Success is hard to define — it’s the chameleon of words, always taking on a new definition depending on the situation. Because it’s constantly changing what it looks like, success may seem nearly impossible to recognize, let alone achieve. These days, it seems as though everyone uses a different gauge to measure it, so how do you know if you’re truly successful? Should you aim to increase your revenue, your profit, your brand identity, your social media followers, your Google ranking, how many awards you’ve won, or how about your Glassdoor score? Unfortunately, there’s no simple answer to those questions because it depends on what you’re looking for.
“You get to that point in life when you want to know what your purpose is,” said Mike Agugliaro, co-owner of Gold Medal Service in East Brunswick, New Jersey and founder of CEO Warrior, a business coaching service for the mechanical trades. For Agugliaro, success isn’t defined by numbers — it’s the intangible feeling of knowing that you’ve made a difference in somebody else’s life.