Article by Lawrence Cole
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cane
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “If you do something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life”. Well, its not just a slogan! It’s true.
A while ago, we talked about the importance of doing something for a living that inspired so much passion in you that you often found yourself completely engrossed. Well, that inspiration typically comes from the sheer happiness and bliss that you get whenever you are doing what you love.
Growing up, very few of us are ever encouraged to pursue a career based on what WE love and are inspired by. In fact, 99% of the time we are encouraged to choose a profession based on what the grown ups around us approve of, which is usually fueled by their own regrets and pain around what they never accomplished.
Understand that as a 20, 30, 40, 50, or even 60 something adult that you now must see all of that negative programming as just that, and become hell bent on living your life by your design; and a big part of that is simply waking up every day and doing work that makes you happy.
The sad is part is that intuitively we all know this, but few people actually feel like they deserve it. This is no accident. Society teaches us to think “who do you think YOU are to feel that you deserve to love what you do? Just do something that pays the bills and follow the rules”.
A secret that many successful people know is that they are where they are by first identifying what made them happy and then pursuing it aggressively. Happiness is truly the key to success because it gives you a mental and emotional edge that will help you to work through adversity, outshine your competition, and experience true fulfillment.
Each person makes their own choice as to whether or not they will settle for this reality or create one of their own design. I hope that you will choose the latter and enjoy the fantastic fulfillment and quality of life that comes with it. Doing what makes you happy will ultimately make you incredibly successful as well because you will have the emotional “edge” of having true passion for your work.
About the Author
Lawrence Cole is the creator of The Multi-Million Dollar Mindset. The Multi-Million Dollar Mindset shows you how to discover ways to become rich, how to start a business, and how to join the wealth builders at http://www.multimilliondollarmindset.com using Rich Dad Poor Dad principles.
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