January 08 2010
The True Measurement of Success
Tagged Under : A Measurement of Success, How to measure success, Rich Kid's Campus, The True Measurement of Success
I know this may be hard to think about at the moment, but for some of you it will be easy. Can you remember when you were asked, as a child, about what you wanted to be when you grow up? I think the most common answers were something like: policeman, fireman, astronaut, etc. Those were many of the role models for children as they were growing up. At least until they got older and started exploring things for themselves. The idea of a child’s ideal career evolves and changes over time.
Now, some people would also say something like this: I want to be a fireman, be successful and have lot’s of money. Note the “successful and have lot’s of money”. Inherently, even as children our subconscious separated the difference between money and success. I think it is pretty well understood that monetary wealth is not correlated with success.
For example, think of a lottery winner. It’s great that they won the money and now they are some of the richest people in the world! Well, does this now make them successful? How many times have you seen on the news, stories about lottery winners that are now filing for bankruptcy? All the time! Success is a lot more than having money.
