What makes for "A Success"?

Last week I encountered three very different versions of success and only one of them was of my own creation and was – in business terms – the least fruitful.

In the next few days, the Christian Calendar will give us both All Souls Day and All Saints Day. The latter recalls the well-known, heroic figures of the faith; whereas the former allows us to remember all those who have gone before us, who have known us, loved us and shaped us. Both are models of success.

A decade ago I had a conversation with a 19 year old who felt that going home would be seen as a failure. Last week we spoke again about another moral dilemma he is facing.

In my new business, I am not driven by being well-known or heroic; but by knowing that being fully present, even for one conversation, can be life-changing.

- Good business demands ‘success’: but who defines that?

- What are the conversations that you remember?

- What might “success” look like for you this week – in just one conversation?

Sometimes success isn’t about the size of the impact, but how long its echo lingers.