व्यवसाय साक्षर व्हा...

 पैशासाठी बिजनेस करायचा नसतो असं म्हटलं कि बऱ्याच जणांचं पित्त खवळतं. अस्मितेला धक्का लागला असावा अशा प्रकारे चिडचिड होते. आपण ज्या ज्या प्रकारे विचार करतोय त्याच्या अगदीच विरुद्ध कुणी विचार करतोय म्हटल्यावर तो कसा मूर्ख आहे हे सांगण्याची प्रचंड इच्छा होते, आणि ती व्यक्त केली जाते सुद्धा... २०-२५ वयाची मुलं स्टाईल मधे पैसा है तो सबकुछ है असा डायलॉग मारतातच... पण तिशीनंतर, पैसा तर मिळतोय पण तरीही समाधान लागत नाहीये, नक्की चुकतंय कुठं, असाही प्रश्न पडायला लागतो...

व्यवसाय पैशासाठी करायचाय ? मग व्यवसायच का? नोकरी पण करू शकता कि.... नोकरीमध्येही अशा कित्येक संधी आहेत जिथे महिन्याला १०-२० लाखाचे पॅकेज मिळू शकते. व्यवसायात संपुर्ण आयुष्य गेलेल्या कित्येकांना आजही एवढे उत्पन्न वर्षाला सुद्धा मिळत नाही. मग व्यवसाय हा पैशासाठीच केला जतो हा गैरसमज नाही का? सामान्यपणे आपण आसपासचे लोक काय बोलतात यावरून आपली मते ठरवत असतो. व्यवसायाच्या बाबतीतही असेच आहे. खास मोटिव्हेशनल लेक्चर्स ऐकून तर पैसा कमावण्यासाठीच व्यवसाय करायचा असतो हे आपल्या डोक्यात घट्ट बसलेलं असतं... पण खरं सांगतो व्यवसाय पैशासाठी करत नसतात... पैसा हा व्यवसायाचा अविभाज्य भाग आहे, आपण ज्यावेळी व्यवसाय यशस्वी करण्यासाठी धडपडतो तेव्हा पैसा आपोआपच आपल्याकडे यायला लागतो. तो मिळावा यासाठी धडपड करायची गरज नसते. तो आपोआपच येतो...

मग, व्यवसाय का करायचा ? व्यवसाय करायचा असतो तो स्वातंत्र्यासाठी...

व्यवसायातून आपल्याला स्वातंत्र्य मिळतं... निर्णय घेण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, विचार करण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, आपलं आयुष्य आपल्या मनाप्रमाणे जगण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य,भविष्य पाहण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, भविष्य आपल्या मनाप्रमाणे घडवण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, वेळेचा वापर करण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, आपल्या संकल्पनांवर काम करण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य, आपला मार्ग तयार करण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य... हे स्वातंत्र्य आपल्याला व्यवसायातून मिळतं. या स्वातंत्र्यासाठी आपल्याला व्यवसाय करायचा असतो... आपला खरा विकास या स्वातंत्र्यातूनच होत असतो. फक्त पैशातून विकास होत नाही .पैशाने फक्त इमारती उभ्या राहू शकतात, त्यात समाधानाने राहण्यासाठी स्वातंत्र्य महत्वाचं असतं.

पैसा हा व्यवसायाचा परिणाम आहे... तो मिळतोच... पण पैशाला कधीच साध्य समजायचं नसतं, ते साधन असतं... आपल्या अनेक साधनांपैकी एक साधन आहे आपलं स्वातंत्र्य मिळवण्यासाठीचं... त्याला साध्य समजून वाटचाल केली तर त्यातून फक्त नैराश्य हाती येतं, कारण ते कधीच हाती ना लागणारं साध्य ठरण्याचीच शक्यता जास्त असते. तुम्हाला पैसा कमवायचा आहे, मग तुम्ही व्यवसाय यशस्वी करण्याकडे लक्ष द्या. दररोज उत्पन्नाची आकडेवारी मांडत बसाल तर आपले उद्दिष्ट साध्य का होत नाहीये या विचाराने नैराश्यात जाल. नैराश्यात गेलात कि आपोआपच बिजनेस बंद पडणार आहे... काय फायदा झाला? आता तुम्ही ग्राहक जास्तीत जास्त कसे वाढतील याकडे लक्ष द्या, ग्राहक वाढले कि नफा आपोआपच वाढणार आहे, म्हणजेच पैसा वाढत जाणार आहे. ग्राहकच पैसे घेऊन येत असतो.

