Don’t believe the lies of success

Every day I see some ad on social media talking about books, seminars and workshops promising to make us more successful. Many of these have some great advice that is worthy of our attention. I read much of the self-help success material, and attend my share of conferences and workshops to learn something new. I’ve even created some myself to share what I’ve learned. But as you explore the self-help literature and workshops out there – consider these words of Albert Einstein:

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”

In our attempt to become “successful” (whatever that means), we have learned all the exterior characteristics of a successful person. We have studied and learned those appearances well enough to fool a many people into believing we are what we are selling. Eventually, we might even get to believe it ourselves. We know how to dress like a successful person, we learn how to talk like success, and even walk like success. We have focused our…