In a lot of places, including my current place of employment, it is a simple definition. Money. That is the measuring stick for a lot of places, business, and people. Many governments use the same approach. Many may word it differently, many may make it sound a little different but money is a basic unit of measurement for success.
I'm not going to say that money is a wrong answer for this question. But I do feel that it may be incomplete. I will venture to say that a company solely contingent upon the fact of whether it makes money or not will fall short of its own potential eventually. Again, my current employer has this same measurement of success.
So, then, I have asked myself what is my personal definition of success. I have decided what it is and I realize that I am willing to live my entire life to be successful, if this is the definition. My definition or measurement of success is whether or not I am influencing people. I want to influence. I have written about it before, I have said before, and I mean it more each time it leaves my mind and enters the world in some way, shape, or form.
I want to influence people. I believe, for me, there is a qualitative and quantitative form of this. I want to influence as many people as possible but I also believe that there must be some serious quality and depth to all of this. I have decided that I will influence others with my life, my words, and my deeds no matter where I am or what I am doing. This is my definition of success.
I have also come to realize that I cannot influence others if I am not being influenced. I was quality influence in my life so I can influence others.
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