Nobody Likes to Talk About THIS Dark Side!

Successful people deserve our admiration and often bask in the glow of their achievements. They give their all every day in order to climb the ladder of recognition. Their motives are many: money, power, influence or personal ambition are probably just a few of them. Very few of the successful people really let us look at their cards. And if they do, it's mainly in the form of expensive coaching or seminars that are supposed to bring the highly personal secret of success to all those who are willing to pay the price for it in exchange for good money.

Speaking of price: As is well known, everything in life has one. Not only do you have to earn your personal success hard, but a lot of things also fall by the wayside on the way to fame and victory. Successful contemporaries are not really to be envied. In this article, we show you the downsides that come with a life on the career ladder:

1. Fear

You might think that once you've reached the pinnacle of your personal best, you feel invincible. Unfortunately, this is a misconception that many people who are spoiled by success have already had to realize. On the contrary, they are constantly driven by a feeling of fear of losing everything they have achieved so far. Regardless of whether it's money, power or influence, the saying "Easy come easy go" also applies to the inhospitable heights where society's high-flyers cavort.

The humiliation, the loss of face and the prospect of having to start all over again from the very bottom drive the sweat of dread onto the foreheads of the achievers day and night. As a result, they can neither enjoy their flawless record nor allow themselves longer phases of relaxation in between. The sword of Damocles of impending loss hangs constantly over their heads.

2. Loneliness

It can get pretty lonely on the summits of the highest mountains. This is also true of the unimagined heights to which particularly successful people soar. They could theoretically surround themselves with any number of reputations, but they would never be sure if these people formed their inner circle entirely without intentions.

Relationships suffer as a result of success as well, since every free minute is sacrificed and every other aspect of existence has to take a backseat in its favor. In addition, as is well known, one does not only make friends on the way to the top. Many friendships fall by the wayside or are perhaps even stopped cold because they stand in the way of their ambitious fellow human beings. Sooner or later, they find themselves alone in the wilderness.

Only very few super-rich people or celebrities manage the balancing act between professional Olympus and private happiness. Whether this is self-chosen unhappiness or further proof that the law of balance reigns in every life is up to each personal worldview.

3. Greed

Enough is never enough. Unfortunately, this motto soon creeps into every successful brain. The desire for more is then the constant and frequent, also the only companion on the constant way up. Once you have succumbed to the intoxication of money, the call of power or the ultimate thrill of a sense of achievement, you will hardly be able to escape this siren song.

What adds to the aggravation here is the fear of losing what has already been achieved. Instead of sharing or enjoying the recognition and perhaps even putting themselves at the service of a good cause, achievers hoard their wealth and all their accomplishments like a treasure laden with a curse. Paranoia and mistrust rule their days. Yet they learn nothing from it, always wanting one thing: more.

4. Envy

The saying "pity is a gift, envy must be earned" is, unfortunately, of little comfort to successful people. They must quickly realize that there are not many people around them who can genuinely rejoice with them and their breakthrough. Human nature does not seem to be programmed to give each other recognition and applause when one can also react with envy and resentment.

There are 2 points in life where we can see the true value of our friends. At the top and at the bottom. Those who manage to keep a few confidants on their way to the top should weigh their value in gold. There are not many people in our lives who mean well with us without exception. Those who bear with us all the ups and downs and can heartily begrudge us every advance and every goal achieved are people of rare caliber.

5. Health problems

If you want to be successful, you have to turn night into day and not give yourself a break. Many ambitious contemporaries who have been able to make a real whiz-bang start with their ideas or business models hardly sleep at all and live only for their work. They neglect their bodies and their health, pushing themselves to the limits of what they can bear and sometimes beyond. Medications such as stimulants or sleeping pills eventually take over.

Not infrequently, even substances are the best friends of successful individuals. There is nothing to be said against setting one's life on the road to success. But even the richest or most famous person in the world has only one body and one health. Anyone who wantonly puts these at risk must reckon with consequences. Sad detail on the side: no money in the world can guarantee mental and physical integrity.

6. Jealousy

It is the little sister of envy, so to speak, but no less vicious and dangerous. Unfortunately, it is not limited to the professional environment, where such trench warfare naturally takes place. It secretly, quietly infiltrates family and friends long before the high-flyers notice these changes in mood. Friendships turn into hostility. Close bonds turn into merciless competition for supremacy within society. Not infrequently, jealous fellow human beings tend to torpedo their enemy images and mercilessly sabotage their ambitions whenever possible.

Today's Conclusion: Everything has its price

If you really want to be successful, you need a thick skin. It is not enough to conjure up a good idea from your sleeve and to work persistently and diligently on its implementation. Physical and psychological constitution must also play a role, as must the fact that you will soon find yourself on the top rung of the career ladder with no friends at all. And this for a wide variety of reasons.

There are few successful people who really get everything in life. At least, you only hear about very few of them, which is perhaps one possible explanation for the secret of their success. The more publicly we celebrate our victories, the more we expose ourselves to the crowd and make ourselves vulnerable. So those who manage to pursue their dreams and goals, not completely lose sight of the much-cited work-life balance, and remain confidently under the radar of public perception stand a good chance.

Those who constantly reinvent themselves also belong to the group of lucky winners. They know that stagnation means doom. No one is likely to get everything in life. We need at least one unfulfilled longing to stay on the ball. The game of life demands dynamic and full physical effort from us. Stability and constancy are not provided for in the rules. That's it for today.