What Does Success Look Like? (A Success-full Meme)

You want to be successful in life. I know I do. But it’s tough to reach success if we don’t know what success is. I’d like your help in defining and visualizing success.

Here’s the deal.

1. You write a post exploring what success looks like to you. You can use the suggestions below as guidelines, or adapt the concept to something that works for your blog’s topic.
2. Invite your readers to participate with their own ideas about success. You can copy and paste the text of this post, or just send them back to MindTweaks for more info. Tag individual bloggers or not, it’s up to you.
3. Title your post “What Does Success Look Like?” or something similar. (I’m easy going)
4. Link back to MindTweaks and the blog you found this idea on.
5. Leave a comment on the original MindTweaks post (it’s here ) with a link to your post so I can find it.
6. You’re done!

Once you notify her, MT will dutifully link back to your post, collecting your thoughts and the thoughts of others. From there, thousands… erm.. hundreds… (ok, at least a dozen or so readers)will have the chance to internalize your thoughtful observations. This influence will give you a sort of immortality, which could be called a form of success, couldn’t it? What an incentive!

Suggested Exercises: (Pick one, or all)

A. Picture someone you think of as “successful”. What is it about them that you see as successful? What does their success look like, feel like, sound like? How do they display their success? What areas of their life does it touch? What areas doesn’t it touch?

B. Imagine yourself in a successful future, at least ten years from now. Look around you.. what do you see and feel? What signs of progress are around you? What sorts of accomplishments have you reached? What does it feel like?

C. Think of a moment in time when you really felt successful. Describe how you felt, with as much detail as possible. What were you wearing? What is the light like? What physical sensations do you feel? What is your emotional reaction? Was it all positive, or were there still doubts? Is there a particular taste or smell in the air?

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I know that many of you already write about success in some form or another, so feel free to adapt or create your own take on this.

If you don’t have a blog, or this concept just doesn’t fit with your topic, you can still contribute to the collective vision of success. Write up the exercise, email it to MindTweaks (insert AT sign) gmail (insert a period) com and we’ll find a way to post it for you.

So…

Why are you still here reading? Go.. go write! Get successful!

(I’ve apparently caught a cold, so my own example will be delayed. Meanwhile, I appreciate the help — I really do need your input on this one)