While my main reason for recommending shooting for such easily obtainable standards was to break the bad habit of viewing all our efforts as fruitless if they do not result in our greatest ever performance, there is a secondary (and perhaps even greater) benefit in breaking from the “standard” pathway and view of success.
Instead of falling into the PR-pursuit trap as the only reasonable goal, consider running a new race a success, or joining a new weekly run an achievement. Join Deborah Quazzo and bestselling author and acclaimed thought leader Todd Rose as they discuss his latest book, Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment.In last month’s “ Year in Review” post, I recommended setting some “guaranteed goals” for the coming year. The secret is a mindset that can be expressed in plain English: Harness your individuality in the pursuit of fulfillment to achieve excellence. This mold-breaking approach doesn't depend on you SAT scores, who you know, or how much money you have. Yet what is so remarkable is that hidden inside their seemingly one-of-a-kind journeys are practical principles for achieving success that work for anyone, no matter who you are or what you hope to achieve. Dark horses blaze their own trail to a life of happiness and prosperity. In the Dark Horse Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, bestselling author and acclaimed thought leader Todd Rose and neuroscientist Ogi Ogas studied women and men who achieved impressive success even though nobody saw them coming. As much as we might dislike the standard formula, it seems like there's no other practical path to financial security and a fulfilling life. This "standard formula" works for some people but leaves most of us feeling disengaged and frustrated. For generations, we've been stuck with a cookie-cutter mold for success that requires us to be the same as everyone else, only better.
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