A friend sent me this link to a YouTube video of Ellen DeGeneres’ commencement speech at Tulane University.  Ellen’s advice to the new graduates includes ‘be true to yourself’ and ‘just dance.’  Watch the video, and then ask yourself a couple of questions.

Ellen Degeneres Commencement Speech

How do you define success?

Now, answer another question.  Is that your definition or someone else’s?

I confess that I spent way too much of my precious time and energy trying to achieve other people’s versions of success.  From the outside, I looked successful by most people’s standards.  I had the trappings of success – good job, income, education, etc.  But on the inside, I often felt like I was wearing clothes that didn’t fit.

Thankfully, over the past several years, I’ve been on a journey to rediscover what makes me wonderfully unique.  I’m redefining success and expressing parts of myself that I suppressed in the past.  And, best of all, I’m dancing again!

What does success look like for you?