What is Success?
“What does success mean to you?” Someone asked me this the other day, and it got me thinking. What does success really mean? Furthermore, what does it really mean to me?
Most people think being happy and having a lot of money is key, but it is not. There is much more than having a luxurious life and money.
Some might define success as not having to work more than 40 hours per week, and another person defines success as having a million dollars in the bank account. I’m somewhere in between, I’d say.
BUT…
I also know that success is meeting MY goals. Success is closing those sales. Success is keeping clients happy and content. Success is providing for my son. Success seeing my son happy and working with him.
I think most can relate to the fact that when you start a business, you come in knowing you want to make six figures plus. My goal was to make what I was making in my corporate job. LAME. I made it in no time. Then what?
Some people want to make millions or billions and that equals success to them. But for me, it’s giving the results that my clients want. It is providing for my son in the way that he needs. It is following through and having full creativity with client work.
YES, money is a great part of success, but think outside of the box. You have to set goals; if you do not set goals, then you can’t ever really define your success. Agree?
Whenever I feel down and out, I make a list of people I admire both professionally and personally. This action helps me to understand success and goals for the future.
So tell me, what does success mean to you? Does it mean having money or having a good job? Or something else? Know that you are successful, and set those goals so that you know you are successful.
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Thanks for sharing, I have been giving this a lot of thought recently, amidst reading lots of books on the subject. Success for me is being to live my values not limited by money. You are spot on that its an individual thing
thank you!
You have nailed it when you say that success is meeting your goals. I think that too often we measure our success with someone else’s yardstick rather than using our own.
so true!
“Success is meeting my goals.” That’s a perfect summation. I would say for me success is walking in my purpose.
I like this thanks for sharing.