S2E2 9 Tips from 9 Entrepreneurs about How to Define and Engineer Success...

Hello! Welcome back to Success Engineering with your host Michael Bauman! I am so excited for this episode! I've actually asked a number of people from a very wide range of backgrounds and industries, everything from hedge fund managers, to global fitness directors, radio and TV personalities, even an executive body language coach to share what success means to them! Along with some practical tips for how you can actually define success for yourself!

So, let's get started! The first person I want to introduce you to her name is Mel McMahon, and she's an entrepreneur and a radio and television personality. She appears on Indiana's 93.1 WIBC. And also on Indystyle TV, and then she's also a local business activist.

Her business that she started with her husband is actually called Indiana Originals (www.indianaoriginals.com). And it's all about promoting local business, everything from crafts and art to even big retail companies just as long as they're based in Indiana. She's a board member of a number of different things including the Indiana chapter of the TEARS Foundation, and the Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana.

She even received the honor in 2013 to be named in the 40 under 40 category for the Indiana Business Journal at the age of 28! She's done a lot of different things and I wanted to reach out to her to see how she defined success and what tips she had for you to help you on your journey to realizing your success. Here she is...

I'll never forget one Saturday morning in particular, my junior year of high school, some girlfriends and I were hanging out in the parking lot outside the academic building and someone there for a tour hollered out, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I had no idea what to say. So, I shouted back, "Successful!"

And that interaction has stayed top of mind. That day, I declared that it didn't matter what my occupation was, or my marital status, or if I was parents to a kid or had a dog. Success wasn't how many awards or certificates I can list on my LinkedIn profile. SUCCESS REALLY IS A STATE OF MIND.

If you look at my life resume traditionally, I've had a lot of success. I'm married. I have a son. I own a business. I just started another one. I have a master's degree; several certificates. I received a 40 under 40 Award from the local business newsletter when I was 28. I started a successful broadcasting career when I was 20. I graduated high school at 16. Everything I just listed would be a checkmark for someone that is successful.

But NONE OF THAT MATTERS THOUGH, IF I DON'T FEEL SUCCESSFUL Success is being satisfied with a job well done. It's accomplishing goals for yourself and knowing when to walk away from a goal that doesn't fit anymore. Here are my tips for being successful 1. Do not compare yourself to others! You will drive yourself crazy and always feel like a failure because there will always be someone who's doing something different or who makes you think they're doing it better. So just stop!

2. Consistency: This is something my husband talks to me about all the time. Most the time, it doesn't matter what you're doing as long as you're doing it, right doesn't have to be better. It doesn't have to be the best, it just has to get done! We've seen that a lot in our business; consistency is what keeps the business moving along. Consistency is what keeps those new members coming in, consistency is what keeps those new deals brewing. Being consistent, is a big piece of success.

3. Have a routine. It's not necessarily a timeline, but things you need to make sure that you do every day. You know, I feel successful when I've loaded the dishwasher. So, sometimes you just need to make sure the dishwasher is loaded and to get your day going but definitely having those little things that you do routinely, makes a big difference.

Success isn't a list of accomplishments that make you blush or boom with pride when your bio is being read before you're the featured speaker in an event. Success, to me, is what my husband says that we always strive for, and that's LIVING A LIFE FULL OF JOY, and BEING CONTENT. Success really is just that: being joyful and content no matter where you are, what you're doing, what job you have, you know, it really is how you feel about that life.

Essentially, was I present in every moment? Did I fully experience every single moment? Was I fully present with my spouse? Or was I fully present with my kids or the people that I'm talking to? Or even with the stage of life that I'm in? Was I fully present?

To do that, you can really live a life that's incredibly full and incredibly rich, and one where you don't have any regrets. Because every moment you are present, and you lived it to the full! I think it's an incredible definition of success. Thich Nhat Hahn (I have no idea if I'm pronouncing that correctly) He's actually a Zen Buddhist and a peace activist. He has this to say, (this is another one of my favorite definitions of success)...

He says, "The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive." I think that's just beautiful. The next amazing person I want to introduce you to is Kimberly Lawson. She says her favorite job that she's done is actually being a mom to four incredible kids. She raised four kids as a single mom. That, in and of itself, is just an incredible accomplishment!

