I have joined a Success Team. We have our first meeting next Wednesday.
The concept of success teams was started by Barbara Sher, an author I’ve come to love. She’s written numerous books about discovering your goals and then achieving them — books such as Wishcraft and I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. Her main idea is that in order to get what you want, you shouldn’t waste time trying to change who you are, because it won’t work. Instead, find ways to accommodate who you are.
Her theory behind success teams is based on networking and community: you might not be able to reach your goals using your own resources, but if you’re in a small group, you will meet people who know people who know other people, and so forth, and you can all help each other reach your goals. You also have the benefit of the other people’s brains, and they might be able to see your situation differently than you see it. Plus there’s lots of mutual motivation going on.
One of my goals lately is to get back into performing. I think I want to take an acting class, or get involved in community theater, or do some singing, or something. For someone who considers himself an introvert, I seem strangely to thrive around other people more than I’d expect to, and I hope to tap into this energy through performing once again.
Wish me, um, success.
“…you shouldn’t waste time trying to change who you are, because it won’t work.”
People say this to their parol officers all the time.
“success … is based on networking and community…”
I.E., mafia
A life too analysed is sometimes a life less lived.
Reminds me of the Six Feet Under episodes where the mother starts attending seminars on “building your house,” a metaphor for self-dev.
I think examining anything from an artificial, abstract paradigm is useful, but never as an absolute solution to life. That game changes too much, both rules and goals.
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Sounds like a plan! Where do I sign up for one of these Success Teams? I love your blog, btw. Not to mention the entires, too. You have a fan from the state that has nothing but steers and queers. If it helps, I wish you anything your little heart desires.
Good for you! I hope the group brings you stability and contentment.