First i would like to believe that "success" is a very subjective term which is used completely in context with any socially recognized accomplishment. I truly believe success is subjective but having said that let me try to make some sense to the topic. I would first want to draw boundaries to the word success. Success is when you are rich, that is when you have a lot more money than you need. I think this governs a large part of success, in fact for the majority this is all success means. I would say success is also when you are famous and well known for a particular thing. Success is also when happiness hits resonance.
I was reading Steve jobs the other day and was just amazed to know how lonely he was, that was the same case with Shah Rukh Khan as well. They slept merely for 3-4 hours and SRK says the more the number of people he is with at a particular time more he is lonely. This is the case with almost all the billionaires in the world. I now know the science behind this loneliness. It is the whole point followed by any accomplishment. The question to be answered is "what would i do after i achieve all the money and fame ?" if you dont find an answer to it, then success is no more relevant in your life. Because you have found a dead end in your life and once you reach there you have nothing to do. I know an Entrepreneur who sold his business for 15 million, Which is a sum he never dreamt of in his life, he has stopped working ever since, he says he has never felt this lonely because even though he has all the money he still has to party during the weekend because that's when his friends are free. He says he could not find any way to use his money and then eventually started another company and got himself busy and slowly his loneliness faded away.
Sir Ken Robinson says when he had all the money and fame,big house and everything in abundance he said nothing about this ever completed him. He was still in search for some thing more. He beautifully says the less you have the more you connect. Abundance a toxic which will eventually leave you in a dark room which is decorated from the outside with probably gold or even diamonds, yet the inner darkness is does not get a ray of light.
I was reading Steve jobs the other day and was just amazed to know how lonely he was, that was the same case with Shah Rukh Khan as well. They slept merely for 3-4 hours and SRK says the more the number of people he is with at a particular time more he is lonely. This is the case with almost all the billionaires in the world. I now know the science behind this loneliness. It is the whole point followed by any accomplishment. The question to be answered is "what would i do after i achieve all the money and fame ?" if you dont find an answer to it, then success is no more relevant in your life. Because you have found a dead end in your life and once you reach there you have nothing to do. I know an Entrepreneur who sold his business for 15 million, Which is a sum he never dreamt of in his life, he has stopped working ever since, he says he has never felt this lonely because even though he has all the money he still has to party during the weekend because that's when his friends are free. He says he could not find any way to use his money and then eventually started another company and got himself busy and slowly his loneliness faded away.
Sir Ken Robinson says when he had all the money and fame,big house and everything in abundance he said nothing about this ever completed him. He was still in search for some thing more. He beautifully says the less you have the more you connect. Abundance a toxic which will eventually leave you in a dark room which is decorated from the outside with probably gold or even diamonds, yet the inner darkness is does not get a ray of light.
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