We've heard the classic expression, "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Chickens hatch from the eggs, but eggs are laid by the chickens, arousing endless debate over each side of the arguments.

I've come up with an equally controversial expression to perturb your mind, "which comes first, the success or the happiness?" Before you jump the ropes, I wanted to warn you that arguments could be made to prove which gives rise to the other. Success comes from within, knowing the true worth of our human potential.

I have several profound reasons to prove that happiness leads to the success.

Positivity is the mother of success: We all know that positivity leads to attitude and unwavering faith to achieve success. In the history of the human race, no negative person has ever climbed the peaks of success; happiness is a virtue of positivity. Without happiness, positivity dies a horrible death.

It's all in my head: Success begins with self-affirmation. It's that staunch belief that when I love what I do, success has to come. When the mood is positive, we give rise to our self-esteem leading to relentless pursuit of success.

I succeed when others succeed: It is a known fact that success comes to those who invest in other people's success. Being happy is a prerequisite to have a pro-social attitude leading to generosity with time and money.

I'm happy, so I am healthy: Happiness tends to instill positivity towards life goals including a healthy mind and healthy relationships. With the virtue of healthy mind, body and soul, I now am focused to achieve success.

Be confident: I've noticed that staying under sun energizes my mood and willingness to pursue my goals. Similarly, with happiness, I get an abundance of confidence in my skills and in my resilience towards temporary failures to achieve success.

Constancy of purpose: Success comes to those who have a definite purpose. Their relentless efforts towards definite purpose come from happiness within to affirm that victory is the only acceptable outcome.

Success holds no limits: Happiness leads to creative vision that seeks achievement without limits. My success is limited only to the limits I impose on my thoughts. With happiness, I take my self-esteem to unseen heights to achieve success beyond my wildest expectations.

In the moment: Enjoying every moment with focus of mind, body and soul leads to happiness that shows in the activity that we engage in. I tend to be at my best when my mind is neither engaged in the past failures nor in the future fantasies. I am giving all I have to the task at hand with unbound happiness. I am destined to arrive at success.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.
Our profound view towards success and happiness shapes our destiny. You may focus solely on success and sacrifice happiness with the belief that happiness will follow success. That may prove to be wrong; sharing laughter with family, helping others, being personable and establishing social relations are all forms of happiness, essential to the health of you success.

You may have arguments from the other side of the fence. If so, I'd love to hear why you think success gives rise to happiness?

我們都聽過那個經(jīng)典的命題，“先有雞還是先有蛋？”雞是蛋孵出來的，但是蛋又是雞生下來的，就這兩個論點(diǎn)引發(fā)了無休無止的爭論。

我提出了一個同樣會讓你困擾的具有爭議性的命題，“現(xiàn)有成功還是先有幸福？”在你？之前，我想告訴你這個論點(diǎn)是用來證明誰產(chǎn)生了誰。成功來源于內(nèi)在，成功讓我們得知人類潛能的真實(shí)價值。

我有幾個很有說服力的理由來證明是幸福帶來了成功。

樂觀是成功的母親：我們都知道樂觀帶來實(shí)現(xiàn)成功的態(tài)度和堅(jiān)定不移的信念。在人類歷史上，沒有一個悲觀的人曾攀登上成功的高峰。幸福是樂觀的原動力。沒有幸福，樂觀的態(tài)度就會胎死腹中。

一切都取決于我自己的想法：成功來源于自我肯定。我有著一個堅(jiān)定的信念，那就是當(dāng)我熱愛我所做的工作時，成功自然而然就來了。當(dāng)心情很樂觀開朗時，會產(chǎn)生自尊，自尊會引發(fā)對成功無休止的追求。

當(dāng)其他人成功時我也成功:那些投資他人的成功的人自己也會成功，這是一個人所共知的事實(shí)。幸福是保持一種對社會的正面心態(tài)的前提，這種心態(tài)會使得人們對時間和金錢的慷慨。

我幸福，所以我健康：幸福會給生活注入樂觀，包括健康的頭腦和人際關(guān)系。有了健康的頭腦、身體和靈魂，我現(xiàn)在可以更專注于追求成功了。

保持自信：我注意到在陽光底下使我更有心情和意愿來追求我的目標(biāo)。同樣地，擁有幸福，我從我的技能和對暫時失敗的恢復(fù)力中得到了許多自信來實(shí)現(xiàn)成功。

恒久的目標(biāo)：成功只給那些有些明確目標(biāo)的人。他們對既定目標(biāo)所付出的持久努力來源于內(nèi)在的幸福感，確信勝利是唯一可能的結(jié)果。

成功無界限：幸福感帶來充滿創(chuàng)造力的視野追求無止盡的成就感。我的成功只會被我自身的想法所局限。擁有幸福，我便擁有自信去達(dá)到從未企及過的超越我想象的高度。

活在當(dāng)下：全身心享受每時每刻帶來幸福感，這在我們所參與的活動中將有所體現(xiàn)。當(dāng)我的思緒既不沉溺在過去的失敗中、也不沉浸在對將來的幻想中時，我的狀態(tài)最佳。我滿心愉悅地盡全力做好手邊的工作。我注定要成功。

幸福就是當(dāng)你所思、所言、所做都處于和諧的狀態(tài)。—甘地（1869-1948），印度民族獨(dú)立運(yùn)動的偉大領(lǐng)袖。

我們對成功和幸福的深刻見解將會決定我們的命運(yùn)。你可能會只專注于成功，犧牲了幸福，你認(rèn)為幸福會隨著成功而來。那被證明是錯誤的；和家人分享歡笑、幫助別人、舉止優(yōu)雅、建立良好的社交關(guān)系都會帶來幸福，對你的成功至關(guān)重要。

你可能會有不一樣的見解。如果是這樣的話，我很想聽聽為什么你認(rèn)為幸福來源于成功？