How can you know if you are successful? Really, how can you know? Do you compare yourself to someone else and if you do, who do you compare yourself to?
If you are making $50,000/yr and your friends are making $30,000/yr, is this success? You can never equate success with the amount of money you are making, as there is always a new billionaire around the corner.
If your friend is a multi-millionaire and has gone through several divorces and his children are not part of his life, is he successful?
Success is multi-dimensional. Success in business, job, family, marriage, health, relationships, etc.
If you look to society to determine if you are successful you will never be satisfied. How to determine if you are successful? Ask yourself what is important to you!
You can be successful in one area of your life and not so successful in another. The key is attempting to live a balanced life and not getting under condemnation if we are struggling in certain areas.
We must all develop a personal definition of what success means to us and therefore we will not be disappointed by the opinions of others.
Success to me means: having a wonderful marriage to the best woman a man could have, good-solid relationships with both my children and grandchildren, a relationship with Jesus Christ that undergirds all the other aspects of my life, being able to give money to people and causes that I believe in.
What does success mean to you?
Jacques
CreatingWealthThatLasts
1 comment:
Hi Jacques .. success is definitely a well balanced life .. and so many don't get that aspect right.
We really need to be as healthy as we can be, as wealthy as we need to be, as wise as possible and always compassionate and considerate to our fellow men ..
Thanks - Hilary Melton-Butcher
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