Ten Signs You're More Successful Than You Think

Here are ten signs you're more successful than you might think you are:

1. If you know or are on the road to figuring out how you

can make enough money to stay alive, you are successful. The more you know about your own income-generating potential, the more successful you are. If you have a great job right now but no idea what you'd do if the job disappeared, you cannot consider yourself successful as a new-millennium working person — because you are too vulnerable to changing circumstances in that case.

2. If you know what you love to do and what you're good at, you are successful. You are less successful if you let other people — bosses, in particular — tell you what your career path should be.

3. You are successful if you have been knocked down by fate once or twice and have bounced back. The real world is not going to stop surprising us. We all need to grow muscles to be able to handle adversity. Your ability to deal with the ups and downs of your life and career is your power!

4. You are successful if you take responsibility for your life and career. If you blame your problems on other people or the Big Bad World in general, then you are still working to become successful. Successful people know they are not victims of fate. They take control of their own lives!

5. If you get the learning out of every mishap and misstep on your path, you are successful. If you complain about every negative thing that happens to you and never see your part in disappointments or frustrations, you have a ways to go.

6. If you understand that every step along your path brought you to this place and therefore needed to happen, you are successful. If you waste your precious mojo worrying about things you did or didn't do years ago, you are squandering the most precious fuel you've got.

7. If you keep trying things even when you're tired and discouraged, you are successful. If you give up and tell yourself and the world "This is too hard, and anyway I don't deserve more than I have right now" you are still seeking success.

8. You are successful if you find joy in little things and celebrate every triumph, even when other things in your life aren't going well.

9. You are successful when you remember that the point of life is the journey, not the destination.

10. You are successful when you have people around you who support and love you and vice versa.

You have everything you need to rock your job search and find a job that uses your talents even more than your old job did.

You get to brand yourself however it suits you. You get to choose which employers and which jobs to go after.

All the big choices are yours! You are the star and director of your movie. The rest of us are cheering you on!

All the best,

Forbes