Can you be successful and happy at the same time? Is that actually possible in today’s world? As we spend more time working on establishing our careers or growing our businesses, many of us become unhappy with our lives. Why? It is primarily due to an imbalance that has been created for us or by us: we are spending far too much time at work and less time enjoying life. It is high time we started to think of achieving success and happiness now before it gets too late.

You can start by identifying what success and happiness are to you. How would you define and measure success: how will you know you have become successful? The same goes for happiness: at what point would you say you are genuinely and truthfully happy? Is success and happiness a measure of the job, career or own business that you hold, the amount of income you receive, the fun gadgets that you buy, the amount of time you spend with your family and friends? How would you know you have achieved success and happiness?

As you analyse what success and happiness are to you, you will also identify your core values, and once you have acknowledged them, they will become your driving force to have and live the successful and happy life that you want. Combine your core values and come up with a plan or strategy to achieve that success and happiness goal that you are after. Perhaps you can select an occupation that could bring both success and happiness, or at least be happy at the job and not focus on success, for when you are happy, success will be a by-product.

If your family values are high on your scale, perhaps you can find an occupation or career that is not so demanding of your time. This way you can spend less time at work, or at least finish at a reasonable time, so you can enjoy more time with your family.

Once you have come up with as much of a balance as possible, move forward, get onto the next big step: look for and take action on things you can do that will contribute to having more success and happiness. Take your time and gradually build on the foundations that you have already started. Build on them, and allow more time for yourself and your loved ones. What better way to become successful and happy at the same time?

Success and happiness can co-exist when you make that sure-fire decision for it to be so.

To Your Happiness and Success!  :)

Richard
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