{"id":10210,"date":"2018-12-30T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2018\/12\/30\/men-define-terms-for-successful-careers\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T20:25:08","slug":"men-define-terms-for-successful-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/men-define-terms-for-successful-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Define Terms for Successful Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We queried some of the men in our circles about their own definitions of “successful careers,” and here is what they came up with:<\/em> 50 years a musician A successful career is one which affords me the opportunity to live the life I choose to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know I am successful, when: my professional contacts return to me for service; when I am forgiven for mistakes; when my relationships grow beyond professional topics and encompass human events and causes; when I wake up in the morning, looking forward to “whatever comes my way” because I can dig my way out of a slump and use the energy of joy to help someone else rise out of a sine-wave trough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earn a comfortable living. Enough to pay bills, have some fun, pay off debt, save for healthy retirement and allows for a balanced work\/life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That which supports us being fully self sufficient and adds meaning to our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of the above plus it\u2019s fun, fascinating and it supports my higher purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We queried some of the men in our circles about their own definitions of “successful careers,” and here is what they came up with: 50 years a musician42 years in the same job30 years YMAWOh yeah,….. and….42 years DaD20 years GrandadGo find some place to make a positive difference out thereLord knows they need all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-successful-careers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
42 years in the same job
30 years YMAW
Oh yeah,….. and….
42 years DaD
20 years Grandad
Go find some place to make a positive difference out there
Lord knows they need all the help they can get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n