September 21, 2008
How Do You Measure Success?
A long time ago when I worked for a Real Estate Co. I met the Broker of the company and he became a great friend. Even after leaving that brokerage, I still stayed in touch with him. Whenever something came up about real estate, I would always contact him. One day we were talking and somehow we got on the subject about being successful. We talked about how most people do not consider themselves successful unless they are “RICH”, got a lot of money, got alot of material things and so on. You know all the things that people would need to consider themselves a success. Most of what don’t really matter in this world, when it all boils down, none of which means you are successful. Perhaps those things were received from someone, perhaps those things were inherited from some one, perhaps one has lied and stolen and cheated to get those things. Because you have alot of money, or alot of things….do that mean that you are successful? Well, let me rephrase that. If you reached a level of what you consider is success by lying, cheating and stealing. Do it mean you are really or truly successful?
Well, back to the conversation that I was having with my Real Estate Broker friend. He thought it necessary to share with me how successful I was. Not sure how it got back on me at that point, but it was. He begin to ask me about things I had completed and I begin to name things that I had completed and he then said, You are successful. He shared with me that if I had ever completed anything that I was successful at that thing, which would make me a successful person. This conversation took place about 25 years ago. My oldest son was 2 and he is 27 now. I was married and still married now. I guess somewhere in our conversation, I must have said something contrary to be successful in my own life and he did not waste any time letting me know opposite. Today, I wanted to share this with you.
This came on my mind, while I was suppose to been having some “me time”. I thought I was watching T.V. which I was, but the thought crossed my mind. “How Do You Measure Success” So I thought I would write about this and ask the question. If you are reading this, please comment back to me. How do you measure success. Do you measure success by things that you have or by how much money you have. Do you consider every person that Society has labeled rich or millionaires to be successful. If so, why? Are they successful because they have lots of money and things or are they successful because they accomplished and succeeded at the task that would land them in their position.
Perhaps you are reading this and because you are not rich or wealthy with cash and material things, you don’t consider yourself to be successful. Let me help you out today. If you have ever completed anything, that makes you successful in that thing, which means you are successful. Though you may be striving in other areas, but yet completing other things, or milestones in your life. Those completed things makes you a successful person. If anyone should ever raise that question in your presence again about success, you be sure to raise your hand for the category of successful people. Now there may be some that would disagree with that.
According to Wikipedia, Success may mean:
- a level of social status
- achievement of an objective / goal
- the opposite of failure
If you have completed High School, College, major goals and objectives that you have set for yourself, perhaps you have raised children, or married for numerous years. Let me tell you. If you have completed any of what I have just mentioned. You are successful. Perhaps, you don’t have alot of completed projects under your belt. If you have one. You are still successful and don’t allow anyone to take that success from you. We strive daily to complete new projects in our lives and in our business and so on. Some may not go as planned and you have to change the plan, perhaps the one you are working on is not the one for you, so you moved on to something else. You are still not to be considered as unsuccessful. As I stated earlier. The one thing, the two things that you have completed makes you a successful person.
Now, how do you measure success? I hope that if you were measuring it another way and not considering yourself successful, that you have thought on it and have changed your thought about yourself. Know that you are successful and we strive daily for success in our lives by completing things in our lives. Strive daily to complete things and not just start alot of things.
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?
