign highlights the lives of Unitec alumni and what success means for them. This stage looks at what the word success means to everyday New Zealanders, and how Kiwis can make their idea of success a reality.

Other campaign elements include a microsite asking Kiwis to share what their idea of success is, and a host of supportive ambassadors providing some fantastic points of view on what success means to them. Unitec will pick three of the submissions to the microsite and help enable their success by providing a Success Package with a value of up to $10,000.

Unitec Student President Ben Kevey said the campaign will help to find out just what New Zealand's measures of success really are, and at the same time showcase some of the most fantastic talent in New Zealand.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what people put forward as their personal ideas of success through the Microsite. The word is used so often these days, so it will be great to see what we as students think, in comparison to the rest of New Zealand. We know what the survey results show, but what else can people's stories tell us about how we, as a nation, define success?"

To find out more, and upload your own idea of success to the Unitec Microsite, visit "http://www.mysuccess.ac.nz/"

Other findings of the survey include:
• Half of Kiwis describe a successful legacy as being 'enriching the lives of others in some way' with females (60%) being more concerned about this than males (40%)
• Younger generations are more likely to believe success is earning good money even if it means more work stress compared to older generations
• Younger generations more optimistic, believing that being successful is 'leaving their mark on the world' than older Kiwis
• Kiwi males believe having enough money to buy whatever you want, is more important than females believe it is

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