What Is Success?
I used to dream of success. I pictured myself in a shiny convertible sports car pulling into the circle driveway of my 3 story white mansion on a crystal clear lake. In my vision of success, I had the world at my fingertips. Is this how you envision success? If so, prepare to never meet it; and if you do, prepare to be disappointed.
I think that this Hollywood vision of success is what drives so many people to either become work-a-holics or just give up and wallow in self pity. People are measuring success by the visions of others instead of developing their own visions and goals. I try to show people that personal success isn’t about what you end up with; it’s about who you end up being.
In your next daydream about the successful you, stop thinking about all of the things that are around you and the power that the future you has over others and think for a moment about the type of person that that successful version of you is. Write out the qualities such as contentment, control, free, confident, educated, etc. Maybe that vision of success only has one requirement; that you are happy.
Work hard at becoming that person. That is your true measure of success.