वयाच्या किशी-चाळीशीनंतर नंतर बरेच जण पैसा मिळतोय पण समाधान का नाही, असा जेव्हा विचार करतात, त्यामागे हेच कारण असतं. त्यांनी पैशाला साध्य समजून काम केलेलं असत, आणि ते साध्य साधण्याच्या नादात स्वातंत्र्य गमावलेलं असतं..

व्यवसाय पैशासाठी करायचा नसतो म्हणजे पैसा कमवायचा नसतो असं नसतं, किंवा पैशाला तुच्छ लेखण्याचा प्रयत्न नसतो, तर व्यवसााचा खरा अर्थ समजावून सांगण्याचा प्रयत्न असतो.

पैसा मलाही हवाय, अगदी कित्येक स्वप्न पूर्ण करण्यासाठी खूप सारा पैसा हवाय, जो अजूनही आवाक्याबाहेर आहे. पण त्यामुळे मला नैराश्य येत नाही... कारण माझं मुख्य साध्य आहे स्वातंत्र्य... ते मी मिळवलेलं आहे. वेळेअभावी माझं काही काम राहतंय असं मला वाटत नाही, मला निर्णय घेण्याचे स्वातंत्र्य नाही असं मला कधीच वाटत नाही, मला माझ्या मनाप्रमाणे जगता येत नाहीये असं मला कधीच वाटलं नाही, याच कारण मी व्यवसायात पदार्पण करून स्वातंत्र्य मिळवलं आहे... हे स्वातंत्र्य मी टिकवून ठेवण्यासाठी सतत प्रयत्न करतोय... हे स्वातंत्र्य टिकवून, मला जो पैसा मिळेल त्यातून माझी स्वप्ने पूर्ण करणार आहे... म्हणजे मी स्वातंत्र्य उपभोगत, आणि माझी स्वप्नेसुद्धा पूर्ण करण्यासाठी झटतोय... आपलं अंतिम उद्दिष्ट हे समाधानी आयुष्य जगण्याचे असावे... हे समाधानी आयुष्य व्यवसायातून आलेल्या स्वातंत्र्यामुळे मिळतं...

मी आजघडीला मला वर्षातून जास्तीत जास्त १०० दिवस काम करायचं आहे या दृष्टिकोनातून माझी लाइफस्टाइल तयार करत आहे. मी माझं स्वातंत्र्य मिळवण्याचा प्रयत्न करत आहे. सकाळी ९ ते रात्री १२ वाजेपर्यंत ऑफिसमध्ये बसून काम करण्यात मला बिलकुल स्वारस्य नाहीये. तेच करायचं असतं तर मग मी नोकरी केली असती. विना टेन्शन पैसे मिळाला असता. पण मी माझं स्वातंत्र्य गमावलं असतं... हि माझी स्वातंत्र्याची व्याख्या आहे. प्रत्येकाची वेगवेगळी असू शकते.

पैसा कमवा भरपूर कमवा, पण ते व्यवसायाचे साध्य नाही हे लक्षात ठेऊन कमवा. व्यवसायाचं अंतिम ध्येय्य हे स्वातंत्र्य मिळवण्यासाठीच आहे हे लक्षात असू द्या. व्यवसाय मोठा करण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करा. व्यवसाय ग्राहकांनी मोठा होतो. पैसा ग्राहकांसोबत आपोआपच येतो....

व्यवसाय साक्षर व्हा...

