Morning Motivator - Who Knows Success?

"You are the only one who knows whether you have won." - John Wooden, UCLA Coach Emeritus

This morning, I began reading "Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success" and within in the first few pages, I am already finding myself challenged.

A base principle for success, as described by Coach Wooden, is the idea that you are NOT competing against anyone in your lifetime, only seeking to do your best at all times. Interesting... It makes me wonder how many people are basing all their success and achievement on a bar raised by others. Do people really gauge success by their STATUS against that of someone else?

Sure, we all get envious of others. We want the cool car, the boat, the trips, etc. Yet, success is not an achievable goal. There is no amount of predefined wealth that, once achieved, makes one "successful." I read a study once that stated when people were asked how much money would they need to be wealthy, regardless of their existing wealth ($10,000/year or $10,000,000/year), ALL parties said they sought "double" what they have now. Hmmm...

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP: For today to be successful, what will you need to do? Truthfully, YOU are the only person that will know if you did EVERYTHING you could and should have today to be successful. Did you work hard enough? Did you make enough calls? Did you follow up on that client that was not happy last time you spoke? Did you take that training class or at least look at the book? Did you go to the gym? I could do this forever...

SUCCESS, as I see it, is when you have given everything you can, as hard as you could and got the most out of it. If that means you studied your ass off and got a B, well, then that is success! Maybe a B is the best you would ever get.

Measure your success against your self and your expectations. No one else will be able to AFFIRM your success at your end of days... only you will know if you were TRULY successful!

Cheers, Zach

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