Success Happy

In order to be successful in your career, would you give up your health and/or family life?

What would you say to people who do?

Public Comments

1. No, I would not. What good is having a career if I dont have family to spend it with or health to be able to do the things I want/need to do? Then again, I actually do have family. Maybe if I didnt have family (or didnt have good relationships with my family), I would feel different. As for people who do, I would say be aware that its a lonely road. But its a choice each person has to make for themselves.
2. i'd be willing to turn a blind eye to health. i'd not give up family life though as that always comes first and foremost. to those who do i'd say, with regards to health, that's a personal choice, but if by giving up your health you are harming someone elses life then it's not worth career success... what i mean is, if say you're a parent... sure in the short term you may be successful in your career, but if you fall ill before your child is old enough to look after themself, who will look after them and who will look after you? with regards to family life, i'd ask why someone would want career success if at the end of the day they aren't there for their family... a family would much rather have that mother\father\brother\sister\uncle\aunt etc.. than someone who is successful in their career but never there for them.
3. It's an easy trap to fall into, the clear targets to aim for at work make people believe they're accomplishing something with their lives. Family and health can seem very fuzzy in comparison. What would I say to someone? I'd try to make them see that they're spending their lives satisfying the wants, needs and temporary goals of their employers, people who don't love them or even care for them very much. Once it's over a life dedicated to a career will leave them feeling only emptiness and rejection.
4. No. There are undoubtedly individuals who work themselves to the bone, and they are so caught up in their career that they fail to realize that there is a life outside of that. To those that work without taking time for their family, I would ask them, "why did you have a family in the first place, if you were not going to be there for them"? If you are going to have a family, you need to take time out for them. They have needs just as you do. Giving up family life for the sake of a career, does nothing but cause divisions which are needless. Families need to be there for each other, and a career should come second. As far as health goes, its the same thing. There are generally two purposes of a career. The first purpose of a career is to have personal enjoyment out of something you are passionate about. The second purpose is to make some sort of compensation or have money to support yourself and your family. However many take things too far, and they lose their health over a career that is temporary. Its not worth losing the comforts of life and decreasing one's years as it relates to living. A career should be separate from one's personal life.
5. i would throw in the dog along with the family for that hahahhah
6. if i had bad health i couldnt get to work anyway. So whats the point in progressing in my career to then have to give it up? As for giving up my family- never. I love them and i'd be desperately miserable without them. As for those who do. Its not for me to judge them. I'd say be careful as you may regret it in later life. But if theyre happy- then good for them.