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 'Success Is Not an Entitlement; You Have to Earn It Every Day.'

AUTO SUGGESTION TECHNIQUES TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

Whether you realize it or not, you have probably been using auto suggestion techniques your whole life.  If you have ever told yourself to wake up at a certain time, “relax,”  “sleep,”  “concentrate,” “smile,” “breathe,” or whatever -- you have used auto suggestion.

If you have told yourself to relax, focus, breathe, take it easy you are using auto-suggestion. Auto-suggestion is the easiest way to reprogramme our subconscious mind. In fact, each of us has used auto-suggestion at some point in our lives. The problem is most of us use auto-suggestion to focus on negative things rather than positive ones. For e.g. we say, “I am tired”, “I am useless”, and then wonder why we actually feel that way.

It has been said in ancient texts that, “The power of life and death lies in the tongue”. This means, words are so powerful that they can either build or destroy you. So, we’d rather use words to focus on positives instead of negatives. Energy flows where attention does. If you think you are ugly, that is how you will be and if you think you are smart and confident, that is how you will appear and your body language will show it.

The simplest way to harness the power of autosuggestion is positive affirmations. These are powerful and positive sentences that we constantly repeat in our mind and heart till they get embedded in our subconscious mind. The power of autosuggestion is enormous and it can be used in health, healing, prevention, relationships or career in a huge way.

AUTO-SUGGESTION TECHNIQUES
1. Delete negative thoughts: 
Start paying attention to your self-talk. Whenever you catch yourself in negative self-talk, especially internal dialogue that expresses fear, doubt, or self-loathing, delete or erase it. Then replace it with more encouraging positive words.

2. Use affirmation:
Positive affirmations are so much more than just feel good quotes and positive statements.

3. Use repetition: 
Use boring repetitive tasks as an opportunity for programming yourself with auto-suggestion. A lot of people like to use affirmations in the shower, while driving, at the bus stop, or on a bus, plane, or train.

4. Use emotions: 
In order to make autosuggestion work, it must trigger feelings. The more meaningful auto-suggestion is to you, the more effective it is.

5. Step-by-step approach: 
Sit comfortably in a quiet space – your office, home, or amid nature. Pick a goal or intention to focus on. Relax your entire body, and take several long deep breaths. Tune into your inner voice, and connect to the feeling that you truly believe this goal or intention. Begin to visualise the achievement of that goal, or realisation of your intention. Create a clear and detailed mental picture, using all five senses. Think about your goals. Finish with a positive affirmation about the outcome of your goal or intention. Repeat this process at least once a day, for about 10 minutes.


Mind to succeed. 

To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born. - A.P. Gouthev

10 Ways to Promote Yourself to Entrepreneurial Success

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that their great idea will carry their startup. Yet most investors agree that the "idea" is worth nothing alone, and it's the entrepreneur's execution that counts. That means that selling yourself is more important than selling your idea.

In the corporate world, experts have recognized for a long time that the way people perceive you at work is vital to your career success. No matter how talented you are, it doesn't matter unless managers can see those talents and think of you as an invaluable employee, a game-changing manager or the person whose name is synonymous with success.



In the entrepreneur world, your perception is equally critical, except the "managers" in this world are your investors, customers, vendors, business partners and team members. I just finished a book by Dan Schawbel, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success, which will help you maximize these perceptions.

Here is a quick guide to some of the changes that Schawbel sees in the workplace that require self-promotion and some updates that I have added for entrepreneurs:

1. An "idea" is just the beginning. Use your business idea to kick start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. Your ability to promote yourself and learn from these will determine your ultimate success.

2. Pursue skills you don't have right now. A U.S. Department of Education study shows that soft, interpersonal skills have become more important for success than hard, or technical, skills. Entrepreneurs need to have leadership skills, as well as an ability to work in teams and listen. Coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers, are also a plus.

3. Polish your reputation, as it's your best asset. Your CEO title might be good for your ego, but in the grand scheme of things, what matters more is how much people trust you, whom you know, who knows about you, and the aura you give off around you. What other people think you can do is more important than what you have done.

