How do you define success?
As a teenager, my career ambition was to be the CEO of a global pharmaceutical company....in Switzerland. I wanted to help people by curing cancer, HIV, and as many other diseases as I could. Like many teenagers, I had small dreams....
When you have these kind of ambitions, who do you turn to for advice? Nobody in my family had ever been to university. Neither of my parents finished high school. I didn't know any global CEOs. I'd never been to Switzerland.
When I did well at school, my teachers encouraged me to become a teacher. Later, when I did well at university, the academics encouraged me to become an academic. In both cases, this was what success meant to them, but not to me.
People define success through their own perspectives, but their view of success shouldn't define yours.
My definition of success has changed over time. I went to Basel and it was a bit dreary. I learned that Swiss chocolate is pretty good, but sunshine and blue skies are important to me.
What's important to you?
How are you prioritising these things in your own definition of success?
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