I was recently installed as the President of my local chapter of NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners). I was also on the nominating committee for the Women Business Owner of the Year and Rising Star Awards for 2010. And I had the honor of interviewing Gretta Spendlove and Amanda Moxley–the award winners.
It was inspirational to hear these successful women discuss their perspective of SUCCESS.
The first question I asked them both was “How to you define success?” This is a question I have asked many great women and I love the answers I get. In my presidential acceptance speech, I discussed my own thoughts on this question.
I believe that success comes from the following:
First, success is a feeling, not a destination. It comes from when you are “on the right track”. This is when you have a mission and you are consciously working on that track.
Success also comes from connecting to your PURPOSE–that WHY you do what you do. When you are clear about why you work as hard as you do and juggle all of the pieces of your life and the lives of those around you, their is a feeling of accomplishment.
Also, when you are clear about the VISION of where you are going and your VALUES of how you will accomplish that journey, success becomes the path.
What is YOUR definition of success?