"You're more successful than you realize," a video released by A Plus closes with, and if the clip's content indicates anything, it's that sometimes it just takes a conversation with a loved one to help put success into perspective.
At the video's start, people rate their own success on a scale of 1 to 10, holding a whiteboard to the camera, explaining why they chose the displayed figure.
As Javier Moreno of Buzzfeed noted, people are their own harshest critics.
"I don't think I'm in a job I want to be doing for the rest of my life, necessarily," explains a man who gave himself a "6."
Other critiques detail their standing in society.
"It's really hard to feel successful when there are a lot of variables in your life," says a woman who rates her successes at "4."
However, Craig Carilli of Good magazine wrote that loved ones' ratings provide a different story.
When loved ones rated, most scribe a "10" "11" even, in one case and talk about the creativity, generosity and intelligence of the people they care about.
A Plus producer Jordan Zaslow told Buzzfeed that just as the video shows, someone else's opinion of us can give a much-needed boost.
"We have a tendency to feel like were not as good or smart or successful as wed like to be," Zaslow said. "But if we tuned out our own self-doubt and saw ourselves through someone elses opinion of us, we might find that were doing better than we thought we were."
At the video's start, people rate their own success on a scale of 1 to 10, holding a whiteboard to the camera, explaining why they chose the displayed figure.
As Javier Moreno of Buzzfeed noted, people are their own harshest critics.
"I don't think I'm in a job I want to be doing for the rest of my life, necessarily," explains a man who gave himself a "6."
Other critiques detail their standing in society.
"It's really hard to feel successful when there are a lot of variables in your life," says a woman who rates her successes at "4."
However, Craig Carilli of Good magazine wrote that loved ones' ratings provide a different story.
When loved ones rated, most scribe a "10" "11" even, in one case and talk about the creativity, generosity and intelligence of the people they care about.
A Plus producer Jordan Zaslow told Buzzfeed that just as the video shows, someone else's opinion of us can give a much-needed boost.
"We have a tendency to feel like were not as good or smart or successful as wed like to be," Zaslow said. "But if we tuned out our own self-doubt and saw ourselves through someone elses opinion of us, we might find that were doing better than we thought we were."
