Success – It’s Only For You To Define

Society has its own standard of “success”. Some people reach it and some don’t. Before you jump on society’s bandwagon, learn to express what true success means to you and only you.

Your goals in life stem from your personal beliefs about life and business. What fills you will joy and a sense of purpose? Explore the Three Success Factors to get started on your personal definition of success.

What Is Your Definition of Success?

Three Success Factors
Several different criteria go into determining a definition of success. There is:

• Your Personal experience
• Your Upbringing
• Your Feelings

Your Personal Experience
Perhaps as a young child, your mother was a solopreneur. She made beautiful handmade doll clothes which were adored by her purchasers. However, while her clothes were loved by others, she didn’t want the spotlight or the praise. Your mother’s reward was not notoriety, but placing the doll clothing into the hands of a happy young child who loved it as much as she did.

That type of experience lets you know that success is more than money. Maybe those clothes netted a fair profit but the main reward was your mother’s talent well used. This is far different from someone who had another person take credit for their work and vowed to never let that happen again. Their goals may be to get all of the recognition for themselves for every little thing that they do.

Your Upbringing
This goes along with personal experience. Our parents were integral in dropping tiny droplets of wisdom in our lives. They taught us to turn the other cheek and help a person in need. All of these lessons roll into our philosophy of how we will search for success in our lives.

Achieving a goal for self satisfaction doesn’t involve money but it is no less a success. Climbing a mountain or learning to fly a plane actually take money but the return on your investment can’t be measured in currency.

Your Feelings
At one time or another we have all been a slave to our emotions. The key is not to let your feelings rule your life, but rather use them to define your life. Use determination to keep you focused on your worthwhile goals no matter what the obstacles. This takes strength of mind.

Use joy to find the silver lining in every cloud. Just because one plan didn’t work to achieve your goal doesn’t mean that another one won’t pan out. Use what you learned to avoid future mistakes but keep moving towards that particular goal.

What success means to you is something only you can determine. Once you establish that parameter, let it guide you through all of the goals you set and strive to achieve in the future.