On our three week boat trip in the Canadian Gulf Islands I learned that whales and success have an awful lot in common.

For the last several years, David, Daniel and I have been heading out at every opportunity in search of a whale siting. We go on “Whale Tours” off the coast of California whenever we are there. Last year the three of us spent a week in the San Juan Island with an eye out for any possible signs of whales.

This year’s trip was just like the others, the water’s were scanned in hope for the glimpse of that illusive whale. We know they were out there, we just didn’t know where.

How many of us are approaching our search for success in the same manner? Are you always on the look out for the signs or sources of success? Do you see and hear about other’s successes, and start looking for the spot that they found it?

On a magical day anchored off of Shark’s Spit, I learned that sometimes you just have to let the whales come to you. Our day on the spit had been great, and was already going to be high on the list as one of the best days.

As we rowed the dingy back to our boat, we heard the KOOSH and there it was - a gray whale! We watched it come up again, take a breath and head back underwater.

As we climbed aboard our boat, the whale come up with a KOOSH again. Three more times we watched what we had been searching for surface to breath out, and then surface again to take a deep breath.

We didn’t have to search for the whale, the whale came to us!

Now that I’m home and back to work, I have found all of the wonderful things that have happened to my business while I was gone. I don’t have to run around in search of it, success is right in front of me.

Success is sitting there right in front of me ready for me to enjoy it.

Is your success sitting right in front of you?