June 22, 2010Success Story in Progress#3: You get to decide what success is

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It’s been 12 years since my husband left a stressful high-powered hospital administrator position for a job in holistic health with a 70% pay cut. We agree it was a successful move (which has led to much greater opportunities.)

You get to decide what success is for you. We all do. That awareness can set you free.

How do you define success? I find that because the world is so willing to define success for us, it makes sense to start with how you don’t define success.

I do not equate success with perfection, completion or dominance. And I don’t measure it in mega-dollars. Those measures are too static for me.

I see success as dynamic. It evolves. We’re all success stories in progress. Too often we don’t see it because we see success as a static arrival.

I see success as living according to what motivates me. I am motivated by my love of growth of consciousness, clarity and grace. When an idea doesn’t inspire me, I don’t choose that path. Even if it gets me results, it’s a compromise.

I’m still deciding what to aim for with my sudden windfall of resources and the new opportunities they provide. I’m still deciding what a successful outcome will be.

But I already know how I will get there. I will succeed in every step I take – by my own definition.

I get to decide what success is for me. Anything less is a failure of my imagination.

And the same is true for you.