The Secret to Feeling Successful As a Working Mom

 

 

One of the hottest topics of the working world in our current times is the plight of the working mom. That often seemingly illusive quest to "have it all."

Some believe it is possible, others see it simply as a pipe dream.

We watch with interest and scrutinize every comment and decision Marissa Mayer the new mom CEO of Yahoo makes. She has unwillingly become the face of the modern working mom.

Many of us hoped she would use her newfound status to become a role model in shifting how we do business. To show a model that better supports working moms to find that true life balance and feeling of success we desperately crave.

Many have been left feeling disappointed.

So we wonder. How can we possibly ever feel the success we desire when a working mom as prominent as Mayer is not leading the charge towards the working mom's revolution in the workplace as we had hoped?

The truth is that we can.

No matter what any other working mom is doing, regardless of her position, we ourselves are the only ones who have the control over whether we feel successful as both a mom and in our work.

The biggest secret to feeling successful as a working mom no matter what your job, your business, your position, or beliefs may be about what Marissa Mayer should or should not be doing, is defining your own personal success code - Kids safe at home.

How to Define Your Own Success Code

The single most important thing we can do to feel successful is to become clear on what success means to us personally. Everyone has a different idea of what feeling successful involves.

We will never feel successful if we base our criteria for success on what others tell us it should be.

It is already clear that as a mom success can have very different meanings.

For some it is being there at all times for their kids. So they choose to become a stay-at-home mom. For others it might be the need or desire to provide income for their family. It could be the need to express themselves or be of service to others through their career while balancing taking care of their family. They become the working moms.

Other examples of how we might view success could be having family dinners, picking our children up from school, travel, security in our finances, doing work we love, owning our own business, a flexible schedule. Each of our lists will be unique.

Whatever our lifestyle choice as moms we are all faced with the challenge of how do we feel successful.

As moms whether we work or not there is pressure that can come from many different sources on what we "should" do or be like to be successful.

Our friends, our family, our workplace, society in general and even our children will have their own opinion on what success is.

We must make sure through all the opinions and noise coming at us that we become clear on our own unique success code.

Here are 3 tips on how to get to the heart of and develop your own success code and start to feel great about your life.

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