Most people pursue success in terms of financial success. They believe that success is attaining a better and bigger bank balance, bigger house, bigger car and status. They focus on a bigger lifestyle. They focus all their attention and energy to make their dreams a reality. In the process they unknowingly ignore the other critical areas of their lives. Thus leading to imbalance in the other areas of their lives. They believe that when they attain great financial success their lives will be filled with joy and happiness. They are under the illusion that life will be fuller and happier.
Sadly when they achieve this great financial success they experience great emptiness and imbalance. They begin to wonder what went wrong. They don’t feel happy. They are sicker and sadder then before. They followed the success teachings of their peers who are financially successful but their lives stink too. This realisation comes too late. By that time they have paid a very heavy cost in their personal lives.
True success is when life is balanced as you succeed gradually. When your life in the 4 fundamental areas grow and develop in a balanced manner.
The 4 areas are
Mental, physical, emotional and spiritual.
Financial success is growth and development in the physical area. Where money and things are added into your life. People are so blinded and consumed by money making that they tend to ignore the other areas.
A young man so occupied to make a name and position for himself gets obsessed in money making tends to ignore his family, his emotional development, his spiritual development, his health that in the process he damages his health. Ignoring the emotional needs of his family and friends begins to alieniate them. He is surrounded by stress and anxiety that speed of development brings that he has little interest and desire to pay attention to the other aspects of his life. By the time he realizes that damage that has been done it’s too late.
Thats one of the cause of so many people are indulging in intoxicants. They seek some refuge from the mess they created. Some escape from the troubles they unknowingly created. It’s so sad that in the pursuit of happiness they created sorrow, pain, anguish and illness.
Some people reflect upon their actions and come to the realization that something went wrong. Most of the people don’t bother to think and blame others for their misery.
This brings us to an important discussion, What is success?
Success is development in all 4 areas of life simatenously. That is as we focus on financial development we also focus on our health, our spiritual development, our family and their development, our emotional development and social development. As we develop in a balanced manner we begin to experience a fresher and energetic self. Our minds are alert and open to better and effective ways of functioning. Our stress levels are extremely low. We feel happier and lively. Our chances of handling negatives and setbacks reduces and at the same time our ability to handle the setbacks improves, thereby resulting in quicker turnaround.
Sadly most people are ignorant about the concept of balanced success. They go about in the pursuit of success without really knowing what success is all about. If only they were taught about true success they would know what true success is all about.
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Dr. Alfred D'Silva 
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