· Chapter One ·
DEFINE YOUR SUCCESS
This is the beginning of anything you want . . .
—ANONYMOUS
Our earliest ideas of success come from others. It starts at home with what our parents and family think and then continues at school and work with what behaviors our teachers and bosses reward. We respond to these early influences by internalizing the versions of success we see around us. If we let them, these external versions of success can overwhelm our own visions, causing us to follow the well-worn path to a life that we might not want to live.
Brenna was leading a typical life of an MBA student. She was in her third year working at a Fortune 500 company in a job that made her feel trapped. She enrolled in the MBA program even though she preferred ...
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