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The term success means many different things to many different people.

For example, Joe and his wife are in their 40’s. They have two kids and live very modest. The couple is extremely happy earning a hundred and fifty thousand in there 7th year at their family restaurant. They have a nice home and don’t require much to be perfectly content in life. There is always plenty extra money if something is needed or wanted.

Sara, however, is a single 30 something lady and earns closer to seven hundred thousand a year from her 4 year old interior design company. She loves what she does and has made a name for herself. Sara enjoys a more extravagant lifestyle with multiple houses, flashy cars and a few beach side vacations a year. She seldom has much disposable income around when it is needed and seems to be always buried in credit debt. Sara is thrilled living her life in the fast lane and could not be happier.

Then you have Jacob and Katie. They’re a young newlywed couple with no children in their early to mid 20’s. They started their own internet business a year and a half ago. They both work hard on their shared business. Jacob and Katie are on track to earn forty thousand dollars net in the second year. Both drive older cars which are paid off and they live in a small apartment that cost them 650.00 a month plus utilities and food. They are completely beside themselves with joy and go out and do whatever they want whenever they want.

Which of the people out of the three examples above are more successful?

The answer would be that neither is more successful than the other.

They are all doing what makes them happy.

The best part about it is they are earning money from what makes them happy.

Their success, however, is not measured by how much money they’re earning but instead measured by satisfaction in the lives they are leading.

Money is well and great and certainly needed but we can’t measure our success with it.

Success has to be about something more important than money.

Best Wishes!

This will probably show my age but I remember back in the day when somebody said “put on your thinking cap” they really meant “use your mind or your brain”. Think and be creative was the general consensus.

Thinking about what you’re doing before you do it can be tough for some of us because we can’t remember where we last hung our thinking cap. In other words, it’s difficult sometimes to get the creative juices flowing.

I struggle with this problem more than I care to talk about. The thing you have to do when you’ve lost your thinking cap is find something to relax your mind enough to remember where it’s at.

For me it’s cooking. I like to cook. I mean the physical act of standing over the stove and making a meal for me or my family is something that I enjoy. It relaxes my mind and allows me to think. There have been numerous times when I have been cooking a meal and have thought of ideas for song versus, articles, ideas for the website and much more. I know it’s weird but it works for me. It helps the creative side of my mind to show itself.

When I cook I am able to remember where my thinking cap is and use it. There are other things that work for me also but none as well.

The human mind is a wonderful tool not to be underestimated. The problem for most of us is that it only works extremely well some of the time. It’s difficult to harness the power.

Try to find your thinking cap. Put it on and remember where you hang it when you’re finished so you can easily go back and wear it again the next time you need it.

Best Wishes!

Do you know the difference between successful and unsuccessful people?

Successful people aren’t scared to grow. They set goals in their lives and then they start on the road to obtain them. Once they have obtained those goals they set new ones and start the procedure all over again. They don’t worry if they fail along the way because they knew from the beginning there could be some challenges to get the end result. People like this are certain of their outcome and they remain sure.

Successful people have fears like any other human being except they dare themselves to grow on a daily basis. They encourage personal growth to everyone they come in contact with.

Unsuccessful people have goals too. The only difference is that they’re scared to grow. They allow the fear of failure and rejection to hold them back. Unsuccessful people make excuses to themselves and others as to why they haven’t achieved their goals.

An unsuccessful person will typically start on the path to personal growth and positive goals but become easily distracted by hurdles and challenges. They lose their sense of focus and become lazy and eventually give up.

Personal growth is a necessary component of success. Anybody can succeed at any life goal with determination, focus and a little elbow grease. Try to anticipate your obstacles and challenges in advance. If a few more pop up unexpectedly don’t give up. Get stronger and overcome them.

Grow!

Best Wishes