Success is Progress: Earl Nightingale's Infinite Game of Business #shorts

Name: Success is Progress: Earl Nightingale's Infinite Game of Business #shorts
Uploaded: 2026-01-25T17:03:40+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Jake Burhans
Description: In this YouTube short, Jake Burhans frames business as an "infinite game" and argues that anyone who is actively progressing toward a worthy ideal is…

25 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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In this YouTube short, Jake Burhans frames business as an "infinite game" and argues that anyone who is actively progressing toward a worthy ideal is already successful. He references Earl Nightingale’s definition from The Strangest Secret—"Success is a man or a woman progressing towards a worthy ideal"—and illustrates the point with everyday business activities such as making cold calls, hiring, and reading. The core message is that continuous daily improvement, no matter how small, constitutes success as long as one remains in the game of business.

It's an infinite game. So as long as you're in business, you are a success, right? And I think Earl Nightingale said it in The Strangest Secret, but he said, "Success is a man or a woman progressing towards a worthy ideal." And that's just it at the end of the day. So as long as you're progressing and you're getting better, whether you're just starting to make cold calls or you're hiring people or you're reading books, you know, trying to get started, if you're progressing every single day and you wake up and you're working towards something and you're evolving, then you, then you are a success.