Her most famous kid is actually the world renowned comedian, Preacher Lawson, who's hilarious! Check him out if you get the chance! She actually spent this last year being his administrative assistant. And I think that's what's truly unique about Kimberly. She has such a high value for family, that she's literally willing to move around the world to support their dreams and their passions.

She also has a very unique career background. She's taught all over the world, including Beijing, and Shanghai, China. She even taught marine biology through Disney's youth education programs, K through college. She's even assisted with dolphin research while working through Disney! So super unique, super interesting lady! Here's what she actually has to say about success...

I don't have a lot of money. I've been single for almost 30 years. And I'm not famous. My son is! But I'm not famous. So, I don't reach those marks. SUCCESS TO ME IS SETTING SOME GOALS. The goals have to be achievable, but setting goals and achieving them. That to me is success. SUCCESS IS ALSO DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. A lot of times you have to take lemons and make lemonade. But if you're able to do that you are successful.

Success is KNOWING YOUR STRENGTHS and your WEAKNESSES. And walking in those strengths or allowing someone else to shine, when it's a situation where you're weak. So I think when you're able to do that and able to recognize your strengths and weaknesses, you're successful. Success is OVERCOMING your DOUBTS and FEARS about yourself.

A lot of times we say, oh, my goodness, I cannot do that. Oh, my goodness! I'm too afraid to do that. But facing that, knowing that that's something that you're afraid of, but then overcoming it. I think if you can overcome your fears and doubts about yourself, you are a success! Success means LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF and KNOWING YOURSELF and STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

Even if the world around you is falling apart, or they're thinking something different or you're going a different way, and you're standing up and you're saying, "I'm gonna be me." That, to me is success! Success means NEVER GIVING UP. It's taking those positive and great things about yourself and passing them on. If you can make a difference in someone's life, so that they become a better person, you are successful.

If we use those definitions of success, I know I've been successful in my life! What I would recommend or suggest to others on how to be successful in their lives is, first of all, DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE WHO YOU ARE, even if everybody else is doing something different. Again, DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE UNIQUE, and stand out in a crowd. GIVE YOURSELF ROOM TO MAKE MISTAKES.

We all make mistakes! Nobody is perfect! We are our worst enemy. We all, often get really down on ourselves. When you make a mistake, don't do that! Everybody makes mistakes and mistakes are stepping stones to success. And if you do make a mistake; recognize it, pick yourself up, and keep on stepping! Don't wallow in self pity or stay where you are! Keep going, forgive yourself and keep going. Even if other people don't forgive you, you forgive yourself and keep doing what you know is right.

And that's the steps to Success. That's what I think success is! And that's how I think you can be successful. ALSO FILL YOUR LIFE WITH LOVE, AND LAUGHTER.

Now the next person I want to introduce you to is actually a hedge fund founder. He's the manager of 3/5/2 Capital that he recently launched after having 14 years of experience in global investment banking and different asset management firms.

He also helped his Indiana University soccer team, win two national championships, and even briefly played professional soccer before tearing his ACL six months into his contract...which is unfortunate. Good thing he had investing to fall back on, right?

But what I love about Jordan is he's a father of three boys and even with all this stuff that he's doing, he is such an incredible dad; such an incredible person! He and his wife spent their summers, before all the COVID stuff, helping to raise money to provide water for filtration systems for people in Haiti.

They've also been a second family to three Congolese refugees through the Exodus Refugee program. They helped them set up their apartment and got them into soccer clubs and programs there in Indiana. So I just have the utmost respect for him. And I really value what he has to say. So here's his definition of success....

So, in the early years, my life revolved around soccer and success was always defined on what we achieved on the soccer field. The best example would be the college environment where we won two national championships and we would prepare for 12 weeks straight!

We would train hundreds of hours during the year, we would eat meals together, we would work on our mental shape, our physical shape, our ability to put ourselves through through pain and tolerance of hard times and good. And that seemed like just the most difficult thing at that period of time in my life.

But it's an easy judgement of what success is because at the end of the season, you either win or lose the title. And if you win, and that was your goal, then you defined it as successful and it's an easy target. I think as you get older, success becomes more of an important definition. And you really, in my mind, have to FOCUS ON INTERNAL SUCCESS and how you view it for yourself and balance that against what other people to find a success when they look at you.

