To Achieve Success You Must First Define It

Most people spend more time planning their vacations that they do their businesses and in many cases even their lives - and artists are no exception! To be successful in business you need to know the answer to one of the most basic questions of business planning - "Where am I going?" If you don't know where you are going then getting there may be difficult, wherever "there" is...

In working with creative individuals I have found that it is hard for many of them to define what success means. "I want to be a successful artist working in my studio" seems to be about as far as many of them can go in defining their success.

When you ask other entrepreneurs what success means they will describe their success in terms of being a market leader, capturing market share, developing new and innovative products, their distribution chain, market capitalization and the financial rewards. Thinking in these terms is not so easy for many creative types.

Success for many creatives is simply being able to pursue their passion - not a bad measure of success for any business. In some respects many businesses have to work hard to instill and keep passion thriving with their owners and employees. Passion for one's work will get you a long way but it is not a guarantee of success.

In the linked article I will present some ideas on how you can determine what success means to you as a first step in making your vision of success a reality.

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