A Time to Remember Successes of the Head and the Heart

Hope­ful­ly, over the hol­i­days, you’ll have qual­i­ty time with peo­ple you care about – even with those fam­i­ly or friends who can make the hol­i­days a lit­tle more ​‘inter­est­ing’. The uncle who gets a lit­tle off­side or the aunt who tells inap­pro­pri­ate stories.

One of the tra­di­tions I like is the old ​‘ques­tions around the table’ game, which I know some peo­ple – includ­ing my kids – aren’t as crazy about.

But, for me, it’s about tak­ing the time to reflect on the year and to think about, share and hear all the great things that have hap­pened to every­one impor­tant to me.

Head and Heart Success

Now, every­one defines ​‘suc­cess’ dif­fer­ent­ly, but I find they usu­al­ly fall into two cat­e­gories: head suc­cess which brings feel­ings of achieve­ment; and heart suc­cess, which brings a sense of enjoyment.

So, inspired by Chap­ter 1of Your Oxy­gen Mask First (Live an Amaz­ing Life), here are some ques­tions to con­sid­er ask­ing around your table:

• Heart suc­cess:

What was your high­light expe­ri­ence of the year — some­thing you expe­ri­enced that brought you sat­is­fac­tion and will remem­ber for a long time

• Head suc­cess:

What is some­thing you accom­plished – either alone or with oth­er peo­ple – that you’re real­ly thrilled about?

• More chal­leng­ing:

What is your num­ber one suc­cess from the whole year?

Have won­der­ful time, together…Happy Holidays!

Oth­er Blogs

• Cel­e­brat­ing Success
• Suc­cess: Achieve­ment vs Fulfillment
• Embrac­ing Painful Mis­takes: The Unfore­seen Path to Success

Old­er Podcasts

• Jim Collin’s SMAC Recipe for Suc­cess