Comments on: How Do You Define the Achievement of Success?

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:00:05 +0000

hehe, my pleasure to get you thinking, Kelly. I wish the best with

naming your business. It's a hard and fun thing to do. But it'll come

to you. Have patience and keep asking those questions:>)

… tj

By: Kellypratt

Kellypratt — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:27:48 +0000

I love this… i've been struggling with naming my business for a while and finally settled on CREATIVE SUCCESS BY DESIGN - but then I was further defining “my people” whe are Cultural Creatives and Innerpreneurs and guess what… “SUCCESS” is NOT a core value! At least not how we typically define success… your comment “more often than not the media uses the term ’success’ synonymously with money.” is spot on! So how do we define success?
so, once again, i changed my mind about my business name and am contemplating what is success?? thanks for this post… you have me thinking again!

By: Annette

Annette — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:48:47 +0000

I love this! Success is personal and individual. That's why extrinsic motivators don't always work. Everyone defines success by what they value.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:59:31 +0000

A beautiful, personal definition, Zoe. Thank you for sharing.

By: Zoe Mcduncan

Zoe Mcduncan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:02:41 +0000

Success varies from person to person. For me success is achieving my goals and being happy at the same time…. If am able to make money too then that's just icing on the cake.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:48:26 +0000

“the ability to be me in the face of pressure to be anything but” Great answer. And you're right, selling albums is so lame.

By: gulliver

gulliver — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:59:34 +0000

I'll define 'success' as the ability to be me in the face of pressure to be anything but. If I can also make rent, that'll be good too.

Selling 17 million albums and routinely filling arenas is all so passe.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:01:28 +0000

A great answer, Tim. I like how you stated that your definition of
success is fluid.

By: Tim Bursch

Tim Bursch — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:02:43 +0000

Good reminder that success is not defined out there. It's though when we have so much info saying what it looks like to be successful (have this, do that, own this, look like that, etc).
My definition is fluid- Live life to the fullest, share with others, make a difference, invest in people, and be real.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:26:12 +0000

Who wrote that, Mike? I'd love to republish it. It is a great quote
that would be a good reminder to me when I feel too isolated by
dominant culture.