Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli
Coming previously from the corporate world where Peter Drucker is considered a guru, I'd have to say on this account, he's totally WRONG! Schweitzer and Disraeli allow for the fact that success is defined by each of us individually and is associated with how we feel. Whether running a home based business such as I do, being a full-time carer for an elderly parent, or providing a wildlife refuge for injured animals, the secret of life success is in how we feel about what we do.
Unfortunately Drucker takes the corporate, herd mentality view that someone outside of ourselves defines success for us; that someone else can judge not only whether something we are doing is "useless" but whether or not we are doing that "useless" thing "efficiently". What a crazy concept. Only we can determine whether we feel what we are doing is useless and I would hazard a guess that if any of us felt that way, we'd stop doing that which made us feel that way as quickly as we could!
In todays fast paced world, with so much information and so many options, we now have a new opportunity; to know for ourselves what is right for us and what makes us a success. We don't have to work and live in traditional western societal ways, pre-ordained by schooling, political groups or even the norm. We now have many other options to find our own secret of life. It is a journey, but one well worth embarking on in order to have a wonderfully fulfilling life.
Share your experience or if you don't know where to begin, personal development will help. Break out of the herd and find your definition of success. THEN LIVE IT!
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