How do you know you’re successful

Those that attended the Global Summit were women who are powerful in their own countries. The President of Kosovo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, the Vice President of Vietnam, the First Lady of Malaysia, the First lady of Namibia. Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries, CEOs, Presidents, Vice Presidents of top corporations, ultra successful businesswomen, government officials, princesses maybe, etc.
With the quality of the delegates, it’s easy to feel inferior or insecure. One could easily be threatened by the success of the other women.

I sat beside a 32 year old CEO of a Spanish company that develops mega-parks, hotels, condominium towers, and sprawling commercial areas bigger than the Fort Of course, her dad started the business, but she’s now the boss.

It’s easy to feel a little inferior, thinking that hey, what have I achieved in my life in comparison with this 1,000 others, some of them are in the Forbes list, Fortunes list, etc.

(I am also on a list, bank’s list of debtors).

So how do you know that you’re successful? Should you peg your success against this hundred-millionaire in Euro and billionaire in dollars women?

NO, OF COURSE NOT. Otherwise, ma-depress lang tayo.

One has to define success for oneself. Our peg is our own criteria of success based on our personal goals and roles in any job that we do. Above and beyond that, it’s how you define success for yourself. Don’t use other women as your basis to measure your success.

Your success must connect with your passion, vision, ambition and your own sense of value. So huwag ikumpura ang sarili sa iba. Define success on your own terms in reference to the situation you’re in. Ano importante sayo? What do you value? If you’re happy with your job, and happy with your stable family, that could be more successful than someone with so much money, hates her husband, hated by her children. Iba-iba ang buhay. Iba-iba ang batayan. What could work for others may not work for you.

But remember the challenges that go with it. Success comes with a price. There are sacrifices you need to make .

What is important is to have a clear understanding of what you are, who you are, what you want. Know yourself. Understand your ambition and what you aspire for.

Kahit wala kang opisina, nagtitinda ka ng kalamansi sa palengke, pero pag-uwi mo naman, miss na miss ka ng mister mo at mga anak mo, may pagkain kayo sa mesa, malulusog kayo, masaya kayo, tapat ka sa kapwa, nakakapag-aral ang mga anak nyo, that’s success too.