Health is replacing wealth as measure of success

By Don Ingwerson

A rising tide of public opinion shows health, more than almost any other aspect of life, to be significant to a successful life.

More than 2,000 Americans ranked five ingredients as contributors to their overall success, and the results were: being open to change at 94 percent; good health at 85 percent; finding time for important things at 83 percent; having a good marriage or relationship at 81 percent; having a job or career you love at 75 percent. As you can see, only one other area was thought to be more important than health.

 

These same views are being found in the workplace, where success is becoming increasingly difficult because of volatile and sometimes even hostile economic and work environments. Eight in 10 workers feel that they are stressed by their work place — with low compensation and an ever-increasing workload being the greatest stressors.

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