Succeed In The World But Don’t Throw Out The Baby
After many countless hours on the Internet, I realized there are literally tens of thousands of “how to” articles on business. It seems everything there ever was to be said about the subject, has surly been said. I honestly can’t say, even given my extensive experience, that I could contribute anything more. Quite frankly, I have seen so many articles on business I am becoming nauseous.
How to, how to, how to.
There are articles on how to get funding, how to plan, how to start and how to finish along with hundreds of other subjects. Starting a business is no picnic or walk in the park, it can suck everything good from your life and leave you an empty shell. Most articles focus on the person starting or running the business but isn’t there another side to the story?
No consolation for the spouse and children.
How about the spouse, and children? I never see anything mentioned about the people who are directly effected by someone going into business. They’re like background noise, it’s there but you don’t pay any attention to it.
It’s a stressful game.
Starting a business can produce stress which in turn causes anxiety in the people around the business person. It also causes a person to become focused on the business and ignore other personal duties. A person’s life can become so ingrained in the business that family and friends are set aside and eventually fall away. One day the business person wakes up to the fact that he/she is alone.
A consumer of your time
It’s true that starting or running a business takes a lot of time and personal sacrifice but no business is worth giving up family and friends. Everyone needs someone to converse with and business is not a good communicator. We are first social beings and second ambition seekers. One might say, you have to provide for the family and that is true, but to what expense? How much are you willing to give up for success? Your wife or husband your children your freedom and in the end your sanity?
What can money not buy?
Before you begin your quest for success remember this: no one cares if you succeed! It’s purely a personal challenge because your spouse and children will not appreciate your absence. No matter if you become the richest person in the world, in the end, you will hear, “you weren’t there when we needed you.” That’s right, money can’t buy happiness or health or a loving family.
What is success worth?
How do you become successful and still maintain a healthy family relationship? First adapt the mindset that the two are synonymous. Success encompasses the total person. It’s not just about business or relationships, it’s about being in tune with all the factors of life.
Sacrifice or embrace expanding yourself.
Everyone agrees you must sacrifice to be successful. You must “pay the price” and be willing to give up earthly pleasures for success. If so, how far do you need to go and how much do you have to give up? Age old questions no one seems to have a pat answer for. The problem with working for success is success becomes your master, mistress and confidant. Soon you don’t need anyone else, success has captivated your admiration and you have become its groupie. Sound ridiculous? How so, you must court success, tend to her needs, seek her approval and bow to her possibilities. Where then, is there room for anything or anyone else? Success is demanding and if not controlled will consume the hardest of men and women.
Master or friend?
Don’t let success become your master, rather become its cohort in mastery. Do not give up or ignore family and friends but include them in your quest.
Happy Trails.
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