Comments on: Success vs. Significance http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/ Where CEOs Come to Grow & where Leadership Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikemyatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30998 mikemyatt Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30998 Hi Rich: Thanks for your comment as well as for connecting me with Maggie (we've now exchanged emails). With regard to your question: "How does one turn their significance into success?" My answer is this - not to be trite or dismissive, but when significance is the foundation success is sure to follow. Best wishes Rich... Hi Rich:

Thanks for your comment as well as for connecting me with Maggie (we've now exchanged emails). With regard to your question: "How does one turn their significance into success?" My answer is this – not to be trite or dismissive, but when significance is the foundation success is sure to follow. Best wishes Rich…

]]> By: Rich Largman http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30996 Rich Largman Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:33:10 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30996 Hi Mike! Great post and distinction between success and significance. It was reassuring to measure myself by these standards and see that I have always been on the right track. I am grateful that my life so far has been aligned with the concept of significance. I think one reason for that is that I always had a strong sense of purpose/my purpose and who I am. At first it was an unconscious sense of it, but some years back, after spending several months doing an exercise from Stephen Covey on designing a personal mission statement, that purpose became conscious. I write about the importance of that purpose for one's success and satisfaction on my blog this month <a href="http://(www.empireofhope.com)" rel="nofollow">(www.empireofhope.com)</a>. Here though is my question and struggle - How does one turn their significance into success? Hi Mike! Great post and distinction between success and significance. It was reassuring to measure myself by these standards and see that I have always been on the right track. I am grateful that my life so far has been aligned with the concept of significance. I think one reason for that is that I always had a strong sense of purpose/my purpose and who I am. At first it was an unconscious sense of it, but some years back, after spending several months doing an exercise from Stephen Covey on designing a personal mission statement, that purpose became conscious. I write about the importance of that purpose for one's success and satisfaction on my blog this month (www.empireofhope.com). Here though is my question and struggle – How does one turn their significance into success?

]]> By: Helen http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30786 Helen Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:35:53 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30786 Mike, thank you for your thought provoking discussion about success vs. significance. I can see how our beliefs about success and significance can impact our daily lives. What impressions am I leaving with those around me? How am I influencing them? What are my contributions? Success does not mean much without significance. Mike, thank you for your thought provoking discussion about success vs. significance. I can see how our beliefs about success and significance can impact our daily lives. What impressions am I leaving with those around me? How am I influencing them? What are my contributions? Success does not mean much without significance.

]]> By: mikemyatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30784 mikemyatt Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:05:49 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30784 Thanks for your comment. What I was able to take away from your comment was insightful if viewed with perspective. "False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. What I shared in this post was not advice asking readers to fool themselves, but I was asking them to check their motivations and assess their aspirations. Doing anything for the wrong reasons is not likely to turn out well. Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for your comment. What I was able to take away from your comment was insightful if viewed with perspective. "False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. What I shared in this post was not advice asking readers to fool themselves, but I was asking them to check their motivations and assess their aspirations. Doing anything for the wrong reasons is not likely to turn out well. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: fxgeorges http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30779 fxgeorges Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:50:30 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30779 I would use this technique with caution! The emptiness is only temporarily full with feelings of false altruism. When you are encouraged to do something meaningful at the suggestion of your shrink, it’s self serving, not altruistic. I’ve seen people become addicted to this false high, and end up giving so much of themselves, that they’ve nothing left, emotionally speaking. People who help to their detriment. Using volunteering or “being significant” as a way to avoid dealing with their own painful issues. I would use this technique with caution!
The emptiness is only temporarily full with feelings of false altruism. When you are encouraged to do something meaningful at the suggestion of your shrink, it’s self serving, not altruistic.
I’ve seen people become addicted to this false high, and end up giving so much of themselves, that they’ve nothing left, emotionally speaking. People who help to their detriment. Using volunteering or “being significant” as a way to avoid dealing with their own painful issues.

]]> By: mikemyatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30728 mikemyatt Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:41:09 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30728 Thanks as always for your insights and observatons Tom. I greatly value your opinions and experience. Thanks as always for your insights and observatons Tom. I greatly value your opinions and experience.

]]> By: pastortom2022 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30720 pastortom2022 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:22:29 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30720 Great post Mike. I stand amazed at how long it takes us to get it. We spend our thirties and forties building success only to find that it is not what we think. By the time we reach fifty, I think we understand that it is not about us, and we have little time left to make a difference. We also realize the we truly must do it by contributing our wisdom and failures to others. Thanks for the reminder. Great post Mike. I stand amazed at how long it takes us to get it. We spend our thirties and forties building success only to find that it is not what we think. By the time we reach fifty, I think we understand that it is not about us, and we have little time left to make a difference. We also realize the we truly must do it by contributing our wisdom and failures to others. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: mikemyatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30719 mikemyatt Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:40:53 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30719 Hi Sami: Thanks for your comment and the kind words. I agree wholeheartedly with your observations. While I don't usually find myself in agreement with Joel Osteen (not a big fan of prosperity theology), I agree with the quote of his you selected. Thanks for stopping by Sami... Hi Sami:

Thanks for your comment and the kind words. I agree wholeheartedly with your observations. While I don't usually find myself in agreement with Joel Osteen (not a big fan of prosperity theology), I agree with the quote of his you selected. Thanks for stopping by Sami…

]]> By: ATIG http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-30717 ATIG Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:36:41 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-30717 Dear Mike, You are so persuasive for those how missed the fundamental sense of our life. Success based in bad action show only it is insignificant!!!! ( what I do for others) We have the duty to influence for positive changes and only preparation is the great differentiator. Our life cannot be measured from the bank balance but by service. I thank you for this opportunity to develop the meaning in real life and make sense of this world essential. “To fulfill your destiny, you don't need what other's have. You need only what lies within.” – Joel Osteen => True wisdom from real experience. Thank you. Sami Dear Mike,

You are so persuasive for those how missed the fundamental sense of our life.
Success based in bad action show only it is insignificant!!!! ( what I do for others)
We have the duty to influence for positive changes and only preparation is the great differentiator.
Our life cannot be measured from the bank balance but by service.
I thank you for this opportunity to develop the meaning in real life and make sense of this world essential.
“To fulfill your destiny, you don't need what other's have. You need only what lies within.” – Joel Osteen => True wisdom from real experience.
Thank you.
Sami

]]> By: mikemyatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/understanding-significance/comment-page-1/#comment-29579 mikemyatt Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:19:12 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/?p=301#comment-29579 Thanks for sharing Ron. I agree with your sentiments. I also appreciate the words of encouragement from Nimitz. Best wishes Ron. Thanks for sharing Ron. I agree with your sentiments. I also appreciate the words of encouragement from Nimitz. Best wishes Ron.

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