The Meaning of Success
For those of you who know me well, you know that I am employed as a Regional Coordinator for an organization that teaches kids about business and financial literacy. One of the programs we teach looks at what success is and what it will take for a Jr. High student to achieve success in the future. In the student workbook they define success this way: "Success happens when you realize a dream you have imagined or take steps to accomplish the goals you plan to achieve." This is a very good program and teaches young people some valuable things. I've recently started to see success in a whole new way and agree more with the second half of that statement then the first and can't wait to share my new found wisdom next time I teach this program in a school. For the past six months I have been taking part in a weight loss program through my local church. In one of my final lessons in the four book cirriculum that I have been studying it talked about su...