The secret of feeling successful more often
When do you feel successful? Is it at work, after the completion of a major project or big sale? Is it at home, after the kids are fed with a healthy dinner and already in bed? Or, do you feel sucessful at the gym, after spending 40 minutes on the elliptical?
Or, is nothing coming to mind? We tend to feel successful more often in areas we tend to hang out in more. So, if you spend the bulk of your time at work, your successes are likely grounded more in your accomplishments at work. These areas are also likely to be the ones where you feel the most confident.
In order to feel successful more often, we need to expand the areas that we hang out in. We need to diversify. We cannot keep all of our opportunities for feelings of success in just one basket (home, work, school). It can be difficult to diversify when we feel crunched for time, however. But what we can do is to strive for a more balanced life. Make sure that there is gym time a couple of times a week; plan time for a weekly or bi-weekly class; incorporate an outside interest into your life if you are a full-time mom, employee or student. Join a support team like a Passionality. Striving for balance is a life journey. It isn’t finite. So, there are many opportunities for feelings of success along the way.
How can you incorporate more balance to ensure greater feelings of success?