Let's stop for a moment and discuss what success means to you. Webster defines success as a "favorable outcome...attainment of wealth, favor or eminence". How often have you seen someone in a new BMW or Mercedes zipping down the road and thought, "That person must be pretty successful". But is he really a success? Is the family living in a big house with a nicely landscaped yard and a pool successful? Does he or she have a happy marriage?
Maybe these folks are up to their ears in debt. Maybe they lie awake at night wondering how to make next months mortgage or car payment. Does being successful (rich) bring happiness? Are the parents with four children driving the used mini-van more successful (happy) than the stressed out single over 30 professional with the new sports car and a killer car payment? Here’s another definition of success from author Christopher Morley, “There is only one success …To be able to spend your life in your own way”.
What is your definition of success? Is it the accumulation of wealth and possessions? Is it having a happy, long healthy life, having a loving marriage/relationship? Is it being able to go to your child’s ball game or school recital instead of jetting off to some faraway city? Or is it making a meaningful contribution to your community?
Try this self-coaching exercise:
“The Tombstone Test” Take a minute and think about what you would like to have put on your tombstone. I don’t mean to be morbid. I just want you to take a moment to reflect. Do you want the stone to say “He worked 60 hours a week” or “ He drove a BMW”? There’s an old saying, I don’t know who said it, but it goes something like this, “No one on their death bed ever wished they had spent more time at the office”
If you were to die right now what would your family and friends say as they gave a final toast to you? If you are not happy with what their honest response would be, now’s the time to change.
Now create your own definition of success. If right now you don’t measure up to this definition, that’s okay. back on track.
Coach Pete Tip: What Does Success Mean To You? - To learn more about this author, visit Pete Turner's Website.
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