Are You Hungry?

My good friend, Carl, asked me two questions the other day and it really got me thinking. So, instead of just answering him, I thought I would answer for all of us. Here are the two questions:

• Have you always had an appetite for success?
• What would you tell people with no hunger for success?

Appetite For Success

Have I always had an appetite for success? The short answer: No! I wasn’t raised in an environment that encouraged dreaming or shoed a picture of success. When I was in high school a teacher asked me where I was going to college and I told him, “Nowhere. Why would I go to college?” He was flabbergasted! He couldn’t understand; it just wasn’t in my awareness.

I thought success meant finishing college. Then I thought it was getting married and having children. Then I thought it was getting a good job that paid well. Then I had a stroke and it completely changed my life! I reevaluated everything and started my own business as a speaker and trainer and coach.

Now my definition of success is: did I have fun? Did I help someone? Did I make some money?

No Hunger For Success

I think the first thing I would tell someone is to start playing around with ideas. Don’t try to go right out and make a million dollars, just try to think about what success MIGHT look like for you.

• Health
• Wealth
• Relationships
• Career
• Personal Growth

Choose ONE of these areas to begin improving. Find someone who has some success in that area and stay close. Begin there and watch your life start to change.

Finally, give yourself permission to change your definition of success as time goes on. You don’t have to stay at the level you’re on now.

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