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Editor’s note: The books, videos, and experiences that teach you success can be said to be full of enthusiasm, but the author specifically pointed out in this article that three “suggestions” about success are lies. In a word, you need to live within your means. A penny is spent on cutting edge, saving when you save, and having a set of definitions and metrics for success, rather than being confused by vanity and other people’s evaluations. This article is translated from medium, article author Amanda Warton Jenkins, original title Don’t Buy Into These Top 3 Lies About Success.
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Over the years, one of my acquaintances has been ashamed to tell others that she has left a large law firm where she works, and now works from home, “working for herself.”
She wrote in a private group on Facebook: “I was wondering if I should find a place in the city center to make myself feel better.”
I feel empathy for this. As a pre-sales person with a lot of income, I am not proud of my white-collar role. Therefore, when my “office career” suddenly ended and became a “work at home”, my heart was very difficult to accept at the beginning.
Of course, in our entrepreneurial culture, working for ourselves is also something to be proud of. But this situation seems to be difficult to explain. I feel that I owe each person an explanation – you understand, it is like encountering an identity crisis.
That’s because I have always believed in the following lies about success:
The first lie: To be successful, you must be a workaholic