Thursday, June 21, 2007
Measuring Success
ow do you measure your success? I struggle with this one. Am I even a success? I used to think I was successful by how much work was in my portfolio, how many clients I had or how full my calendar was. I'm not sure I was right. Success to me is doing what I love, freedom to actually do it and the fact that I'm making ends meet by doing it. Whenever I meet someone I always wonder what they do for a career. I wonder if they feel successful in what they do. I know so many people who don't like their job and would rather complain about it than do something to change it. How can they ever feel successful if they don't value what they have? That's the key. You have to value what you have. I think I have the best job in the world. I can work from anywhere, I can take days off at a time without feeling guilty, I get to stay home with my daughter and watch her experience new things and I can draw a duck and get paid $200 for it. It's great and I know how blessed I am to be able to do it. I appreciate it and am grateful everyday for it.

How do you measure your success? Send me an email (with your URL info) and I'll post your responses (again, by "participating" it increases your search ranking since I'll link to your website!).




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