As the day wanes, our willpower to choose our own success does too.
We try to conserve energy by adopting what success looks like for those around us. We begin to second guess if we woke up with the right form of success in our minds. We start to change what success looks like for us based on the powers of influence that we’re surrounded by and the result is that we feel less fulfilled at the end of the day.
Your colleague puts more hours in and works hard at work, so you feel the need to put yours in too…even though you woke up thinking about how you’ll have dinner with your family tonight. That was success to you in the morning, but it shifted throughout the day.
If you can look forward, just a handful of hours from now, when you’re back in bed at the end of the day: What is it that you need to do to feel like you’ve succeeded today? Not your laundry list of to-dos, but the task that holds the greatest meaning to you. Write it down. Carry it with you. You’ll want to check it off tonight.
We often forget we have the choice of what success looks like for us 5 years from now, 5 weeks from now, 5 minutes from now. The choice is always ours, but we must choose.
Stay Positive & There’s No Reason To Let Others Shift What Success Is For You
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While its not necessarily a good thing, I think its in our nature to change focus throughout the day. as you point out, our emotions and physical exhaustion change our perspective.
It seems many “successful” people have mastered the art of selecting MIT, or most important tasks, that they make sure to achieve throughout the day. They set them when their head is clear, before the day can weigh on them