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Success Articles for Work and Life

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

I now have more than 300 articles on the topic of Success to help you get your game on in work and life:

Success Articles

That’s a whole lot of success strategies and insights right at your fingertips. (And it includes the genius from a wide variety of sources including  Scott Adams, Tony Robbins, Bruce Lee, Zig Ziglar, and more.)

Success is a hot topic. 

Success has always been a hot topic, but it seems to be growing in popularity.  I suspect it’s because so many people are being tested in so many new ways and competition is fierce.

But What is Success? (I tried to answer that using Zig Ziglar’s frame for success.)

For another perspective, see Success Defined (It includes definitions of success from Stephen Covey and John Maxwell.)

At the end of the day, the most important definition of success, is the one that you apply to you and your life.

People can make or break themselves based on how they define success for their life.

Some people define success as another day above ground, but for others they have a very high, and very strict bar that only a few mere mortals can ever achieve.

That said, everybody is looking for an edge.   And, I think our best edge is always our inner edge.

As my one mentor put it, “the fastest thing you can change in any situation is yourself.”  And as we all know, nature favors the flexible.  Our ability to adapt and respond to our changing environment is the backbone of success.   Otherwise, success is fleeting, and it has a funny way of eluding or evading us.

I picked a few of my favorite articles on success.  These ones are a little different by design.  Here they are:

Scott Adam’s (Dilbert) Success Formula

It’s the Pebble in Your Shoe

The Wolves Within

Personal Leadership Helps Renew You

The Power of Personal Leadership

Tony Robbins on the 7 Traits of Success

The Way of Success

The future is definitely uncertain.  I’m certain of that.   But I’m also certain that life’s better with skill and that the right success strategies under your belt can make or break you in work and life.

And the good news for us is that success leaves clues.

So make like a student and study.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    August 12, 2014
    That's a great quote to start with.

  • Anonymous
    August 12, 2014
    The comment has been removed