Learning Your Way to Success

                       

Did you not meet a goal you have set for yourself? Some people might call it failure. I prefer to think of it as learning. What we believe about success impacts how successful we can be. Do you think success is hard? Does success have to come on the first try? It may be easy to say no to these questions, but a little digging around and reflection may reveal that you have some beliefs about success that hinder your ability to achieve it.

To think about success in a different way, consider the following questions:

• In what ways have I been successful? (Do more of what you are good at!)
• How can I build on what I have created successfully?
• If my end goal is too big, what can I do today or this week that would be a successful step toward my goal? And when I do that act today or this week, how can I acknowledge that progress?
• What will failure get for me? (If you really dig here, you may find that failing either gets another desire satisfied OR/AND failure gets you knowledge that you can use--what is to fear about that?)

Thanks for thinking!