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Vol (number)	4(3)
title	Narrative Inquiry into Successful People’s Life after their Accomplishment in Korean Society
author(s)	Hye-Jin Kim·Young-Joo Han (Korean Counseling Graduate University)
Keywords	success, successful people, life aft er success, narrative inquiry
Abstract	Th is study on the successful people’s life aft er their accomplishment in Korean Society is aimed to comprehend how these people live their lives aft er success, what success means to them, what processes and changes they went through, and how the life stories unfolded for them. Th e life of research participants were explored in three-dimensional aspects of time, society, and place as the successful people’s life aft er their accomplishment in Korean Society is a collection of stories that these people have been, are and will be living. Narrative Inquiry(Clandinin, & Connelly, 2000), one of the qualitative research methods to understand and offer meaning to experiences of successful people’s life aft er the success, was selected to conduct the research. Th e participants who experienced both subjective - accomplished their own goals - and objective successes - success acknowledged by the society - were selected from diff erent sex and occupation, age of 60 years or older([Kim Jae-Hyun], [Joo Yeon-su], [Lee Sang-Woo]). Th e life of the participants aft er the success were segmented in chronological order and examined, following the time sequence. Th ese experiences are titled as ‘Never ending story’, ‘Th e moment when two lives are connected’, and ‘Right at this moment, as it is’ to revitalize the language of the participants. The success to the participants is something dwelling in each individual’s life; it is diffi cult to express in one word or sentence. Th e researcher and the participants have experienced a change through the story of life aft er success, and the genuine meaning they found in the process in life aft er success is “Here and now, accept this moment as it is.”
file	Hye-Jin Kim·Young-Joo Han 4(3).pdf