“My business is doing well. We are growing well and making good money. But I am not feeling happy.”
I hear this often enough in my conversations with clients.
Money is important.
It helps you fulfil your aspirations. It is a means of comfort. It also creates a feeling of security.
Money allows you to take bigger risks because it reduces the risk of failure.
The thing it rarely does is is give your fulfilment and happiness.
So if you are doing well financially and wondering why you are not happy, it is because you are searching in the wrong place.
Happiness is linked to fulfilment which in turn is linked to inner motivation.
Whatever motivates you, gives you purpose and drives you is more likely to create a sense of fulfilment than the monetary benefits that come with it.
This could be power, influence, learning, creativity or something else.
Find what gives you that feeling of fulfilment.
And use money as a means to build, support or finance that source of fulfilment.