6 questions to help you define success
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Here are some questions that I think are interesting. They help us clarify what we are trying to achieve. I'd encourage you to set aside a few minutes and chew on these. I suspect they'll give you a different perspective on what you'd like this year to be about.
1. What values and principles are most important to me?
- What is one way I could express each this year?
2. When was a time when I felt most successful and fulfilled?
- What was it about that time that made me feel that way?
- What was it I did that helped make this experience possible?
3. Who do I hope to become?
- What kind of person would I like to be known as?
- How would I like others to experience me?
4. What contribution do I hope to make? To whom?
5. In what ways might success look different in different parts of my life?(Family, health, spiritual, friends, contribution, financial, etc.)
- Does success in any one area depend on success in another?
- Can I succeed in one area without succeeding in another? Will that feel like success to me?
- Is there any one area of success that is most important to me? What makes it more meaningful?
6. How will I measure progress toward success? How would I know I'm 'getting closer' or 'I've arrived?'
Simple. Not easy.
These aren't complicated questions. But they aren't always easy to answer. Sometimes, we realize we aren't sure what we want. Maybe we discover that we've absorbed someone else's definition of success and don't have our own. It could be that when we are very clear about what we want, we aren't sure we're comfortable with how it sounds.
Or…maybe we have clarity. We just need to start acting.
I hope these questions help you gain clarity. That you achieve success and that it's full of meaning and purpose.
 | Christian Muntean is a seasoned expert in fostering business growth and profitability. With a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and certifications as a Master Coach, Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), and International Mergers & Acquisitions Expert (IM&A), he guides entrepreneurial leaders through growth, succession planning, and exit strategies. He is an accomplished author of three books, including Train to Lead. Christian resides in Anchorage, Alaska, with his family. Learn More » |
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