well you could gauge the level of your success by the reciprocal amount of spite, jealousy and envy I guess - speaking from a strictly commercial point of view :-)
When your reputation preceeds you and you go into a meeting and even the Sheriffs Department says that they have heard of you. They are intimidated and that is fine with me.
I agree with Sam! When you're impressed with yourself, well, then your done. Everything else is just gravy. Just be the best potatoes you can be. Mmmm, gravy!
When someone in upper management you've never met or seen before starts chatting with you by name......I never know whether to be paranoid about that or not. Is it because of my high quality of work or because I did a great prat fall in the aisle the other day?
Example: How they treat you.