A definition of success we can all work with
Many people think, talk, and write about success all the time. But have you ever seen a precise definition?
It’s easy to say “success is relative,” and in a sense that’s true. We all want different things from life. But this isn’t a very useful insight. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a single way to define and measure success that we could each use in our personal and professional lives?
I challenge you to stop complaining
Last Tuesday I biked to my co-working space around 11:30am and realized, just as I sat down, that I had forgotten my lunch. Delicious leftovers sat uselessly in the fridge at home, and I had to be on a call in twenty minutes. (Cool story, right?)
When faced with this situation in the past, I would’ve spent at least a minute complaining to myself. The internal monologue might have sounded something like this: