THE SUCCESS AUDIT — Is Your Definition of Winning Still Worth Pursuing?
Unbearably Bullish with Donald B. Johns III · Sep 5, 2026 · 14 min
Show Notes
Episode 6 of Success Saturday on Unbearably Bullish — is your definition of winning still worth pursuing? The success audit forces the most important question most people never ask themselves.
Is Your Definition of Winning Still Worth Pursuing?
You climbed the ladder successfully—only to discover it was leaning against the wrong building.
What does success really mean to you?
Is it money, professional achievement, recognition and status? Or is genuine success also measured through purpose, health, relationships, fulfillment and control over your time?
In The Success Audit, Donald Johns examines the hidden price of achievement and challenges you to determine whether the goals controlling your life still reflect the person you are becoming.
Success can look impressive from the outside while becoming exhausting on the inside. You can earn the promotion and lose your health. Build the business and neglect your relationships. Increase your income while surrendering control of your time.
That is why your definition of winning deserves an audit.
In This Episode
- Why many people inherit their definition of success
- How to determine whether your ladder is against the right building
- Why the finish line keeps moving after every achievement
- How to evaluate the hidden cost of winning
- The difference between purpose and outside expectations
- Healthy ambition versus destructive obsession
- How to calculate your personal Success ROI
- The STOP–START–PROTECT challenge
The Five-Part Success Audit
- Purpose: Does your work connect to something meaningful?
- Progress: Are you genuinely advancing—or merely staying busy?
- Health and Energy: Is your ambition strengthening or depleting you?
- Relationships: Who receives the best version of you?
- Time and Freedom: How much control do you have over your life?
You do not need a perfect score. The goal is awareness, alignment and intentional action.
Your Success Saturday Challenge
Take one page and divide it into three columns
STOP: What no longer serves the person you are becoming?
START: What action would move you closer to meaningful success?
PROTECT: What is too valuable to sacrifice?
Changing your definition of success is not failure. Sometimes, it is evidence that you have finally become honest about what matters.
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Episode disclosure
** This program is provided solely for general educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing presented constitutes financial, investment, legal, tax, medical, mental-health or other professional advice. References to money, wealth, careers, business, productivity, performance and personal development are illustrative and should not be interpreted as guarantees of income, achievement or specific results. Individual circumstances and outcomes vary. Conduct your own evaluation and consult appropriately qualified professionals before making important financial, legal, health, career or personal decisions.
