Creatives: What’s Your Definition of Success?

I have been writing about how to define success. And how, unless I get conscious about it, all my definitions revolve around money. Although money is important, I think it's also important to track creative success. So I made the Alternative Success List, with a good mix of money successes and creative successes.

Or at least I started on the list for the business side of my life. Here it is so far.

Alternative Success List

1. Paying my bills. On time. This might seem like a low bar, but for a portion of my business life, I couldn’t do this. I can now, and weirdly, I enjoy it.
2. Walking my talk, mostly.  If I'm advising you to do something, I’ve tried it myself. I also didn’t used to be able to say this. I ‘did research’ instead of trying things out myself. Two of the books I’ve written are based on personal experience and two aren’t. The sales figures speak for themselves.
3. Finishing books. If the idea for a book idea chooses me and I accept being chosen,  then I’m bound to finish. I’m so close to finishing the book: Artists: Prosper! But I’m up against what happens each time I get close to the finish line with a book; the first 80% of the book takes 80% of the effort and the remaining 20% takes the other 80%. (Joking. That’s just how it feels.) But I’m committed to finishing and I will.
4. Marketing that does more than just market. I want to highlight other creatives while I talk about my own books and coaching. 
5. And the big megillah-- am I being of real help to people?

Do you have a list that includes your creative successes?

What’s your Success list? And does it include both money successes and creative successes? If the answer is, "Not yet," I'll help you. Let’s chat because your work matters and it's time to recognize your creative success.

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If you look around you and see wild, creative possibility, I can help you make that into inspired, profitable reality. In fact, Where wild creative possibility becomes inspired, profitable reality is my new tag line. If this is something you have been yearning for, but didn’t know where to start, book a 15 minute chat with me and we’ll figure out what’s next.