How Do You Measure Success?

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How Do You Measure Success?

Winston Churchill said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

There are a lot of famous quotes about success and many say it comes through failure—reminds me that being content is better than chasing happiness while escaping sadness…

In a previous post called, "Success" Is Vastly Over-Rated, I said: "Who made it seem success wasn't merely the next stage, from which further action becomes possible, but a pinnacle of achievement that leaves all other contenders breathless on the sides of the conquered mountain?" So, who did that? Businesspeople? Fundamentalist religious folk? Football coaches?

Joel Friedlander has a recent post called, Notes from a Self-Publishing "Success Story", about Heather M. David's experiences—easily judged by the SuccessPreneurs as relative "failure".

My experience since May, when I self-published Notes from An Alien, is similarly judgeable; yet………

Over 240 people have my book and, even though those were all free copies, I have a solid beginning on a growing email list of folks with interest when I publish the two follow-up books.

Two libraries have purchased the book.

I've been facilitating a discussion group on Book Island in Second Life (over 35 two-hour sessions so far) that features issues raised in the book.

Two of my dearest friends, because they appreciate the work I've been doing, have bought me a new computer, which will make all the effort still necessary to reach yet more success oh, so much easier :-)

And, most importantly, I've written and published a book that is the core of my life's work, begun 23 years ago and extending toward my last breath…

How do You measure success?

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