For a long period of time, early in my career, I think that I viewed success as other people saying, "Wow, Jordan, you're doing a great job! We see that you're successful based on the things that you have or the apartment that you rent in the life you live." And through faith and through a lot of practice figuring out what my personal self worth was all about, along with the influence of my family, I've definitely converted that mindset to...

SUCCESS is an INTERNAL MECHANISM that we can achieve WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT US and their success at many different levels. Now, success for me is is not a financial goal, or the result of what other people think of outside things. It has definitely formed around the ability for me to have a stable work environment where I'm able to ENJOY THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE and as MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE WITH MY FAMILY, WITH MY WIFE and ENJOY MOST OF THE SMALLER MOMENTS...

Really, when you are in a period of success, you can just slow the game down. And you can take time to enjoy time. And it kind of goes without saying, but... TIME IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT GET BACK, YOU CAN'T SLOW IT DOWN. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE IN THE WORLD JUST TIME IN AND OF ITSELF.

And so right now I'm in a stage of my life where I'm gauging success and my ABILITY to get the MOST OUT OF THE TIME THAT I HAVE between work-life balance with family and the kids and the stages they're at at nine, seven and two. I absolutely love seeing their growth and them moving through their younger stages and enjoying those moments with them, while knowing that I have to work hard during the day and do the right things and be focused and efficient to make that all possible.

I do strive to have BENCHMARKS for SUCCESS in my in my asset management business that are easily trackable. So that's helpful. And that success hopefully does relate to comfort on the financial side. But ultimately, that evaluation of success is a very external view from others and I'm far less concerned about that now than I used to be. I think that for anybody that is continuing to monitor their own success, it's about CREATING GOALS and FINDING WAYS to ACHIEVE THEM over time.

But just making sure that you're STAYING GROUNDED and what you're looking for, and you're doing it for you and the RIGHT REASONS and NOT the EXTERNAL VIEW.

Peter Attia said, when he was asked about success..."Do your kids remember you for being the best dad; not the dad who gave them everything, but will they be able to tell you anything one day? Will they be able to call you out of the blue; any day, no matter what? Are you the first person they want to ask for advice? And at the same time, can you hit it out of the park in whatever you decide to do as a lawyer, or a doctor, or a stockbroker?"

I really feel like Jordan embodies that. He hits it out of the park as a hedge fund manager. And he's also an incredible dad, and does so much for the world. I have utmost respect for both his "external success" but also his internal focus on what is truly important to him with his family, and the impact he has on people around him in the world.

The next person I want to introduce you to is Matt shade. He's been a personal trainer for years and years. And he's also the CEO of a company called Fitlivin (www.fitlivin.com), which is just a company that's completely dedicated to helping people learning to love being healthy, and active and moving in ways that they enjoy through taking care of themselves. This is on an individual level, but also in corporate wellness and other different avenues like that.

I actually had the opportunity to work directly with Matt to help design a corporate wellness coaching curriculum before we moved here to Shanghai. And what really strikes me about him is his passion and he has just genuine care for the people around him. He's always inspiring them to get a little better, and push themselves maybe a little bit harder.

Actually, the first time I met with him to talk about business, he invited me to his group workout beforehand at 6am. And I think I was sore for a week after that. But that's just his whole mentality. He doesn't have these distinctions between business and work. He's like, this is how we live a healthy life.

He's someone who truly demonstrates holding health as one of his highest values, and then inspiring countless other people to do the same. This is what he has to say and you can hear his coach background; very precise and very specific in his definition of success. This is what he has to say about success for himself...

NUTRITION for me is: when I eat (I like to eat in an eight hour window and not eat in a 16 hour window, often referred to as intermittent fasting) what I eat (understanding the types of food I put in my body, and what those foods are going to do for me) how much I eat (portion control) EXERCISE: commitment each day of either STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY, BALANCE and or CARDIO. After a big day, it is important to RECOVER and try to get between 7-9 hours of sleep.

MENTAL well being is the ABILITY to SET GOALS and CREATE AN ACTION PLAN to achieve the goal. constantly pushing myself so I can grow mentally. Finally, my EMOTIONAL well being is the ABILITY to HANDLE OBSTACLES or FAILURES IN LIFE. They are inevitable. I try to surround myself with a POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT of LIKE- MINDED PEOPLE.

