Failure and Success

People often complain about their failures in life but actually, there are no failures, only success.

What we define as failure or success is not set in stone it is actually very subjective.

It all depends on how you look at any given outcome.

You may say “I have failed in gaining financial independence.”

Or you may say “I have successfully remained poor all my life.”

You may say “I have failed to lose weight”

Or you may say “I successfully gain weight”

We are programmed, brainwashed by society into believing that certain outcomes are good or better than other, and we strive to fulfill that programming.

Is being rich better than being poor?

Is losing weight better than gaining weight?

There are studies done around the world measuring peoples “happiness” in relation to their “wealth”

It is funny but America the richest, most powerful country in the world, is not the number one.

Norway is considered the happiest country in the world.

Canada is on at number 7 while the United States is on the 14^th place

So, what good is to be the richest most powerful country in the world?

Besides being the richest most powerful in the world.

Your standard of living is not the highest. Your health care system sucks.  Your school system is laughable.

You have the highest rates of divorce and obesity in the world.

And you are not doing very hot in any of other categories measuring the quality of life.

Success is not the answer to everything in life.

Sometimes failing is not only better but even required.

Like failing to win the rat race. Failing to stay 10 hours at work every day.

Failing to spend more than you actually earn and instead living a modest life within your limits.

So why are we so obsessed with success when it is pretty clear that success is not the best measure of our happiness?

It is because we have been conditioned to think and act so.

Our life is the result of our actions but our decisions are determined by what we believe, by what we’ve been told all our lives.

So. if you are not happy with your life so far, it is time to rethink your life “success” plan and maybe add a failure or two to the to do list, if that will make your life happier.

I know it is scary to think “Do I really want to have failure in my life?”

Why not?

Lose some battles from time to time. See how it feels.

You will be surprised on how it will make you feel but more surprising it will be the way the other people around you react. Especially when they figure out you have done it purposely.