2007-06-27 23:49:48 · 30 answers · asked by ? 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Depends largely by what you mean as "successful career". How do you measure success? I might not be on the biggest salary, but I enjoy work and I enjoy my life.
What do you mean by "failed personal life"? Again, life throws some strange and challenging obstacles at me, but I overcome them and get on with my life one day at a time. Life is far too short to dwell on failures, other than to learn from them.
2007-06-27 23:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by Spawnee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah to a certain extent it does but I would not say "failed". It all depends on what you make it to be. Having a successful career is something you have accomplished, also a well paid job so how would living the high life be seen as a failure. What you could have said is it merely puts your social life on halt. Career first and then pleasure. In certain things you can combine the both much more pleasant hey!!!!
2007-06-28 08:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by ♠♥Mi$$vỜnDutch♪♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, definitely not. Many people are successful in their careers as well as their home life. They have learned how to balance their time. I feel I am a success at my work, but I also have the time I want to spend with the people I love and like as well as time for me. It is about balance. It was not always this way, I had to LEARN how to do this, what job I could love and not get immersed in at the same time and continue to put my life and personal loves first, including family and friends. Balance is the answer.
2007-06-28 07:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by sashali 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not true!
Success largely depends you what your definition of success is. If success to you is being debt free, it is possible to have that and still have a great personal life, actually an even better one that the masses sludging through credit card debt.
Those people that find joy in their careers often build their personal lives around their joy. The more joy in your life, the more likely you are to believe you are successful, and the more likely others will believe it too.
~V~
2007-06-28 06:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by Insomniac Butterfly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. I think there are some people who seem to have a balance in their lives between work and home, but I think there are even more people who struggle daily to meet all of expectations of work, family and friends. I know that our society tells us that we should want more, be more, do more. The only problem is that when you try to do it all, something has to suffer. I think that finding that balance in life is what we all strive for.I do agree that the more we work and the more successful we become, the more difficult it is to find that balance.
2007-06-28 07:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the reasoning behind this is similar to the religious view that the meek will get their reward in heaven. It's a way to make the less successful accept their lot. If you can see that there is a down-side to success then it makes you feel less bad if you are not successful.
Another variation of this is...
"Show me a successful person, and I'll show you someone who's rubbish in bed". I prefer this version - there's a bit more humour to it!
2007-06-28 07:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by philipscown 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope...i don't agree... i think you can have both a successful career and a successful personal life...the main part of having a successful career that most people forget is keeping it in persepective...it is a career...not your life...do you job...do it well while at work...then go home...you can succeed in the hours at work and if you do that...then you are truly successful in your career...if your career takes all of your time...all day...no matter how far you go...you will not be successful
2007-06-28 07:22:44 · answer #7 · answered by Daisy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with you.
I had a great career and it was everything to me. I was single so I didn't have that much of a love life, which did make me sad a bit but I compensated for it with spending a lot of time in my work. All that changed later. I lost my job but in the process I found love and I'm very happy with my life at home with him but I haven't had a decent job for 3 years. Well, I do have a job but it's nowhere near as rewarding and fun as the job I had when I was single. So I'm the perfect example for your theory.
2007-06-28 07:00:50 · answer #8 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually i wouldnt agree i think that if you can have a successfull career then you can also have a successfull personal life unless you like your career in that standard that you dont care about your personall life and your happy with your career but a good personall life can also help you in your career improve work ethics and help you get along with your co workers and also help you get up the work force ladder cause your boss will see that your happy with your job and he will also notice that your very aproachable due to your acceptable social lifa and living by the way you interact with co workers and customers so id say keep both up cause it will help you in the long run just try not to focus to much on one thing
2007-06-28 07:02:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely! The key word in the question is "usually." In rare cases you find people who can do both, but it is truly rare and given the time constraints on people with successful careers, I doubt they spend much time with family and friends.
2007-06-28 07:01:10 · answer #10 · answered by Monk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