What is Success? Impact. | stubbleblog.com
By Daniel Miessler on July 11th, 2010: Tagged as Happiness
Mixing some metaphors about nature and total ignorance, I had gotten out of the weeds only to see trees. Years later when I could see the forest, I realized that my proud moment hadn’t accomplished anything (minor convenience for a small population of users, inconvenience/confusion for a big population of users). The goal of the project was actually to allow for a second phase around business intelligence or some such thing. That never happened and I’m told now that the system is now being phased out.
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.” ~ Steve Jobs
Ever since that realization, I’ve been working to figure out for myself how to maximize the impact of the work I do.
Excellent.