4. Your personal life is now public. With the internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Manage your whole image, rather than ignore it. Even the smallest things, like how you behave, your online presence -- or lack of it -- and whom you associate with can help build your brand or tear it down.

5. Build a positive presence in new media. There are plenty of benefits to new media, if you maintain a positive presence. Your online social networks enable you to build your reputation, connect with people who have interests similar to yours, find educational opportunities and put you in touch with people who can help your startup.

6. Play nice with people of all ages. The combination of economic need and increasing life spans is keeping everyone in the workplace longer. As a result, you'll need to work well with people of all ages. Each generation tends to communicate differently and offers a different view of the marketplace.

7. The one with the most connections wins. We have moved from an information economy to a social one. It's less about what you know (Google search will help you in seconds), and more about whether you can work with other people to solve problems. If you don't get and stay connected, you'll quickly become irrelevant.

8. Just one person can change your life. Remember the rule of one? All you need is that one investor, that one major customer or that one distributor to keep you ahead of competitors. It's up to you to get that key person on board to support your business. Self-promotion in the right way can make all the difference.

9. Hours are out, accomplishments are in. If you want to grow your business, stop thinking about how many hours you work, and aim for more milestones and traction. Success is more results, not more work. Measure your results and promote them. Help others realize your value.

10. Your startup is in your hands. Be accountable for your own business success, and take charge of your life. Look for win-win business relationships, since people won't help you if you are not helping them. If you aren't learning and growing, you have nothing to promote and aren't benefitting anyone.

Read more: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229328#ixzz2jZOlP3KQ

Why You Should Ditch Your Billion-Dollar Business Ambitions

We all want to build the next Apple, Google or Facebook -- companies worth billions and billions of dollars. But you might want to think smaller, at least initially
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Don't write up a business plan or create a pitch deck for an imaginary billion-dollar business. Instead, go out and create an actual, $1,000 dollar company
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In the biggest twist of all, it turns out that one of the best ways to build something big is to build something small
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The $1,000 startup is a powerful frame to put on your ideas, because it strips the distorting force of market opportunity out of the idea equation. Rather, it properly focuses you on the question of whether you're building something that other people want enough that they're willing to pay you for it. Meanwhile, if you do the work and grow from it, that seed of an idea can sprout into a thriving startup that brings in real money.





Entrepreneurs are a curious bunch.

They come in all shapes, sizes, genders and backgrounds. They get up at dawn. They're the first ones to the office and the last ones to leave. They use productivity apps, network their tooshes off and leave no stone unturned when it comes to pretty much everything.



At best, they make the rest of us humans


Entrepreneurs tend to act like kids in a candy store. Nothing is off limits, everything is for the taking,


"I keep my childlike wonderment alive. I approach the world with curiosity, passion, risk tolerance, and faith -- just like I did when I was growing up. The more traditional companies I worked for out of college not only didn't foster these traits, they flat out discouraged them."




"An entrepreneur's train of thought goes like this: ‘everything around me was invented by someone and that person probably isn't any smarter than I am.' We believe almost everything can be improved upon in some way. We start to imagine what could be instead of what is…the world is malleable and many of the rules that exist are more like guidelines.
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being optimistic is just typically a better way to approach the world, so do it for your own sanity if nothing else
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Entrepreneurs are by nature rule breakers and dissenters. This is an attitude as much as it is a mentality
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"It's hard for me to relate when people can't wait for the week to be over or can't wait to rush out of the office for Happy Hour. My job is never done, nor do I want it to be. That's not to say that I never do things for pleasure, but I am constructing my own life and not constricting it based on someone else's ideas or standards.
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This last point is a direct result of our modern-day reliance on technology as a vehicle for innovation. As Vanderveldt observes:

"Technology has been the common denominator for all the companies I have started -- from data mining to green energy. I believe it is the global equalizer and enabler. Young entrepreneurs and startups need to be focused on (and thinking about) enabling their organization to scale, delivering faster and more efficient results, and maximizing workforce productivity - all of which can be supported through technology."

