I am sick and tired of everyone talking about success as if its the one thing we are put on this earth for. And the person I am most sick of hearing it from is me!
After spending more than twenty years chasing what I thought was success, I finally woke up and realized significance is my target.
Significance means change.
It means purpose.
It means passion.
Significance means taking the eye off of me and putting it on someone else.
Significance means leaning into my destiny and finally using the talents and strengths I have been blessed with to make a difference.
So today I won't wish you success. Instead I wish you significance.
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Great post! Significance makes more sense than the elusive success.
Posted by: Sutton Parks | 04/25/2011 at 08:33 AM
O my! Great post and great courage to speak it. I have been thinking the same thing. I spent years seeking "success" and became indebted to it. The past few years I have been seeking God's purpose (not necessarily mine)and that is where I am finding significanse, purpose and "success"! It is highly likely we will receive "success" as long as it isn't the goal! Thank you so much for sharing!
Posted by: Tom | 04/25/2011 at 09:34 AM
Great post, Deb! You've nailed it.
Posted by: Brenda Dunagan | 04/25/2011 at 10:11 AM
Thanks Sutton, I agree! The word significance turns success on its' ear.
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 04/25/2011 at 11:17 PM
Tom I'm with you, did the exact same thing in that I sought out God's purpose and plan and while I was not 100% confident I moved anyway and the purposeful move to significance has been a 'game changer'. Thanks for your comment!
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 04/25/2011 at 11:19 PM
Thanks Brenda! Your continued encouragement is a gift!
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 04/25/2011 at 11:19 PM
Very insightful. Our view of "success" looks like "stuff" all too often. The right trappings don't make us "successful". (The usually make us mere mortals saddled with debt....but that's another post). I would call the "treasure" the thing that makes us "success-full". After all...we have treasured gifts that only we can unpack and display to the world.
Posted by: Bernice Coles | 04/27/2011 at 02:18 PM
I don't think I've ever heard anyone make the distinction between success and significance. That seems like an obvious difference now that you pointed it out.
Thanks for giving me something meaningful to chew on today.
Posted by: Dean Mehrkens | 04/27/2011 at 02:28 PM
Its so true Bernice the 'stuff' is just that and I love your comment about how the treasure makes us success-full!
Love that perspective!
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 04/27/2011 at 11:57 PM
Dean - My pleasure! There's a good book called Success to Significance by Lloyd Reeb that really goes deeper into the subject. I read it a couple of years ago and it still is having an impact.
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 04/27/2011 at 11:59 PM
You finally got the place for me to pin it - I don't want 'success' that is touted, trotted out and displayed and measured by standards that are not aligned with my faith and my beliefs. To be significant, to make a difference, is what we should strive for.
Bright blessings!
Posted by: Shanyn | 05/06/2011 at 06:03 PM
So glad it was helpful Shanyn. I have found when we use our strengths in our passion it is a potent combination. Here's to yours!
Posted by: Deb Ingino ~ Strength Leader | 05/10/2011 at 08:12 AM