What does “success” mean to you?

Success. Such a strange concept.
We all strive for it, don’t we? Often we work our ass off to get it. But once “there,  we often realize – “Hey, this does not really feel as awesome as I thought.”
Ever had this happen to you?

To me that used to happen a lot until I started my own business. At that point, I figured that I must have my definition of success wrong.

Yes, you get to define what success means to you.

There is no one-size-fits-all definition! (Even though some people want you to believe just that.)

Working for myself made me really think about what success means to me. Very hard.
And even though I think that in a way I always knew what matters to me most, for the first time I really put it into clear words. For myself. And it was incredible how much that helped and changed my perspective on things.

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Cause once I had put it into words, I realized that I actually AM living my dream in many ways already.
Which is kinda hard to realize if you are busy comparing yourself to others and measuring yourself on their definition of success. ;-)
And it also helped me get a lot more clear on what to do and what not to do in my life and in my business.

To me success means that I can live my life my way.

It means I can work WHERE I want to, WHEN I want to and of course I also choose WHAT work I want to do.

To me success means that I can live my life according to my priorities.

That I can put those things first, that mean the most to me (my kids!).
Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my work! But I still want to plan my work around my life – not my life around my work!

Success also means to me that I can make a difference.

For one person at a time!

When someone tells me that what I do made a difference to them – best feeling ever.

So, what does success mean to you? Let me know in the comments!