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For some lucky people, Monday morning can’t start soon enough, because their work is so closely aligned to their motivation. Motivation is when what we do is so closely aligned to what we’re good at and linked to our values that we just know we are on the right path.

I guess I’m one of the lucky ones who almost prefers Monday to the weekend – because I can’t wait to get back into the projects and activities that excite me. But the older I get and the more people I work with, the more I conclude that we are all motivated by different things and that we all need to determine for ourselves what success means to us.

The word success often leads to two questions – what is success and how do you get it?

However, the definition of success can only be answered by each of us individually. “Success is ultimately an individual feeling of fulfilment and satisfaction” according to author Glenn Van Ekeren. Not all of us want to move up the career ladder, yet this is often seen as the generally accepted definition of success in our society. Yet success may mean something very different to you. Are you looking to make a difference to others, to create something unique in the market or to have balance where you have time for both your family and your work? Today it is far more acceptable to focus on a variety of paths to gain satisfaction in our working life. Don’t rely on what your family, friends or co-workers define as success. Ultimately it’s up to you to decide and define what success means to you.

Living up to others expectations is frustrating and inevitably impossible. Understanding what is the most important aspect in your life is one of the first steps to effective career planning. Unless you define clearly what path you are on, you may be able to achieve success by others standards but never your own.

By defining what you are looking for in your life and what your own definition of success will be, you create the foundation for an effective and rewarding career and life. And through understanding what really motivates us we can build a career path that is truly satisfying. In essence, by defining and understanding what motivate us, we are able to build our own blue-print for success – in fact, to create our own definition of success.

Take time to answer these questions now… Looking over the last year – what were your most rewarding activities or moments? And looking at the year ahead, what would be the most rewarding for you? Is it really that promotion or pay-rise or is it the quality moments shared with family or friends, or completing that project that will be of value to others. There will be clues in your answers.

If you are still struggling to answer these questions, try our new on-line careerMotivators questionnaire to develop your own definition of success and the right path for you. By completing the Career Motivators questionnaire you are beginning to define what success in life means to you. It will help define your career path and focus your thinking on what else you need to do to build a satisfying, and stimulating life.

When you combine knowing where you are going, striving to become the best you can be, with the qualities of hard work and dedication, we believe that the right things for you will eventually come your way. As Brian Tracy suggests “Success comes from doing what you are ideally suited to do, doing it extremely well, and doing more and more of it.”

If you want to find out more, visit our website www.careeranalysts.co.nz or contact me at anne@careeranalysts.co.nz - I'd love to help!

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