Why not you?

Editor's Note: This is from a commencement speech at Florida State University's graduation given May 6 by Brian Murphy, founder, president and CEO of ReliaQuest, a Tampa-based company that specializes in IT security. ReliaQuest is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Tampa, with more than 200 employees, including nearly 100 hired in 2016. Murphy graduated from FSU in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.

Not long ago, in December of 2000, I was sitting right where you are... I remember thinking: This is it. Now it's time to go find success. Now it's time to win. Now it's time to go be great. At the time, I thought success was this singular thing. This destination. This place you packed a bag to get to. And once you get there, you're done. You're good.... It was a point I needed to run to.... I couldn't have been more wrong.

Success is multiple. It's interdependent. It's dynamic. It means something different to everyone. Success is personal. It's something you strive for, and I'm not sure you ever reach it... Hopefully I'll never reach it. Hopefully it's something I keep striving for.