It is my belief that the traditional model of success, whether it's money, home, car, social status, will actually move in a direction ULTIMATELY MEASURED BY YOUR HEALTH. At the end of the day, that's all you got.

So he's actually served as the senior global program manager for Microsoft, through which he actually got to have direct interactions with Bill Gates on a committee that he was on. And he's been the CEO of a tech company. He's founded several companies of his own. He's also served as a consultant for Fortune 500, Global 1000 companies. He's had years of experience in leadership development and strategy.

But then what I love about Pete is not only his passion for developing leaders, but how much he gives himself towards improving the lives of others around him. And this is everything from his own family, his three kids, to literally millions of people that he's impacted with his career and work. And so here's what his thoughts on success and what he does to manage all the things that he has on a constant basis going on...

Through my family, I think that's how I would define success. I think some things that have helped me find that balance and have helped me reach the goals that I want to and be successful is one I am GOAL ORIENTED. I do set goals. I do it about every quarter. I look at both SHORT TERM and LONG TERM GOALS that I want I want to succeed at.

I also spend an ample amount of time, Stephen Covey called it SHARPENING THE SAW, or SELF TRAINING. I devote at least TWO HOURS A WEEK TO LEARNING NEW SKILSS or reading or doing something that professionally helps me be more successful. But then, equally I also do things that help me be more successful in finding balance. I make sure that I take ONE DAY A WEEK COMPLETELY OFF: SHUT MY PHONE OFF DON'T TOUCH ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES, spend an ENTIRE DAY JUST WITH MY FAMILY.

For us that typically is on a Sunday. But we just we hang out, we walk, we watch movies, we do life. And those types of things helped me find a lot of balance to be successful in multiple facets. I also think that something like diet and exercise is important. I am not the most health conscious person in the world, but I do make sure that I'm thinking about what I'm putting into my body.

I don't eat fast food. I don't grab cokes. I grab water. I make those SMALL, HEALTHY CHOICES because I think all of those things compounded allow me to be successful. And again, for me, success is about FINDING GOOD BALANCE and having good opportunities both PROFESSIONAL and with my FAMILY. And then other things that bring me joy outside of work and family, which for me happens to be taking time to play some golf.

And so I also love how he mentioned the importance of just CONSISTENTLY SCHEDULING CONTINUAL LEARNING and growth and development; actually scheduling that into your routine. It's so important!

The next entrepreneur has actually taken a very unique path to get to where she is today... I want to introduce to you Cathy Kerton Johnson. She grew up in South Africa, got a Bachelor's in art theory. Then she worked full time in prisons ministry in London and Cape Town. Since then she moved into corporate finance. She had kids in England, and then moved to a homestead farm in the cornfields of Indiana in 2010 where she opened European style farm to table restaurant.

Currently, she's returning to grad school to get a master's in European history. So, like I said, very unique path. But she also has a ton of wisdom from the different things that she's done. And I love how she talks about success in a very unique way. So here's what she has to say...

That doesn't mean that you can't do both those things. I've realized that we're actually blessed with seasons in our life, and our lives are actually really long. So if you try to do everything all at once, you'll get really frustrated. MY TIP FOR HAVING SUCCESS IN EVERY SEASON OF LIFE is to CHOOSE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE TO YOU, AND WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE FOR YOU IN THAT SEASON.

So, if you have small children, for example, realize that time is a great time to focus on family. It won't be long before they are grown up and gone, and then you'll have a whole lot of extra time for you to focus on something else. I'm just enjoying stepping into a new season with my kids leaving home soon. I'm going back to college to get my graduate degree.

I'm just realizing that most of the FRUSTRATION that I had in my younger years was from DEFINING SUCCESS AS SOMETHING THAT REALLY WASN'T ATTAINABLE AT THAT SEASON OF LIFE. I was constantly, in my mind failing. And actually, IF I HAD CHOSEN A GOAL THAT HAD FIT WITH MY SEASON, I WOULD HAVE BEEN WAY MORE FULFILLED IN THAT TIME.

Because what's really important to me is being able to savor those moments with my daughter. It is the most amazing thing ever! And why do I want to move on from that? Why should I feel like I'm a failure, if I'm not achieving more than that? It's very timely for me, I love what she had to say. Alain du Button, again, has an incredible definition where he says, "Any definition of success has to include what you are losing or giving up to achieve it."

