[911Rob]

As I said, I often talk about this exact subject; one of my favorites!

My talk goes.........
Success: What is Success?
Do you know that if we ask 100 people this question, we're likely to get 100 different answers. That's because Success is a personal definition. However, to be successful, you must be able to personally define this question for yourself.

Let me demonstrate an example of what that might be.
Think of something that you would really want to accomplish in your life. Write it down on a piece of paper. Now think of something that is very important to you and write that down. Continue to write down all your goals and dreams, even values and personal qualities. Write them all on a separate piece of paper. Hopefully you can come up with 50 to 100 different things to write down? The amount of things doesn't matter. Now imagine placing all the pieces of paper on a table in front of you.

Now of all these things that you have written down, you can pick 1.
The one you pick is to be the MOST important one. Which one are you going to pick up first?
Go ahead pick another and maybe one more, in order of importance to you. Now you have 3.
This could very well be your personal definition of what success is to you at this moment in your life?

Lets imagine you wrote down things like a 993 Twin Turbo Porsche, a big new house, an airplane, your relationship with your wife or a wife if you don't have one, your kids, your parents, your Church and your job/career. Doesn't matter what things you wrote down or how many; I'm just giving you an example. Now I've explained this analogy to 100's of very successful people and everytime I do, there is not one person who ever argued the fact that their family was one of the most important things to them. Think about that for a second.

If you could have all the "success" in the world, money, power, fame, what have you; but not have your family, what good would that success be? Nonetheless, this is something to think about and the very first step to becoming successful is to have your own personal definition of the word.

Understand also, that your definition of the word will change throughout your life, it's ever evolving as you accomplish your goals in your life, your definition will change. To be inspired to great personal success, you should re-evaluate your definition annually.

You can also develop a definition in areas of your life. Such as "Success" as a family, Success in your career, Success in Health, Spiritual, Mental and Physical. The real excercise is to develop your personal Dreams and Goals, tailor made to your life.

author - Rob McKibbon