We live in an era of motivational
speakers, in which everyone is selling you the same product under different
name. And the regular saying " anything could be achieved
through hard work". Want a better job? Work harder. Want more money? Work
harder. Want a better life? Well...work harder! It almost sounds like a dogma
from some radical cult. Probably because it's not too far from the truth.
Life is not about working
hard like a horse. It's about being a smart reasonable being. The very fact
that you connect the word "success" to working harder means to me
that you understand it as financial independence (being able to afford pretty
much anything anytime). Success encapsulates many different spheres, so here's
what you can do to be more successful:
EDUCATE YOURSELF
It all starts with you. You
can't help anyone else if you don't help yourself first. That's why in cases of
emergencies you are taught to first take care of yourself and then help anyone
else. You've probably heard this on the plane hundreds of times. So start by
reading inspiring books in your free time (plenty of such questions here),
listening to educational podcasts/videos on your way to work (TED is a great
example) and watching movies that expand your way of thinking.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY
It's the only one you will
ever have, so why not take better care of it? The better your body functions,
the more productive you will be and more capable you will be in enjoying the
world. Working out also makes you smarter.
BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIP
All the money in the world
cannot buy you family relationship and honest friends. These are things that
you build with time and it takes a certain mindset to be able to appreciate. A
picnic with some good friends costs close to nothing, yet it can give you
memories for a lifetime. You feel so much happier and grateful about your life
when you have someone by your side to share your best moments with. You know
what they say – shared happiness is double happiness.
SHOW APPRECIATION
It seems that we are taught
today to be never fully satisfied. We always want a faster car, better home,
the latest gadget, more clothes, and so on and so on. We are too concentrated
on the things that we don’t have than the things we have. Appreciation
is about realizing how lucky you are to be alive, in good health and have all
your basic needs covered. The rest is vanity.
BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LIFE
The other day I was having my
hair cut. While sitting on the chair I was thinking how hard working the woman
was. Every day she spends about 6-7 hours standing and cutting people’s hair. I
will be damned if she is not hard working. But so are other people who spend
10+ hours doing heavy manual labor. I could never do that, for which reason I
have the utmost respect for them.
Most of those people don’t
seem happy because they don’t enjoy their work. They think that working hard is
the answer, when the reality is just being smart about life. You need to be
full of enthusiasm to create things, to help others and to find the most efficient
way to do so. So be enthusiastic about life and you will see opportunities that
are invisible to most people.
I would like to finish my
answer with a well-known philosophical observation that society teaches
us to focus on having, rather than being. We tend to seek material
objects and status even though we know we can never have enough. The truth is
that the very best things in life are free for a reason – because everyone has
the right to be happy and be successful.
I know this might not be the
answer you’ve been looking for, but I hope it’s the answer that you needed.
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