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If you tie your success to only how well a company is going to do, you are setting up for fail (And feeling unlucky, and so slightly pissed off at work.). There
by usrusrusr 16y ago
If you tie your success to only how well a company is going to do, you are setting up for fail (And feeling unlucky, and so slightly pissed off at work.). There are too many external factors deciding that.
I measure my success in many ways.
1. Do I havea loving family. Check.
2. Do I have fulfilling hobbies. Check.
3. Do I have enough money to fulfill my responsibilities and hobby, doing things I love. Check.
4. Do I have as much money as I would want to call myself successful. Not yet.
Tying my success to many parameters I can feel a little successful everyday, and continue to feel lucky, and continue to work toward what I would call a successful startup.
- d4ft 16y agoThis reminds me of portfolio theory in finance: as long as your goals are diverse enough, generally you will track the market (i.e. how life is going generally). That being said, I think the most successful business people are those that really closely tie their happiness with the success of the company (Steve Jobs, I think, is a good example).
- raganwald 16y ago> Steve Jobs If you feel he's a good role model, then what do we make of him being cast out of Eden by his own board, and then having NeXT going basically nowhere until Apple begged him to come back and bought the company for its OS and as a talent acquisition? I suspect he's been happier in a certain sense when his actions have been validated by the market, but at the same time, I strongly suspect he has certain other motivations that drive him and he's happy when he acts in harmony with those motivations. The marketplace validating his work is probably just icing on the cake. That's all just speculation I pulled out of my Ass, of course!