How I View Success

Success can be many things to many people.

For me it means living my life in a way that lets me do what I do best, under my terms.

Having one day achieved a steady rate of success, I’d assume the face I’d routinely make would look something like this little girl’s.

(Yeah, I said it. She looks pretty damned pleased to me.)

The size and scope of your success might vary from a one-on-one satisfactory conclusion to reaching tens, even hundreds of thousands of people in a single event.

It can mean money, happiness, relief, security, fame, stature, satisfaction, peace, justice, and more.

There is no correct or singular meaning to the word “success”

It’s a highly personal and uniquely individual event, affected by many variables.

So, what I want to do here is describe what success means to me and why I want to help you secure your version of it.

You gotta know where I’m coming from and you gotta know why I care so much to help you with your specific goal set or what have you.

I was born to strive

I seem to have been born to accept challenges - to strive for victory I only ever fully imploded from the effort once, and even then, I strived (and succeeded) ...

What Donald Trump taught me

I was boppin' about the Net one day and came across a quote by Donald Trump, which I'll now repeat incorrectly: You're going to be working hard no matter what ...

If Ken can do it, so can I

A lotta head work went into the guy you know me as now And the Old Me did NOT go gentle into that good night. He fought to live and ...

The Yin Yang of team synergy

If we wish to truly excel at sharing our messages, a symbiosis needs to be present. A yin yang relationship must be established. Yin yang is not merely a bonding ...

You must rise up to meet your full potential. You MUST!

Your refusal to accept a higher level of responsibility is a loss to yourself and to us all. Only you can be you. Only you can fix whatever it is ...

I became aware, which led to responsibility

Becoming aware was one of the hardest transitions I'd ever faced and also the coolest. Although I'd already begun studying it, the change was subtle at first. It came upon ...

A fool and his money are soon parted

The reason why most people who win the Lotto lose their money so fast and so consistently is that they never earned it! It's a responsibility, being handed that much ...

“I didn’t even want it ’til you told me I couldn’t have it!”

That's a quote from a Sam Kinison album. Sam was one of my heroes in the '80s and '90s while I was in the Marines. His savagery matched ours and ...

Life’s too short not to go for it

We're born running out of time What do you do when you get to the end and realize you could've done better but didn't try? Could there be a more ...

Be an epic donor

Once you reach a certain age, you feel some urge to give back, even if you're currently hurting. You know someone always has it worse than you, and sometimes you've ...

Guard the security of those closest to your heart

Is there anyone more important than family? Maybe you have an adopted family or a group of friends that are just as important to you as blood. Wouldn't you want ...

When we jump together it makes a bigger splash

I love metaphors! But it's true. When two people are working toward one person's goal, the impact is greater than if that key person was working alone. We both end ...

Don’t be remembered – be known

Ideally, you'd want for both to be true. But the second one is the one you get to experience while still alive. I imagine you'd find that to be as ...

“Be the change you want to see in the world”

Gandhi said: Be the change you want to see in the world. No. I'm not shooting for that level of recognition. (Not yet, anyhow.) I just agree mightily with that ...

It feels good to be proven right

OK. This is actually more of a "small mind" perspective but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel this way at least part of the time. It really ...

Change is an action verb so get active!

Nothing happens through discussion alone. If something in life is negatively impacting you, it won't just go away on its own. You need to step up to the plate and ...

The Unstoppable Force

There are many reasons as to why my success is unavoidable. It's already here, for one. What I mean is, my life as it is now, compared to what it ...

Networking: Good ta meetcha!

A handshake, info being shared, a new community accessed through the power of that handshake. Networking is just the best! I began doing it in earnest back when I realized ...

The joy of growth and accomplishment

Nothing in life is as sweet as solving a problem and being rewarded for it! If you've lived long enough, you've found that the best of gifts begin to seem ...

Exercise the muscle between your ears

For most of my life, it was easier to endure physical hardships, test the limits of my pain threshold, and drive my body mercilessly through all manner of training than ...

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Know this:

Success is not to be had by chasing it

It will come to you as a natural byproduct of consistently sharing yourself through your platform. Like I do here.

Your supporters will identify themselves, with time, and they’ll let you know how you can help them best.

And they will pay you for that help.

Or give you whatever it is that you need most from this exchange of energies.

Just be you. Care. Share. And be patient.