One definition of success on the Internet is an event that accomplishes it's intended purpose. When it comes to Internet marketing success most people measure it in monetary terms, but in reality, you can be successful online without ever making a lot of money. In this article let's take a look at a few things that go in to creating your success.

To have true success you really need to lead a balanced life in these five areas.

1. Spiritual

2. Family

3. Business/Career

4. Recreation

5. Physical Fitness

A problem that most of us face every day is how to balance these five areas of our life. We list them in that order for a reason because this should be the order of importance to you. What tends to happen is people strive to achieve what they feel success is and put more emphasis on their business or career aspect of their life.

We have all heard about goal setting, and things like writing your goals down, and cutting out pictures and posting them where they can be seen. So what happens is people put pictures of exotic vacations, a new car, a college education for their kids, and new house, and these sort of things on their refrigerator or above their computer.

Some people have personal goals to help other people financially, in terms of donations and charitable work. These goals are important, but almost everyone of them involves making more money. So what happens is, you begin to work longer hours, work more days in a week, and begin to neglect other areas of your life.

Can you really be successful, if you don't take a little time off to enjoy your success. Even night out at the movies can be recreation and go along way towards recharging your battery for another round of work. Truly successful people, get out and walk, they work out, they join a club and get on the treadmill or the exercise bike, etc.

Probably the saddest thing you see it happen is how people striving for success neglect their family. It is easy to do when you are working 70 hours a week and you can not make it to your son's game or your daughter's play.

In summary, your definition of success may be different than the person sitting next to you at work. It may be different than the person who is doing Internet marketing tonight at the same time as you. No matter what your definition of success is I would just encourage you to lead a balanced life, and strive for true happiness beyond just making money.

Copyright (c) 2007 Damon Jennings