Most people say they want success, but when you ask them what success means you get wildly different responses. We recently asked some of the best and brightest in our community to tell us about how they define success and have shared their responses below.

Sari Azout | Founder & storyteller, sublime.app

For me, success is about making reality more beautiful with your participation than it would be without it. For me, it’s about a feeling. The metrics, outward success, markers of “making it”, numbers, likes, popularity, visibility, praise or criticism or being ignored, awards, highlights, or trajectory that might come from what we make don’t matter much if we aren’t enjoying the process of making what we make, if the feeling isn’t there. Read more>>

Crissa-jean Chappell | author / professor

The concept of “success” for an author is often perceived as a magic number. How big was your advance? How many copies have you sold? Did you win any awards? Are you on a best-seller list? (although the actual numbers for “best-selling” aren’t always in the public eye). Of course, authors love those shiny gold award stickers that validate our work. But if you only focus on the numbers… you’re never going to feel satisfied. Read more>>