16/10/2025
Is there an unstated suggestion in the world at large that it is not possible to be uber-successful and happy in oneself at the same time? Wow, I really hope not!
On reflection, the unhappiness of successful people isn’t not being happy, it is being motivated by fear.
Some successful people find their motivation from their inherent fear of failure rather than an excited anticipation of moving towards success.
No wonder they felt ‘unhappy’. Being motivated by fear is an extremely energy sapping strategy and one that impacts significantly on every area of your life. Is this a strategy worth modelling, in our view, no, certainly not.
It’s much more useful to move towards something you desire rather than to move away from something you fear.
A moving towards strategy allows you to use highly positive emotional content to drive you towards something that you want to achieve. That might well be happiness, excitement, energy, confidence, determination, feeling powerful and empowered, whatever is positive and motivating for you.
Feel how much positive energy these emotions have when you compare them to fear, uncertainty, embarrassment, failure. There’s a clear difference in how these two different sets of emotions drive you towards getting what you want or away from getting what you don’t want.
You can learn more about towards and away from thinking when you read the full article. Just click here:
https://www.qfscoaching.com/blog/do-happiness-success-go-hand-in-hand
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