Success

How do you define Success?

Today i had the pleasure of attending a presentation as a part of the Glenbard Parent Series... Before the main speaker got up a gentleman by the name of Patrick Donohue posed the question, how do i define success.  At first i'll be honest i thought um, okay.  But he went on to define it and what he said struck me, not just as a parent, but as a women "trying" to date "trying" to be successful in a relationship.

Success:
Fully going for it, even when you don't know the outcome.

Let, me just stop there.  Do you have any idea the number of things i have stopped moving forward toward because i was scared of what the outcome might be.  The rejection, the failure, but wait what if things turned out great and i was a success.

Here are a few questions he says to ask:

~Was i Physically ready?
~Was i mentally ready?
~Was i emotionally ready?
~Did i give full effort throughout?

Here are three questions to ask when things go wrong:

~What happened?
~What can i learn from it?
~What is the way forward?

Bottom line is i need to apply this with my children and myself.  The more i stretch myself the smarter and more efficient myself and my children will become.