The hardest thing we face as individuals is making a commitment to our individual success. Career success has been rammed down our throats. I mean, we make believe we are grown-ups. We dream of being firefighters, police officers, Doctors, ETC. We dream and play and pretend as kids to do all these grown-up things. And then we work towards it. We learn to read and write. We learn to speak, and then to engage in conversation. We learn motor skills and hone higher levels of thinking. When we were children, we could honestly say we learned something or bettered ourselves every single day.
Don't just focus on your career. A career doesn't hug you when you're sad, or listen when you need to talk, or curl up next to you each night. A bank account doesn't console you when you've lost a parent, sibling, spouse, friend, or child. A nice car won't surprise you with dinner or send you a card on your birthday.
I challenge anyone that considers themselves worth the challenge (SHOULD BE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE ON THE GOOD OLD INTERWEBS) to look at every facet of your life and figure out how you can take it to the next level of effort and precision. Love, work, school, family, health, whatever it is.
Think about this- what is success AS A PERSON? Is it having loving relationships? Is it being as educated as possible? Is it being the expert in your field of knowledge(note- experts doesn't mean you're the most highly paid)? Is it getting that adrenaline rush at some point every day. Is it feeling a connection with the people who you interact with every day.
Sit down and make a list of PERSONAL successes.
I STRIVE TO BECOME A BETTER ME EVERYDAY, what are you doing to grow?
Don't just focus on your career. A career doesn't hug you when you're sad, or listen when you need to talk, or curl up next to you each night. A bank account doesn't console you when you've lost a parent, sibling, spouse, friend, or child. A nice car won't surprise you with dinner or send you a card on your birthday.
I challenge anyone that considers themselves worth the challenge (SHOULD BE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE ON THE GOOD OLD INTERWEBS) to look at every facet of your life and figure out how you can take it to the next level of effort and precision. Love, work, school, family, health, whatever it is.
Think about this- what is success AS A PERSON? Is it having loving relationships? Is it being as educated as possible? Is it being the expert in your field of knowledge(note- experts doesn't mean you're the most highly paid)? Is it getting that adrenaline rush at some point every day. Is it feeling a connection with the people who you interact with every day.
Sit down and make a list of PERSONAL successes.
I STRIVE TO BECOME A BETTER ME EVERYDAY, what are you doing to grow?
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