What if I told you that success starts with realizing how successful you already are?
It is true. As a leadership and success expert, I get asked a lot about the “keys to success.” My first response is always, “Before you start changing, adding or subtracting, spend some time evaluating.”
Success is more than how much money you make, what job title you’ve achieved, or what accomplishments you’ve accumulated. There’s nothing wrong with any of that, but real success is broader. It’s about the kind of life you’re living and who you’ve chosen to become.
When you think about success in a more holistic way, it requires resilience, confidence, and other aspects of mental strength that I talk about in depth in my latest book, The Mentally Strong Leader.
A true measure of success requires introspection on a range of questions beyond the typical “how much” and “how high” metrics. If you can answer “yes” to the following six questions, you are more successful—for now—than you may have realized.