Success versus Happiness
The notion of success is based on the comparison. There is no way around it. Let us accept that we will have to achieve, society's definition of success in terms of money, power, or material goods to feel successful. We have a ton of books and articles that tell us that you need to define your own success. Really!! Find success in your heart? Idealistic statements like "It does not matter what anyone thinks about you; what you think about yourself is what matters" are the staple of many self-help books. Let me invite your wrath by refuting this. We as humans are not designed to be happy, we are built to survive. This means competing for scarce resources. You will have to have something in material terms that someone does not have. This involves competing with others, the more intense the competition, sweeter the fruit of victory. It is as simple as that. It sounds shallow, but this is the ugly truth about success. The foundation of success is built on dissatisfaction,...