There is going to be an element where you're not succeeding. I love this aspect of things because you have to also be very intentional and deliberate with thinking about the areas that we give up our need to succeed in. And those can be just as important. Like we talked about in the last episode with the Naval Ravikant quote how "Desire is the contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you realize the fulfillment of that desire."

Cathy's tip is to really think about the areas that you want to succeed in, and then look whether those areas are compatible with the season that your actually living, along with the other variables that you have at play. Then learning to be okay, with not succeeding in a number of other areas around that. Super profound.

Now, I'm gonna let my good friend Lisa Mitchell actually introduce herself but to give you a little sneak peek. She's an elite level executive body language expert and coach. She's trained and presented to numerous CEOs and corporations, on how to improve your body language, your communication, and everything from high stakes negotiating to presentations, networking, etc. so without further ado, here is Lisa Mitchell...

Now, money's great, being recognized or acknowledged for good work; feels good. But really, for me, every filter, every decision that I make in my career or life is, "DOES THIS INCREASE MY FREEDOM, TO SAY YES TO WHAT I WANT TO SAY YES TO and DOES IT INCREASE MY FLEXIBILITY TO JUST LIVE THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE? It's not really any harder than that. One SUCCESS TIP: BE OKAY WITH KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO MAKE EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR DECISIONS.

The more you grow, the more curious you get, the more risk that you take, the less people are going to understand you, especially people who love you, and just want you to be safe and secure. They're going to question everything but it's not for them to decide. GET COMFORTABLE MAKING OTHER PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOUR DECISIONS.

Now the next person I want to introduce her name is Lindsey Emery, and she's quite successful as a real estate agent. She started out as a junior project manager, and then transitioned to sales and she was the top 1% agent with Windermere from 2013 to 2018. She had the top performing referral group with Keller Williams through 2018 to 2020. She averages selling 30 homes a year!

Now, she's located in central Virginia with the Hogan group. And her Instagram handle is @Lindsaymarcelle if you want to follow what she's doing. I love what she has to say about success in a job that's not your typical 9 - 5 one where you have a very flexible, changing schedule that you have to work around. So here's what she has to say...

But for me, when I initially think of the concept, what does success look like to you? I immediately think of the word: BALANCE, Balance, was something that was instilled in my brother and I, from a very young age by my very successful and loving father. When we were younger, it was a little bit harder to understand what balanced even meant, but as an adult...

I think it's so important to really evaluate "WHAT ARE THE PILLARS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?" FAMILY? HEALTH and FITNESS? EXPLORING NEW INTERESTS? VOLUNTEERING? What are those pillars that are so important to you? And how do you manage your time In order to allocate enough energy towards each of those pillars? I think the caveat to that, is knowing that achieving a balanced lifestyle, in my opinion, is not attainable.

What we should be striving for is BEING CONSISTENLY AWARE of WHAT WE BELIEVE A BALANCED LIFESTYLE WOULD LOOK LIKE. Does it involve working out every single day? Does it mean that you schedule weekly dinners with your family? Does it mean that you schedule dinner dates with your best friend because you both have busy schedules? Does it mean time blocking?

Because for me, I'm in sales. I have clients that require different levels of energy and time for me, but I know that I cannot serve them at the highest level ff I don't TIME BLOCK FOR WORKING OUT or time block different activities that fill my bucket so that I can fill theirs. I say that knowing full well the limitations of personally working in an industry that is not a consistent 9 - 5. I have a very kind of turbulent schedule.

So, I'll look back on weeks and go, that was not a balanced week. It just wasn't, I worked a ton. I had to skip a bunch of workouts. I didn't prioritize my time the right way. And that happens and we have to give ourselves grace. But I think being cognizant of what a balanced lifestyle looks like, and and trying our very, very hardest to prioritize that is so crucial.

Kind of another auxiliary detail, I want to add to the concept of success: I think it's so important to be VERY SELECTIVE WITH THE PEOPLE IN YOUR INNER CIRCLE; the people that are closest to you.

I always want to be considered someone who's kind and compassionate and full of grace and understanding. I want to be someone that people do feel safe being themselves around, and that I'll listen and be able to discuss whatever is on their minds. But, I also want to be someone that can challenge them and that can also be challenged.

