The success which is desired by every one of us is hard to get. People often work extremely hard to become successful and earn a good reputation in their life. Success usually brings happiness and pleasure in a person’s life but people who try unusual ways and take wrong paths to get immediate success often become successful but don’t get any personal satisfaction or happiness.
Success is undoubtedly important in our life. It is a life-goal for so many people and provides us a lot of respect in our community. But success which doesn’t involve personal satisfaction is as useless as doing nothing. In today’s fast-paced world, we often run after so many things to get success. We tend to busy ourselves completely in our work without leaving any time for happiness and personal enjoyment.
The perception of being successful
At our young age, we always grow up according to some specific standards that are set by our parents, mentors, or by ourselves. Although, our happiness and satisfaction depends on us greatly but still it is difficult to find people who are satisfied with their life. Even people who are successful and are admired by others are not happy and crave other things. Nobody is ever truly satisfied and happy. We always strive to achieve and earn more and more. There seems to be no finishing line in this race of getting success
Personal satisfaction is even better than success because success is a measure for other people who judge us while personal satisfaction is a measure that is defined by us. Getting yourself measured by the others is perhaps a not so good factor in your life. Though getting feedback, being mentored, and learning from someone are important ingredients for success but a person must never let his success and personal satisfaction be linked to another person’s opinion. There’s nobody who can put on your shoes and live your life. You are the only one who knows whether you are doing good or not, whether you are personally satisfied and happy or not.
Life is short- Choose to be happy and be personally satisfied
Happiness is a personal choice. If you wish you can be happy even with small things in your life, but if you do not even bigger achievements won’t provide you any relief or happiness. You can always choose to see the positivity in your life and be satisfied and hopeful for the future. Struggles and troubles are incoherent parts of one’s life, but you always have the choice to live with them or to manage and control them effectively while trying to look for the good and bright side in every part of your life.
So from next time, whenever you wish for success or run after it, make sure you remember that personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success and without this success is nothing. Make sure you remember to be happy and satisfied with your life even if you get little success.
