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By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:22:02 +0000

Thanks Evelyne – good point that success and happiness aren’t exactly the same. We can achieve a lot of “success” by the world’s standards (or even our own) – money, possessions, status, etc – but it doesn’t inevitably bring happiness.

By: Evelyne @ NLP Skills

Evelyne @ NLP Skills — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:26:41 +0000

Great article, Ali. Success is often likened to happiness. People say: when you're successful you're happy. That's not quite true although both concepts, success and happiness, are closely related. We could say: success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. Now, while there is some overlap, it's also true that happy people are usually successful, but successful people are not always happy. Yes, I agree with you, Ali, what does success mean to each of us? .-= Evelyne @ NLP Skills´s last blog ..A helping Hand for Helping Hands… =-.

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By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:34:01 +0000

Yes – it’s so easy to start running after someone’s else’s definition of success. I think it’s a mistake we all make!

By: Sherri Frost

Sherri Frost — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:45:24 +0000

You are so right that we must have a concrete goal in order to know if we are successful. I find that most people are not really tuned in to what they feel is successful, instead they have heard so much in the movies or media about what defines success that they often chase after something they don’t really want. They don’t find out until they get there. I’ve been guilty of this many times myself.

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Entrelinks 22 – Os melhores posts dos melhores blogs — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:49:38 +0000

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By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:38 +0000

Waqas, I probably need to write a whole blog post on “over-ambitious planning”…! What I mean is that it’s easy to plan too much — it might look possible on paper, but it isn’t necessarily very realistic. And if we don’t achieve what we’ve planned, it can be very discouraging and feel like failure … but the problem isn’t that we didn’t work hard enough, it’s that we planned badly!

By: Waqas Ali

Waqas Ali — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:31:47 +0000

Indeed a great article. You really wrote awesome.
You mentioned about “over-ambitious planning” is a kind of failure cause. Please explain that.

Thank you very much.
.-= Waqas Ali´s last blog ..Books – Reading – Happiness =-.

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:27 +0000

Thanks Alex, Jeniffer and Shauna! I “borrowed” the cover pic from the net — since I’m just printing the books for me & friends — and it is indeed fab! And definitely do-able … it’s taken a year and a half to get to this point, but it’s been a lot of fun writing it.

Vlad, awesome post — I’ll pop the permalink here, and encourage people to go and read it:
http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2010/fulfilling-life