The 6M ProfitMethod – Business Success blog is focused on success albeit mainly business and financial success (I guess the title is a bit of a give away!) but I paused for thought today when reading one of DavidBDale’s 299 Word Novels.

SIDENOTE – I came across David’s work via MyBlogLog some while back and have become a great fan of his work. It is varied, thought provoking and always brilliantly executed. I look forward to each new novel posted at his blog and always get great enjoyment from them. You ought to know that each novel is EXACTLY 299 words – an amazing feat in itself!

You will be aware from Who is Wizzer that my favourite quote (attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson) is all about the definition of success BUT interestingly there is simply no reference to materialistic success!

So this morning as I read David’s latest short novel I was touched by his words which made me think what a successful human being the object of his story has been.

David kindly gave me permission to reprint his story here – please repay him by becoming a regular reader of his work – which I know you will also enjoy.

No matter how hard we strive for business and thus financial success we must never lose sight of the real measure of success – how we are seen by others. Be wary, however, of a one simple word – “perception”. It is said that perception is reality. Online, for example, is it possible to establish who is truly successful and worthy of their often self-proclaimed guru status?

The reality may be very different from the face seen by the world – is that success?

Thank you David for this timely reminder

I spend a fair amount of my time online reading other blogs and posting relevant comments where I think I might add some value. Although my selection was random, the guys over at Create Business Wealth run a weekly contest for visitors who have posted comments at their blog and this week I was selected.

Now I have three comments to make about this:

1. I’ve been in the “flow” all week and things have been happening for me with minimal effort. I’ve posted about this issue several times mentioning how “things” I need have just materialised. As I like to believe, this is because of abundant thinking attracting my requirements into my life. So my book prize from Create Business Wealth will undoubtedly contain a priceless nugget (or two) of information.

2. Spending some time at good quality blogs is a great way to interact with some great people. Working in front of a PC or Mac does lack a degree of human interaction and commenting on blogs does bring other people to life. You also come across some brilliant ideas – check out the weekly comments contest at Create Business Wealth. If you think about that for a moment, I’ve posted there a couple of times this week (I have to admit I’d completely missed the massive banner about the contest – SIDENOTE – that tells me something about my attitude to advertising on websites!) and having picked up the prize I’ve written this piece devoted to that blog plus I’m much more likely to pay a keen interest in what’s going on over there in the future. I’ll also be writing a review of the book once read with further reference to Create Business Wealth – more exposure.

3. I’d like to post a big public thank you to Christine O’Kelly, David Williams, Fred Wood & Tara Geissinger at Create Business Wealth for making my day.