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June
17, 2004:
The Negative Effects of Easy Success,
Steven Berglas, Ph.D., author of
Reclaiming The Fire
Mike
Carruthers:
It's certainly interesting how money is the yardstick by which
many of us measure success.
Steven
Berglas:
If you're dissatisfied in a career, but making money.
The hardest thing in the world is to say, you know something,
I don't like this career. People look as though you are insane.
Dr. Steven
Berglas author of the book: Reclaiming
The Fire says the result is the same whether you make a
lot of money in a job you hate or you inherit a lot of money.
It is
dull as dishwater to just passively make money. Like investment
bankers who have nothing to do but watch the money roll in,
who seek daredevil escapes from this terminal boredom. You know
the press is peppered with stories of heirs to fortunes who
do various and sundry crazy things. That=s because money that
you sit back and inherit isn=t a sign of self esteem.
Wealth and
success without challenge says Dr. Berglas, often leads to problems.
About
20% of substance abusers do it because of the stress of success.
And they do it to either see if they can get away with it,dare
the devil, overcome it, or to use it as an excuse for failure.
Bill
Clinton at the end of his presidency is a good example of someone
who has had success without challenge.
So what
did he do? He dares the devil to ad some excitement. And how
does he do it? Well he has a sexual liaison. You see, Clinton's
juice, Clinton's self esteem was beating other people in elections
not sitting in an office. This is exactly what happens to careers
when you're forced into a 'been there done that' passivity.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net,
I'm Mike Carruthers, and that's Something You Should Know.
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