A thought-provoking Excerpt from "Are you Ready to Succeed?" Read whether or not Success is important to oneself.

"Yet another contrast: Remember what you felt like when you had power, you were the boss, people
Looked up to you, took orders from you; or when you were popular. And contrast that Worldly feeling with the feeling of intimacy, companionship-- the times you thoroughly enjoyed yourself in the company of a friend or with a group in which there was fun and laughter. Having done this, attempt to understand the true nature of worldly feelings, namely self-promotion, self-glorification. They are not natural, they were invented by your society to make you controllable. These feelings do not produce the nourishment and happiness when one contemplates Nature or enjoys the company of one's friend's or one's work. They were meant to produce thrills, excitement and emptiness.

Then observe yourself over the course of a day or a week and think of how many actions of yours are performed, how
Many activities in that are uncontaminated by the desires for these thrills, these excitements that only produce emptiness, the desire for attention, approval, fame, popularity, success or power. And take at a look at the people around you. Is there a single one who is not controlled by them, hungers for them, spends every minute of his/her waking life consciously or unconsciously seeking them? When you see this you will understand how people attempt to gain the world, and in the process, lose their soul."

By focusing on positive and natural
Feelings in our work and life, we tend to succeed much more
positively, than when the soil we plant our tree in is self-glorification with negative repercussions to people around us. You've heard of flowers being cut and put in different coloured water, and what water you put in is, the flower turns out the same way. Same it is with our lives.