Colin Sprake argues that true success means personal freedom and meaningful relationships, not just money. He shares advice from Quincy Jones about raising children to be responsible citizens, and says that chasing wealth alone leaves you missing what actually matters.
The way that society defines success to me is completely misunderstood or crooked or broken. I want you to get this. The reason, because most people define success by money. At the end of the day, you know, not everyone's meant to be an entrepreneur. Not everyone's meant to be, you know, in a certain, you know, career in their life or a certain role in their life. The definition of success for me is when you do what you want, when you want, with no time or financial limitations, that success. And, you know, a lot of times success can be just filling your heart with amazingness, filling your body with a great feeling, you know, And a lot of people think money makes them successful. Money actually gets you more problems than you think. And a lot of people don't realize that, yes, for sure. Money gives you a lot of opportunity. It gives you a lot of things you can do to be super successful. But the challenging part is for most people, they think success is 100% on their bank account. It's not. Success is a great family. Success is being a good parent to your kids. Success of making sure your kids aren't in jail or doing crazy things out there. When I got to meet Quincy Jones and his seven daughters, Quincy said to me, he said, colin, one thing I'm going to tell you, he said, your role as a parent is to raise your kids to be great citizens of the world. The rest is up to them. So for me, success is not monetary. Success is so much more than that.
