The Difference Between Fulfillment and Achievement

Although the main focus of this blog has been to detail the different aspects of the lives of billionaire women, I like to think that it goes deeper than that. After all, we are all human beings, no matter what our income level or our inheritance accounts. That’s why I think that it’s really important for us to take a step back from the every day routine to look inside. It also helps to know what you’re looking for when you peek inside your own dark abyss. Sometimes we like to think that we are all after something different, but Tony Robbins suggests that all human beings are only trying to meet the same few basic needs. One of these needs is the topic for this post today and I’ll go over the two sides of it in more detail now.

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Achievement is…

Dictionary definition: A thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage or skill.

It seems today that everyone is fueled by the golden carrot of achievement. This carrot is dangled in front of us day and night and it is something that gets ingrained in us from birth through social conditioning. We want to succeed, we want to be the good child, the one who does well. So we try harder, put more effort into it and develop our skills. We achieve, whether it is what we want or not. We achieve at school and at work. Then we show off our achievements to everyone through the house we buy, the family we build, and the wardrobe we wear. For men everything revolved around their car, for women it can be the size of the ring on their finger or their beautiful home.

We live in an achievement driven environment and if we don’t have anything to show our achievements, then we feel inferior. Do you ever feel weak explaining your career choices to strangers or new acquaintances? Continue reading »