Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Happiness leads to success, not the other way around, especially when you love your work.
- In plain terms
- Happiness makes you successful, not success makes you happy.
- What can you take from it?
- Find happiness in your work to achieve success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is happiness the goal of work?
- Can you be successful without happiness?
Another view
Success can bring happiness too, and not all happy work leads to external success.
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