So whether you're considering getting your feet wet as a first-time entrepreneur, or you are well on your way to entrepreneurial success, keep in mind that how you think is just as important as what you actually do. Thinking like an entrepreneur requires a unique approach to the world and a mindset to help view the world as limitless in its possibilities for improvement, change and, ultimately, innovation.

10 PRINCIPLES TO SUCCESS

मित्रहो,
मायक्रोसॉफ्ट कंपनीचा मालक आणि जगातील सर्वात श्रीमंत व्यक्ती म्हणुन प्रसिध्द असलेले बिल गेट्स आपणाला माहीत असतीलच! आपल्या मायक्रोसॉफ्ट या तंत्रज्ञानाने सर्व जगावर राज्य करणारे बील गेट्स यांनी फार थोड्याच अवधीत हे यश संपादन केले आहे. थोड्क्यात काय तर बील गेट्स हे एक अत्यंत यशस्वी व्यक्तिमत्व आहे. तर अशा या यशस्वी व्यक्तीच्या यशामागील रहस्य आज आपण जाणुन घेउया आणि ते देखिल त्यांच्याच तोंडुन. बील गेट्स यांनी एका शाळेमध्ये केलेल्या भाषणात काही अशा गोष्टी (१० नियम) सांगीतल्या ज्या कोणत्याही शाळेत शिकविल्या जात नाहीत. या भाषणात बील साहेबांनी आपल्या रुढ शिक्षण पद्धतीवर चांगलेच आसुड ओढलेत, सतत आदर्शवादाचा पुरस्कार करणारी आपली शिक्षण पद्धती मुलांना वास्तवापासुन दूर नेते आणि त्यामुळेच आजच्या तीव्र स्पर्धेच्या युगात अशा काही पिढ्या मागे सरत चालल्यात असे बील गेट्स यांचे मत आहे.

नियम १ - आयुष्य खडतर आहे, त्याची सवय करुन घ्या.

नियम २ - जग कधीच तुमच्या स्वाभीमानाची पर्वा करत नाही. स्वत:बद्दल अभिमान बाळगण्याआधी काहीतरी करुन दाखवा. स्वतःला सिध्द करा.

नियम ३ - कॉलेजमधुन बाहेर पड्ल्या पडल्या पाच आ़कडी पगाराची अपेक्षा करु नका. एका रात्रीत कोणी वाइस प्रेसिडंट होत नाही, त्या पदापर्यंत पोहोचण्यासाठी अपार कष्ट करावे लागतात .

नियम ४ - आज कदाचीत तुम्हाला तुमचे शिक्षक कडक आणि भितीदायक वाटत असतील, कारण अजुन बॉस नावाचा प्राणी तुमच्या आयुष्यात यायचाय.

नियम ५ - तुम्ही केलेली चुक ही सर्वस्वी तुमची चुक आहे आणि तुमचा पराजय ह सर्वस्वी तुमचा पराजय आहे. कोणाला दोष देउ नका, झालेल्या चुकिपासुन धडा घ्या आणि पुढे चालत रहा.

नियम ६ - तुमचे पालक तुम्ही जन्माला यायच्या आधी एवढे कंटाळ्वाणे आणि अरसिक नव्हते जेवढे तुम्हाला ते आता वाटतात. तुमचेच संगोपन करण्याठी त्यांनी जे अमाप कष्ट घेतलेत त्यामुळेच आज त्यांचा स्वभाव असा झाला आहे.

नियम ७ - उत्तेजनार्थ पारितोषीक हा प्रकार फक्त शाळेतच पहायला मिळ्तो. काही शाळांमध्ये तर अगदी पास होइपर्यंत परीक्षा देता येते. बाहेरच्या जगातील पध्द्त मात्र वेगळीच असते. खरया जगात
हरणारयाला कोणिही दुसरी संधी देण्यास तयार नसतो.

