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Originally Posted by paparora
I have two very wealthy doctors in my family. One is a Physician, whereas the other is an Orthodontist. Both make close to a million in gross income. Naturally speaking, they have amazing houses, drive beamers, are able to put a significant amount into their 401k, designer clothes..u get the idea. Needless to say, they are successful, happy people.
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I don't think that's "needless to say" in the slightest. I'd bet my car and my house (modest though they are in comparison) that a little probing would uncover the same pit of emptiness at the core of their being that the rest of us have.
Here's the thing about people with all the exterior signs of "success"--there's NO freedom for them in that. They're always compensating for something, and the more they compensate, the bigger that thing they're compensating for gets. They HAVE to succeed. They're DRIVEN to succeed, and COMPLETELY out of control about it, and they're TERRIFIED about what would happen if they didn't succeed.
This isn't to say that everyone else on the planet isn't driven and terrified too, because we all are. It's just, on really "successful" people, it's easy to forget about that because the surface looks so good. But it's all a big show to distract from how desperately their duck feet are paddling beneath the surface.
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Originally Posted by paparora
How do you measure success?
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I measure my success by the difference I make for others. And I create specific games for myself to play that are designed to make a difference and have specific, measurable outcomes.