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Myth: You Don't Need Goals
To Be Happy or Successful.
Reality: The Road to Happiness and Success is Paved With Goals!
More than anything else, people seek happiness. And, while happiness itself
is sought for its own sake, goals such as health, beauty, spiritual growth,
money, or power are valued because we believe they make us happy.
Can you consider yourself happy or successful without goals? Yes, but it’s
only a temporary hit. The pursuit and achievement of a goal actually goes
hand-in-hand with happiness and success. It’s part of a completion factor.
True happiness and success don’t happen on
their own. Ever. Not by chance, the luck of the draw or the good
luck fairies. They are not the result of good fortune or random choice.
Happiness and success do not depend on events, but rather, on how you
interpret them. They are not something that money can buy or power command.
Happiness and success are uniquely
individual. Comparing yourself to someone else is a dead-end
proposition. Think of the wicked step-mother in Snow White. She set herself
up for failure every time she demanded: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who's
the fairest of them all?"
By comparing herself to Snow White, she guaranteed humiliation, stress and
unhappiness for herself. The only way she could measure up was by
disillusionment.
Who or what are you comparing yourself with? Your best friend? Someone
within your workplace? Someone with money … lots of it? What about the
movies, TV, etc?
Happiness is a condition that must be
prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately. How do you
prepare for happiness? The answer is simple: Set your goals and objectives
that will make you happy. Not your friends, your spouse or partner,
not your kids, society or the neighbors. Just you. Period.
Anything and Everything Counts!
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Judith Briles holds
both an MBA and DBA. Prior to her career as a full time speaker and author,
she was a stockbroker with EF Hutton & Co. and headed her own
financial firm. She’s the author of 24 books including Money Smarts:
Personal Financial Success in 30 Days!, Smart Money Moves for Kids, The
Dollars and Sense of Divorce and The Confidence Factor..
Judith lives in Colorado. Her website is www.Briles.com and she can be
reached at Judith@Briles.com.
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