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Nearly all of us serve someone else, in our 9 to 5, or as boss of our own side project.

Whatever we do adds value to our clients’ day and hopefully means we feel our day has been a #success .

What else contributes to that feeling of success?

To paraphrase Arnold #Schwarzenegger In his book ‘Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life’, the key to a happy and successful life includes

Knowing where you want to go

And how you are going to get there

As well as having the willingness to do the work along the way.

These sound like the principles of a SMART goal which would help any business or personal journey. The principles wouldn’t be set in stone, but adaptable to the changing circumstances we run into along the way.

When we reach our destination we might not win an award, but we should feel good about having got there.