Be Authentically Yourself!

The magazine racks at bookstores and grocery stores are loaded with stories of personal success and failure. We all want to be in the successful category and avoid failure. But we're neither. Each person is so unique that none of us can live up to others' successes, or failures. We simply must be ourselves and do our best to offer our God given talents. Each of has certain skills and personal traits which help us perform certain jobs well. But even in the context of job performance, so many external variables can influence your financial success, it’s futile to define yourself as a success or failure based on what happens in your job. Coach John Wooden (won 10 college basketball championships in 12 years) is reported to have never mentioned winning and losing to his players. He emphasized if you try your best every day (and there will be good and bad days), you’ll never be a loser.  Rather, your effort is what counts.  Have a great day!