Whose Definition of Success Are You Living?

By Key Performance | August 27, 2026

What if the life you’ve been working so hard to build isn’t actually the life you want?

In this deeply personal solo episode of Write Your Outcome, Michele Phillips shares the defining moments that took her from following society’s version of success to building a career and life rooted in alignment. From losing her corporate position to discovering her calling as a trainer, launching her own business, and turning down lucrative opportunities that didn’t feel right, Michele looks back at the moments that taught her to follow the energy instead of following someone else’s script.

Along the way, Michele challenges the relentless pursuit of more: more money, more productivity, more status, and more consumption. Instead, she asks what might change if we measured success by alignment, meaning, relationships, peace, and the freedom to consciously choose how we want to live.

Learning to define success for yourself doesn’t mean abandoning ambition. It means becoming intentional about what you’re working toward and why. Through stories from her own career and nearly 30 years of coaching and leadership work, Michele explores how to recognize when you’ve drifted off course and listen to the inner wisdom pointing you back. She also shares why living consciously doesn’t mean getting every decision right. Instead, it means noticing when something no longer feels aligned and giving yourself permission to choose differently.

If you’ve been checking all the boxes but still wondering whether there’s something more, this episode is an invitation to reconsider what success means to you.

Because you’re never as stuck as you think you are. You always have a choice. And real success may have less to do with becoming what the world expects and more to do with becoming who you truly are.

Whose Definition of Success Are You Living?

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