I’m going to conduct what I believe will be the world’s largest “Success Experiment.”  And, if not the largest, perhaps the most interesting.  And, if not the most interesting, at least we can have some fun and raise a little dough for some organizations that do some interesting work and also help people learn more about themselves — whether it’s finding a dream job or not.

BACKGROUND
Before I provide the details, here’s a little background:

As I’ve been dealing with Dream Jobs for several years, one thing I’ve learned is that many people go about their careers, and the jobs that comprise them, in quite a haphazzard fashion — jumping into one job because it seems right at the time, only to find out later that it doesn’t come anywhere near fulfilling them.

And, because many people equate the “right” job with success, without even quite knowing how they’d define success, I thought it would be interesting to survey as many people as I possibly could to find out what their own definitions of success are.

Because, if I could provide hundreds or thousands of success definitions, it might make it easier for others to come up with their own and to match them with their career aspirations and needs.

So, define success first, and match the dream job to that.

SUCCESS EXPERIMENT!
I want to find 10,000 people to give me their definition of success in the following format:

I believe success is ____________________________________.

That blank space can be a word, the completion of the sentence, or several paragraphs.  Your call.

When you have your definition, please send it to my attention at success@dreamjobsdialog.com.  (Do not post your response here.)

Also, please provide your name, current position, organization, and title and indicate whether or not I may publish it along with the definition.  In addition, please feel free to provide a brief bio of yourself, including your current and former professions along with any websites, blogs, or other activities you’re involved in.

Because no peeking is allowed, and to encourage originality, I won’t publish any of the definitions until I’ve collected all 10,000.

THEN:
I will donote $1,000, in $100 increments each, to 10 of the organizations listed in an earlier post (click here for details), all of which are involved, in one fashion or another, in international volunteer activities.

I will subsequently publish a compilation of everyone’s comments and definitions and make it available to all contributors at no charge, and publish the most interesting contributions here in a future series of posts.

10,000 personal definitions of success.

Kinda cool; a lot of fun.  And, I think we’ll all learn something.

Here’s to your success!

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