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08-19-2006, 03:10 PM
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anomaly
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Source of happiness?
Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?
Sorry, for the purpose of this question you don't get the choice of success in both or, for masochists, the option of intolerable in both.
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08-19-2006, 07:17 PM
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What? Me worry?
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Re: Source of happiness?
No one every lay on thier death bed wishing they had been more successful at thier job. I think your private life is more important to be successful at.
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08-19-2006, 07:21 PM
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Re: Source of happiness?
No contest here. Definately private life!
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08-19-2006, 10:49 PM
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Re: Source of happiness?
Whatever I do for a job it's largely instrumental. I am lucky enough to have done - for the most part - work I enjoyed and I still do work I enjoy but work stops on a daily basis and will eventually stop on a life basis (through retirement I hope!). Work, no matter how enjoyable, can't bring true happiness and contentment, that's only possible in a good private life.
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08-20-2006, 08:26 AM
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anomaly
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Re: Source of happiness?
No votes for professional life.
I think the current poll results indicate that the type to vote professional are too busy to hang around forums.
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08-20-2006, 08:30 AM
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Re: Source of happiness?
My hubby *may* have cast his vote for a happy professional life. I'll try to explain why.
He is a lawyer and is self-employed. He feels *so much* pressure to succeed. Even if he settles a really good case, he then wonders what else he has 'in the pipeline' that will generate future revenue. For him, his job is inextricably tied to his happiness. I think he would view his private life as successful but his professional life as sometimes turbulent. Therefore, if he had less stress and more consistent success in his lawyer life, he would deem himself satisfied. Does that make sense? 
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