That being said, the people that I do have closest to me are going to be people that I think bring out the highest and best version of myself, and that I do the same for them. And that means that our values have to align. Me personally, I think that's so important.

I also think in a professional setting, the same concept applies. I want to be SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT MAKE ME A BETTER PROFESSIONAL, someone who acts out of integrity, and intelligence and patience and diligence, someone who works hard to adequately represent her clients, and earn their trust.

And so I want to be around people that prioritize those values, as well. And I want to pursue people like that. This is one of the ways that I've been able to, I believe, distinguish myself in an industry that has very, very low barriers to entry. It's not a secret that there are plenty of realtors out there that are not extremely gifted in their field.

But I want to be around people that are and so I actively pursue professional relationships with people that I think are really differentiating themselves and are going to make me a better a better professional. In a better advocate for my clients. So, I think BEING REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING CLOSE TO YOU is extremely, extremely important.

But all in all, for me, SUCCESS IS ABOUT BALANCE. And really identifying what those pillars are for yourself and working towards a lifestyle wherein you honor each of those pillars as much as you can on a day to day basis.

Lindsey talked about these different pillars of our life and how we can work on a consistent, constantly fluctuating basis, to try to balance these different pillars and the priorities that we have. This is exactly why I created the SE FOUNDATION EBOOK to give you very specific questions in each of these areas of your life to help you intentionally think about and engineer your own success.

I also have a section on the website, where I'm beginning to create BOOK SUMMARIES from some of the best nonfiction and self-help books that I've read, to give you the simple actionable systems from these experts in everything from motivation to psychology, neuroscience, communication, happiness, productivity, etc. to help you be able to implement the things that they've researched and studied for years that you can implement in your life as well.

What's really cool about the website is you can actually LISTEN to the SE PODCAST RIGHT FROM THE WEBSITE, and even download the transcripts from the episodes if there's some good content that you wanted to implement into your life that you couldn't write down while you're listening. So I'm really excited about this! Check it out www.successengineering.org!

Finally, our last entrepreneur that want to introduce you, to her name is Laura Wilson. I want to give you a little picture of Laura Wilson. She has flaming red hair. She's super energetic. She's excited all the time. And she's the global Director of Education and Training for Power Plate.

I actually worked with her a number of years ago as a personal trainer at Lifetime Fitness. She's presented all over the world at some of the biggest conventions in health and fitness, including IDEA, IHRSA, Club industry. She started her own fitness club, which she eventually sold to Lifetime Fitness, which is one of the biggest gym corporations in the US. And she's been a group fitness instructor, personal trainer for years, on top of being a mom of two kids. And then to top it all off, she actually has a PhD in Shakespearean studies. Go figure, right?

So I'm really excited to introduce you to her and I'm excited for the next episode as well. We're really going to dive deep and interview her and really get an idea of how she defines success and is able to achieve what she has. So, here's Laura Wilson...

So, that applies both to my career, making sure that my clients and those that I'm writing programming for in the fitness world are successful, and that I feel successful and fulfilled. They're reaching their goals. I'm reaching my goals. But, more importantly, even as my family, when I think about my husband and my kids that I FEEL LOVED AND FULFILLED, but also that THEY FEEL LOVED AND FULFILLED.

Whether it's business or family, career or life, it's simply coming down to the idea that being able to be successful is about being LOVED and FULFILLED, and making sure that the ones that I care about and work with are feeling that same thing. How do you go about that? Well, I think it's really DEFINING WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE

I think, so many times (true for me too) that there are years in my life when I wasn't sure exactly what I was striving for. Maybe I thought I knew on the surface. But defining what those goals are, knowing what I'm looking for in life, has really helped me to hone and refine and go after success and being fulfilled as a result of that.

So the first thing would be SET GOALS: know what makes you feel good, know what you're going after. Because you can't achieve something that you're you're not sure you're even running for. So that's the first tip that I would actually give.

That's exactly what success engineering is about! I want to help you make sure your ladder is leaning at the right building! So again, that's why I created the SE FOUNDATION and BLUEPRINT EBOOKS that you can get on the website to give you a tangible way to define success and just make sure you're on the right path to creating it in your life.

So again, you can download those for FREE at www.successengineering.org along with a whole host of other resources that I mentioned, to help you engineer that feeling of success in every area of your life. Until next time, thank you for listening! This is your host, Michael Bauman, with Success Engineering