The world is saturated with people who want to be successful.
But what the world needs isn’t more people who are successful via traditional metrics (e.g. money, fame, power).
What the world needs is more people who are successful via novel and highly personal metrics.
The world doesn’t need more people maximizing their bottom lines at the expense of the environment. What we need are more people who can minimize their carbon footprint, reduce their use of plastics, and align their purchasing behavior with a life mission that’s also aligned with our most important home.
The world doesn’t need more people obsessing over likes and numbers of views on social media. What we need are more people who are obsessed with liking themselves and minimizing the number of people they compare themselves to—both on and offline.
The world doesn’t need more generally educated, non-specific college grads. What we need are more people who have come alive and are ignited with a curiosity that makes them want to learn, grow, and improve each day in spite of mistakes, failures, and hardships along the way.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with traditional metrics of success per se.
…It’s just that there’s something way more right with personally defined, soul-aligned metrics instead.
Inner Work Prompt: What’s your personally defined, soul-aligned definition of success?