In a world where résumés, grades, salaries, and follower counts are often treated like proof of worth, it’s easy to confuse achievement with identity. This debate asks a deeply human question: **should your value as a person depend on your results?** From school performance and athletic success to career milestones and social status, modern societies tend to reward outcomes more than effort, character, or growth. But does that system reflect reality, or does it create harmful pressure and exclusion? At its core, the topic challenges what “value” truly means. Is value something earned through contribution, productivity, and impact—or is it inherent, independent of what you accomplish? The debate also explores how results are shaped by privilege, luck, mental health, and opportunity, and whether judging people by outcomes ignores the invisible factors behind success and failure. Beyond philosophy, this motion has real consequences: motivation, self-esteem, relationships, parenting, education, hiring, and the way we treat people who struggle. Ultimately, it forces us to define dignity, fairness, and what makes a life meaningful.