Your Success

Strange as it may seem, few of us have ever taken the time to think about what success is for us. Most of us fall prey to our media. We think that we will be happy when we have the newest car, the biggest home, the greatest vacations and all the material stuff that corporations attempt to convince us are so needed.

Certainly, most of us want a comfortable life, but material possessions are not the be all and end all for most people. We seek balanced lives, and those lives are often not fulfilled with money and all the stuff that it can buy. Everyone needs money or the resources that money represents to survive, but will a bigger car, house or boat really make us happy? We need only look at lottery winners to realize that such items do not necessarily create success in our lives.

When considering producing or presenting an event you need to be clear how you personally define success before beginning to move forward with your venture. Certainly, your definition will change over time. Everything is in constant change. However, if you have some clarity about success when you begin, you can more easily steer your endeavor in the direction of that goal.

Making ongoing course corrections will inevitably be part of your journey, but that is normal and natural. But you have to start with a clear goal of success in mind and move in that direction. The easiest element to focus on is, of course, money because money represents success to most people in our society. However, many people facilitate and produce events to make a difference in people’s lives or to help save our beloved Mother Earth, and making money is secondary to them.

This is a very personal matter. Accordingly, if you are entering into an endeavor with one or more others, you might consider having a discussion about definitions of success in the early stages of your creation. One person might be doing it to make a difference, another might be in it to meet new people and a third might be participating primarily for the money.

These differences are not insurmountable, but they have to be brought into the open and handled early in the forming of the partnership. Each person can get her or his needs met if everyone is open and honest about what they want and how they perceive success. It is a very personal issue, and, as such, it needs to be considered from an inner perspective.

Once you have defined success for yourself, you will find that it is much easier to move out into the world and accomplish exactly what you want. Your goals will be clear and tailored to you, and they will lead you to a success that is elusive for many people.