10 ‘Successful’ Reflections
Am I successful? Maybe not. But I’m qualified to ask these questions.
Commercial chatter about “how to achieve success!” usually sounds, to me, as if we’re supposed to know (1) what sorts of things or experience define “success,” (2) how we know when we achieve them, (3) how we avoid mistaken notions of success, (4) how to iterate our self-awareness as needed, (5) whether success can be inherent in the journey, (6) when to be content with what we have or who we are, (7) how to shift the focus off competition, (8) what our own moral boundaries are, (9) what sort of attitude we should take in responding to every opportunity, and (10) how we focus on the work that matters and ignore what doesn’t.
10 Reflections on ‘Success’
(1) Sure, success is personal, so you’ve got to make your own unique list of goals. But what sort of stuff would you put on the list? How do you know that certain wants or needs represent “success” rather than something you want or need for a different reason, like “fun” or “joy” or “dignity”?
(2) Given that the nature of feeling is to be, at every moment, at least slightly dissatisfied and tired and managing conflicting feelings and at disequilibrium and therefore “on the move,” how would you know when you’d “fully” achieved something…
