I think it all depends on each individual person and what exactly makes them happy. We can all cope with different levels of stress, workloads and chaos. Some of us thrive on the craziness and others despise it.
I can say from personal experience that success does sometimes come with a price. When I was younger, my parents worked like crazy. They had a successful business, but they were so intent on creating more and more success that they begin to sacrifice some of the really important things in life - such as spending time with family. Now that the business is more established, they have much more time to relax and enjoy themselves.
Success doesn't always have to mean sacrificing your lifestyle. In fact, many people only work 4 -5 hours a day but have accumulated millions and millions of dollars.
If you want to become successful, you should ask yourself three questions.
1.How do I want to become successful?
2.Will you have to sacrifice your lifestyle to achieve it and for how long?
3.Am I willing to give up a lot of the things I currently value in life?
If you're heading down a path that's leading towards success and if that path means working 12 hour days, always being stressed, not having time for the family then take my word for it - Don't do it!!
You don't necessarily have to take the path of least resistance, but sometimes the path of lesser resistence isn't so bad.
My main goal in life is to enjoy myself - I only have one and I don't want to waste it.
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