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So, how do you come up with you personal measure of success? By asking what I asked my student, ' Why do you want to achieve whatever it is that you're trying to measure?'
For example, 'Why do you want to have XX Millions in the bank?' I know, I can pretty much hear you laughing at that question. No, seriously, stop and answer it, because if the number of zeros to the left of the decimal point is the only thing that dictates success you wouldn't find people still working after they've reached a certain reasonable level of wealth. But that's definitely not the way it works. I've been keeping lists of what I want to accomplish as long as I can remember. But I realized some time ago that the lists where only as valuable as I was willing to be flexible.
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I've achieved some of my most audacious goals, but there are others that I've had to set aside, either because my own values changed or because the original goal wasn't really something I wanted. What I've learned is that setting down why the goal is important to me allows me to find different paths to the achieve the why even though I may not get there in the same way I thought I would. Don't be afraid to change the metrics of success as the awareness of your own needs changes and evolves. All of the accolades and awards are wonderful trophies to place on your mantel or on your walls. I have them as well.
But as I said earlier they are only the shadows of success, its adornments; shadows and adornments don't keep you warm. Its' the ability to spend your time the way you want. Towards the end of his life Steve Jobs offered up what I feel is one of his most heartfelt and relevant quotes, 'My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.' But you already knew that! One of the most amazing things about success is that when you look back on it the path that got you here is rarely the one you thought would. Which is why the biggest mistake you can make is to get stuck on the what rather than the why.
This is one of the best paths to regret because you are always looking in the rearview mirror playing 'what if' games with yourself. I've found that when the path you're on forks or branches it's usually for a very good reason. Take the blinders off and pay attention to the detours, they may not always be the fastest routes but they will definitely be the ones on which you learn most of what you need to be successful.
So, how do you come up with you personal measure of success? By asking what I asked my student, ' Why do you want to achieve whatever it is that you're trying to measure?' For example, 'Why do you want to have XX Millions in the bank?'
I know, I can pretty much hear you laughing at that question. No, seriously, stop and answer it, because if the number of zeros to the left of the decimal point is the only thing that dictates success you wouldn't find people still working after they've reached a certain reasonable level of wealth. But that's definitely not the way it works. I've been keeping lists of what I want to accomplish as long as I can remember. But I realized some time ago that the lists where only as valuable as I was willing to be flexible. I've achieved some of my most audacious goals, but there are others that I've had to set aside, either because my own values changed or because the original goal wasn't really something I wanted. What I've learned is that setting down why the goal is important to me allows me to find different paths to the achieve the why even though I may not get there in the same way I thought I would.
Don't be afraid to change the metrics of success as the awareness of your own needs changes and evolves. All of the accolades and awards are wonderful trophies to place on your mantel or on your walls. I have them as well. But as I said earlier they are only the shadows of success, its adornments; shadows and adornments don't keep you warm. Its' the ability to spend your time the way you want. Towards the end of his life Steve Jobs offered up what I feel is one of his most heartfelt and relevant quotes, 'My favorite things in life don't cost any money.
It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.' But you already knew that!
One of the most amazing things about success is that when you look back on it the path that got you here is rarely the one you thought would. Which is why the biggest mistake you can make is to get stuck on the what rather than the why. This is one of the best paths to regret because you are always looking in the rearview mirror playing 'what if' games with yourself. I've found that when the path you're on forks or branches it's usually for a very good reason.
Take the blinders off and pay attention to the detours, they may not always be the fastest routes but they will definitely be the ones on which you learn most of what you need to be successful.
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