The desire to achieve quick success and obtain money is a challenge affecting many people in this generation. To most people success and money can never be separated. The term success has been interpreted in different ways. First, success is defined as a level of success. Second, success is defined as the act of achieving or getting respect, wealth, or fame. Success means different things to many people. To succeed, there is a virtue that one is expected to exhibit.
Education is regarded as one way to impart skills and abilities to individuals so that they can succeed. Education plays a significant role in imparting reverent skills in students’ minds, especially those at the higher level of education. People grow professionally and utilize their ideas and competencies in a manner that makes them make money. Thus, youths should join the reproach projects that will benefit them and their community. Additionally, youths should also go for career choices that motivate them so that they can establish real motivation that will drive them in whatever career paths they wish to take. As a matter of fact, certain jobs can drive people so fast to financial stability. However, youths are advised that they should not be pushed into these career fields for inappropriate reasons. Additionally, the youths should go for what motivates them personally and not be attracted to the financial stability that comes with that chosen career path.
Success is said to be incremental, calculated, and righteous. Born into a time of over-scheduling and structural behavior, this generation believes that they are not likely to be on the fast track. Young people see the pathways to living a more determined effort that starts with attending the right school, residing in the right place, getting the best job, and identifying the right values. This generation is responsible for being free to achieve the success they desire. As opposed to the carefree and uninhibited generation, today’s generation wishes for a lot of freedom balanced with the sense of some responsibilities. For youths attaining freedom does not involve the option of taking risks, for them the freedom if success is accompanied with a feeling of purpose as well as the authority of individual’s opportunity to become everything they want. The youths today focus on growing their personal currency. They concentrate on making their mark in the world and working towards increasing their net worth and self-worth. For them, money is equated to the means and not the end. They are aware that financial securities bring opportunity.
On the argument that success impacts happiness, psychology has depicted that money can bring happiness up to a certain point and forever. He established that a lot of wealth can even impede the capacity to appreciate the joys of life. Moreover, he stresses that people should make the most of what they possess and maximize that to achieve happiness and be successful. Materialistic orientation has a significant influence on youth. Financial education programs should be offered as preventive measures. Furthermore, in his study, most participants agreed that a better future is guaranteed with money. Financial education attempts to enhance people’s awareness of economic issues and their capability to make wise monetary decisions. Therefore, humans should focus on social participation, understanding actual needs, and environmental responsibility. Family and the entire community should support young people to succeed in the right manner. The youths should be told that money and success are gradual and that it may come from hard work. Most studies have revealed that youths go for many jobs so that they can have financial stability. However, it has been found that the demands are so many that cannot be satisfied with the money we have. People consider having luxuries and the ability to afford everything they need to be successful. Other people consider taking manual jobs, including working in hotels and double it with other duties so that they can make ends meet. The low wages employers have given their employees have rendered many youths hopeless. They, therefore, seek to look for money by doing everything possible. Moreover, many people have felt depressed when they have failed to get the huge money that they have been looking for. They have associated money with success and, consequently, happiness. Most people today lack the patience to nurture their skills. For instance, when the youths get employment, they want to become managers immediately after they are hired. Moreover, young people should be given mentors and role models with whom they discuss different sensitive matters about career pathways, success, money, and the realities of the everyday work environment.
Notably, money does not equate to success. It is not always the case that the people who tend to earn more money are successful. It is, therefore, the success that gives us happiness. We should realize that money is an additional benefit that comes after our efforts. Successful individuals are productive and satisfied in their jobs. They are motivated and inspired to work so that they can achieve success. However, those people who have followed money and not a career path have found it quite difficult to stick to their jobs. Additionally, money cannot buy happiness. There are important gifts, such as a family, that money cannot buy. No matter how rich one is, they cannot be happy if they lack a family. Remarkably, our health is one of the precious gifts that we should maintain and appreciate. Everyone desires to stay healthy. Money cannot buy health; it is something that we must work hard to keep. Also, everyone works very hard to achieve opportunities. Some of these opportunities help us grow and acquire skills and experience. It is important for us to place our goals before money. This is because when we do not have goals, we lack purpose, and hence we will achieve no advancement t in life. We should always strive to set the goals we want to achieve. One of the goals we should set is to have strong relationships and friendships and interact with our communities. Therefore, our goals link us to success, not money.
In summary, this generation has perceived success in having money and wealth. However, it has been argued that money cannot buy happiness, or if it buys, it will be short-lived. This generation is encouraged to embrace hard work and perseverance as the only way they can achieve success which should not be confused with making money. Similarly, youths have been advised to follow the right career paths, which are self-motivated and not financially driven. Money cannot help one appreciate one’s self-worth and happiness. It should not be our point of focus. We should appreciate gifts such as family, friends, and our good health, among others. Money has been valued beyond life gifts. Many people have resorted to taking many jobs to get a lot of money to buy precious items like cars.
