The path to success is the dream of many, but is it worth it to go this way? Western sociologists (including the famous David Orr) argue that there is a substitution of concepts, and successful people do not need this planet.
Let's first try to figure out which people are called successful. As a rule, they include the rich from the stage and the small oligarchs who built personal financial empires. It is very difficult to imagine a successful teacher, builder, scientist, and it is precisely such people who build the foundation of our society and make the world around us a little more prosperous.
It turns out that success does not guarantee well-being? Indeed, the rich bathe in luxury and even make occasional charitable donations, but compared with the efforts of billions of people who are not on Forbes lists, their good intentions are a drop in the oceans.
What can the pursuit of success turn out for you? First of all, you are facing emotional burnout, and this is not surprising, because you chose fierce competition instead of doing your job well and devoting more time to your loved ones. Relatives and friends, in turn, will move away from you, because they will get tired of waiting for such a busy person to find time for a joint rest. While you will quickly go head over heels to career heights, enticing bonuses and a consumer paradise, loneliness will lurk you, and with it numerous nervous breakdowns.
There is a solution: score for success! Strive to make your daily life happy right now, and not sometime later, when your salary is higher and your position is more prestigious. Take a look around: here are your role models, not glossy magazines and fashion instagrams! Just be a good person, and successful ones will somehow die out.
