Acheiving Greatness
"look at me I don’t have family and I’m a world success" willi wonka
Fortune magazine October issue is all about achieving greatness.
They are interviewing and analyzing the success of peak performers.
Everybody is on the list
Bill gates, tiger woods, Jim sinegal (Costco founder), Michael Jordan and many more.
There has been a major intensive research about the origins of successful people and what it takes to be one. You don’t have to be genius or smarter then the person that works as hard.
The major breakthrough is that what it takes is to go above and beyond in everything you do. Sort of like the energizer bunny.
growing up, I often heard about the American work environment and major part in the success and happiness of the company.
I’m subscribed to several biz magazines and I have never seen any article or point of reference to the part that the family have in your success.
Can you be a successful business man or woman and still be a part of your family ?
When I read about all the high mile executives that lead companies, visiting branches on a daily basis, doing yoga at 5 am or playing golf for hours, I can’t help but wonder - where is the family part in all of that ?
I know there are the ones who will debate about the meaning of success and who is really successful but I’m talking about the numbers, about being rich from what you do and lead the way.
Can you really, truly enjoy both worlds?
Can you be a part of the family life and still put all of your energy into the company ?
I know that each to is own, but I’m taking about the concept, the idea of being able to put 60 hourse in a week, hitting the same basket 500 times, putting the extra 10 miles while everybody else has already left work and still having your family above it all ?
Why they never mention the family status ? It is as relevant to me as one’s IQ or persistent because working in the harsh commercial real estate world, without someone getting your back can be devastating.
Maybe its a cultural thing. Maybe its a Jewish/Israeli survival instinct of wanting to have a family and being more traditional in the way you choose to live and I not talking about the were or what I’m talking about the how.
Looking at my post obviously one can see that its very emotional case and at time I look scattered all over but the questions remain the same.
Where is the family in one success ?
Can you really achieve greatness when you have more things then just you to focus about ?
פורסם בתאריך 31 בOctober 2006 ע"י
תחת נושאים: America, Family, Life, Work
No, I don't think you can. I think that being exceptional in those circumstances means short-changing your family in order to be super-successful in your job. I won't ever achieve greatness, but I'll have a great time with my daughters.
I'd never have thought it before dudelet came along but I'm pretty convinced that life is too ephemeral to worry about greatness. Also, how many 'great' artists/writers/leaders got where they are through self-help articles?
For me, I work hard at being a good father. I work hard at being a good manager where I'm employed. I don't manage it most of the time. I certainly don't have time to measure to measure how 'great' I might be. I suspect that Bill Gates never has either…