CHAPTER 5

S Is for Success

Can You Deliver Success for You, Your Team, and Your Business?

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary!”

—Vince Lombardi

Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose and the good or bad outcome of an undertaking. Most of us want to be successful. It’s what drives our actions—and your own quest for it is probably one of the reasons why you are reading this book.

Success is a movable end game depending on where you start, so for some of us getting out of bed in the morning is success, or maybe not having a cigarette or an alcoholic drink is a success. Losing a pound on a diet or getting through the day could be successful for some people. In business, we usually mean winning, getting ...

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