This is one principle I teach at my Maverick Selling Business Builder Bootcamp beginning with the opening exercise on Day 1. You are the one who chooses whether you are happy and successful. What do I mean?

Each person’s definition of happiness or success is subjective. It is only given meaning when you choose the criteria to achieve either.

Have you ever asked someone how they are doing and they responded by saying they were above ground so it’s a good day? Their definition of success was relatively easy to meet. They had to be living and it was a good day.

What this shows is they set their bar at an easily achievable spot ensuring they were going to be happy and successful every day they were alive. It was their choice and came from within them.

What have you set as your criteria for success? Does your criteria help serve you or are you setting unattainable levels to achieve before you allow yourself to be happy and consider yourself a success? The choice is yours.