Sucess and Money

How do you measure success? Money is just sitting there, or gaining or losing ground. Money exists but to what degree do we place a value on money? There are times people define success as obtainment of money. But isn’t it true that we all need money, we all use money and we all spend money? Isn’t it possible that success has little to do with money? 

Isn’t success the progression towards a worthy goal? A school age student trying to earn good grades so they can get rewarded or praised, are they chasing success? Are they living success? What about the young child who’s learning responsibility and understands that all the work they are putting into taking care of an animal, isn’t this a success? What about the young adult entering college who knows exactly what they want to do. They work hard every day towards the long-term goal, even though they don’t know if they will achieve the goal in the end, isn’t this person living in success?

 What about the single parent who managed to start up their own business from home, giving up a high paying position that would have taken away time. Living in priority by valuing time with their children over money, aren’t they a success? You see I think we arrive at a truthful definition of success when we push money out of the picture

 People can obtain money in many ways, random chance, or on a whim. Working long hours, working “hard”, or being handed the biggest check they ever saw.  At times with little or no road through success. What about the person that has inherited millions of dollars? Are they a success? How many times do we hear of people of financial abundance that are still searching for something on the inside to garner purpose? Empty pockets and capital still have to look for success.

I have arrived at the conclusion that success is a movement inside. Success is taking the movement in the form of a goal, desire, vision, thought, plan, and moving it to action. Pursuing something bigger than the self. Pursuing as a journey. On the road. The accomplishment part of the aim or purpose set aside. Having direction followed by pursuit gives purpose. Success isn’t static and from what I can tell can be independent of cash, credit, savings, stocks and assets