The Challenge of Surpassing a Previous Success

If you like to run, it’s easy to keep track of your time when running a 5k or 10k, so you can continually strive to set a new personal best — it’s human nature to want to improve and get better. Of course, this applies to the entrepreneur world as well. After a big success, the goal is to surpass it with the next venture. But, what if the bar is set extremely high? How do you measure success?

Here are a few thoughts on the challenge of surpassing a previous success:

• Think about the journey more than the destination
• Success comes in many forms like creating jobs, being challenged, building relationships, achieving goals, etc
• Limits and guidelines should be set around personal capital invested, amount of risk desired, etc
• Legacies come in many different forms and doing one thing well repeatedly isn’t required

Surpassing a previous best is a real challenge that is rarely achieved in the entrepreneurial world. Regardless, as long as the game is fun, it should be played.

What else? What are some other thoughts on the challenge of surpassing a previous success?