Success Defined

What is success? I know success means a lot of different things to different people.  We each need our own definition of success.  Depending on where you set your own bar, you can feel successful every day or you can be setting yourself up for a no win situation.   Your success doesn’t need to impress others.  Impress yourself first.  Here are a few definitions of success you can draw from …

Stephen Covey on Success
According to Stephen Covey, success is …

Success is when the response meets the challenge.

John Maxwell on Success
According to John Maxwell, success is …

Those who know you the best, love you the most.

Your Definition of Success
If you don’t know your own definition of success, you can find it by asking yourself, “In order to be successful, I need to … ”  All those rules that follow make up your definition of success.  If it’s not working for you, change it.  If you’ve set yourself up for failure, chunk your success down and give yourself a chance.  Your definition of success needs to work for you, where you are, right now.

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