What is your definition of success?

Charles Hugh Smith has a blog entitled Of Two Minds. On it he shares some things he thinks are important.

My "definition" of success:

1. Did I make myself useful today?
2. Did I take care of myself today and avoid burdening anyone with my cares and troubles?
3. Were I to meet the living Jesus or Buddha at day's end, would I feel ashamed of my conduct during the day, or could I meet his gaze with the inner knowledge that I emulated his teachings to the very best of my ability?


live free
live well
live with integrity
live with kindness
be average but with self-discipline


7 things to aspire to:

austerity
restraint
humility
responsibility
patience
sacrifice
thrift

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Mike Rowe says "following your passion" might not be such good advice.

Focus!

Here are some excerpts from a Linked in post by John Hope Bryant, founder of Operation HOPE. The post is entitled, FOCUS + Consistency = Success.

Focus Rule #1: Be ruthless about your own time. And obsessive about your own passions too.

Focus Rule #2: Be PRESENT. ...many people say 'I can't be happy because I was hurt (as a child),' or because 'this person or that person did something to me,' or alternatively, 'I will be happy when I move to a new city,' or 'I will be happy when I get a new job.' Nope. Not true. This is just a bad tape playing in your head, destroying everything present and possible around you.

Focus Rule #3: Understand (embrace) that something has got to give.

Focus Rule #4: Create more time.
When you live your life with internal confidence, you stop letting other people or circumstance to define your priorities. You're not hating on anyone else. You are just doing you.

Focus Rule #4: Do you. Once you understand who you are, and once start the process of becoming 'reasonably comfortable in your own skin,' you immediately realize that other people are not able to destroy you, nor can they create a future for you. Only you can do that.

Focus Rule #5: Execute.
Train yourself to not get distracted with the drama that life will serve up everyday.

Focus + consistency = success.

Let's go.

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