नियम ८ - आयुष्याच्या शाळेत इयत्ता आणि तुकडी नसते, त्यामध्ये मे महीन्याची सुट्टी नसते. स्वतःचा शोध घ्यायला, नविन काही शिकायला कोणि तुम्हाला वेळ नाही देत. तो वेळ तुमचा तुम्हालाच शोधायचा असतो.

नियम ९ - टीव्ही वरचे जीवन काही खरे नसते आणि खरे आयुष्य म्हणजे टीव्ही वरची सीरियल नसते. खरया आयुष्यात आराम नसतो , असते ते फक्त काम आणि काम.

नियम १० - सतत अभ्यास करणारया आणि अपार मेहनत करणारया तुमच्या मित्रांना चिडवू नका. एक दिवस असा येइल की तुम्हाला त्यांच्याच हाताखाली काम करावे लागेल .

MARK ZUCKERBERG

The Wild and Crazy Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIKE BUSES, THEY ARE ALWAYS ANOTHER ONE COMING.   

10 money lessons from billionaires

"You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed." --Oprah Winfrey, net worth of $2.7 billion First and foremost, you have to believe that greatness is possible. Many of the world's billionaires have shifted the way our world works, because they believed that they were capable of doing something that was previously impossible. Change is possible. Greatness is possible. But you can't do anything unless you first believe in yourself.

"What we say here every day is that our success is really based on our members' success, our community's success." --Pierre Omidyar, net worth of $6.7 billion Your success is directly tied to how much you do for others. It's not what you know. It's not who you know. It's what you do for who you know. Success follows generosity

"The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully." --Karl Albrecht, net worth of $25.4 billion Everything you do (or choose not to do) is a choice. Most of us think that life happens to us, but in reality life is something that we choose either by actively pursuing options and creating our own circumstances, or by blocking opportunities and limiting our beliefs of what is possible. You can choose the type of life you want to live.

“I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.” —Mukesh Ambani, net worth of $22.3 billion Success is not an event—it’s a process. Billionaires embody that process better than most of us. They are on a constant quest to improve, enhance, and outperform themselves. It’s a constant, internal drive to become a better person.

"Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved." --Michael Bloomberg, net worth of $22 billion Billionaires have grit and perseverance. Top performers work hard at hard things. And that means that successful people do the things that most people don't want to do, and that's why they get the job done.

"It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference." --Michael Dell, net worth of $15.9 billion Take a look at any market-leading company. Are they compromising on their product in one way or another? That's an opportunity for disruption, growth, and change. Any unmet need, any annoying problem, any half-baked solution offers a chance to change things.

"If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all." --Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, net worth of $18 billion Developing a world-class skill means that you have the capability to ignore everything else. You have to be able to focus on doing an incredible job or on ignoring it completely. Greatness doesn't come from simply "putting the time in" ... you have to put the time in with effort, energy, and resolve.

"The role of business is to produce goods and services that make people's lives better." --Charles Koch, net worth of $25 billion If your only goal is to become rich, then you're going to have trouble meeting your goal. However, if your focus is on making people's lives better, then you'll find that success comes much more quickly.5. Charles G. Koch, 76 
Company: Koch Industries 
Net worth: $24.7 billion 
Compensation: N/A 

Charles G. Koch has been the chairman and CEO of Koch Industries — one of the largest privately owned companies in the U.S. — since 1967. The group’s annual revenue is more than $100 billion, according to Forbes.

"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit." --Andrew Carnegie, net worth of $298.3 billion (in 2007 dollars) Success unshared is failure. Our connections with other people are what give our work meaning. The things we do will only matter if they are shared with others.

"The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn't based on external factors." --Tony Hsieh, net worth of $840 million So often, we push happiness out on the horizon of life. "Once I get this job, I'll be happy." Or, "If only I landed that promotion, then everything would be good." Of course, life doesn't work that way, and there is always another goal once we reach our previous idea of happiness. Money is important, but your life should never be built around it. Happiness comes before success, not after it.