Still not feeling successful and still searching for the ‘meaning’ of success, I went back to my Life Coach. We played a game called The Wish, this is such an empowering game, really connects you with the Universe and makes you stop and think about what is really going on.
My Wish that day was – I wish to be successful at running my business. Keeping in mind that my business had been operating for 15 years, it had over 60 clients and employed 4 staff, to anyone else this was a success, but to me it was nowhere near a success. But it was also more that I didn’t FEEL successful. I spend many hours trying to workout what it meant to be successful, what it FELT like to be successful and I was struggling with this.
One thing I did discover is that I had never had any goals, I didn’t start my business and then list all the goals I wanted achieve over time. There was no – have 20 clients by 2000 – have 5 staff by 2005 – have a turnover of $500,000 by 2010. So how can you feel success if you don’t have anything to measure your ‘success’ with?
Coming away from that session I had to write down each night what I had done successfully that day, this could be the smallest thing – ran a successful meeting with someone – lodged 10 BAS’s – got 1 new client – got to work on time etc etc, whatever I could think of that I had achieved that day. For me this was still hard as I just saw this as living, I didn’t see this as being successful at anything, but I did see how this was a way to start seeing the successes in my life.
Now, when I sit here today, I can tell your all the things I did successfully today 🙂
- Had an awesome breakfast meeting
- Followed by a great business meeting
- Checked in on a potential client who invited me to do a talk in front of other business women – how exciting is this one, someone believes I am good enough to do a presentation in front of other business women 🙂
- Had another potential client ring me about joining one of my mentoring groups I run
- Breezed through an afternoon of work with a client
- Got a computer program I haven’t used before to work perfectly
- Talked on the phone for an hour with a dear friend
- Felt awesome and excited about life for the day
No none of what is on my list is what I would have called a success in the past, but from the space I am in right now, I have had a hugely successful day. I didn’t earn a million dollars or run a huge corporation, but who cares, my day has been successful 🙂
Question: How was your day? Was it successful? Share with me what you achieved today.
Also go over and have a look at The Wish’s website and maybe even download the iPad or iPhone app.
