Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Money is not the only measure of success in life
For many people in our modern world, money is the first thing.Money can buy power. Money can buy popularity. Money can buy time. Sometimes money can even buy a life. So money has become the first common goal for everyone. However, there are other things that may be a measure of success in life.
One important thing that determines success in our lives are our careers. With a different career, we'll have different goals and measure our success. If you are an athlete, your success can be measured by many things like in a game, you break the record, playing in the league or compete in the Olympics. If you're a writer, you may be successful if you are on the shelves of books best-seller in bookstores, or if your work can be published in the magazine. If you are a musician, playing in the orchestra of the country or some of your CDs have been sold can be calculated as the size of your success. So we can see that other measurements of success in life than money is how much you have been successful in your career.
Success in human life is often measured by numbers. Therefore, everything that can be measured can be used as a measurement.In fact, it is human nature that we always want to compare ourselves to other people. In almost every profession there is money involved, and perhaps that is the reason why people always look at money as a key measure of their success - they can easily compare it with others.
The general objective in life is to be peaceful and happy. Being the richest man in the world does not mean you are the happiest people in the world, even though money can buy you happiness sometimes, but not always. So, another measure of your success in your life is how happy you are. May have a warm family and children, have many friends or someone who might just have really loved you.
In conclusion, the measurement of success in your life can be many things.It just depends on time, what goals you have and that it is wrong to make money is generally the first step, but not the only one. This life is temporary, in truth Him hereafter.
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