From 37 RULES: THE PYRAMID OF SUCCESS FOR MEN Book: Reflections on Success
The following text is an excerpt from 37 RULES: The Pyramid of Success for Men. In it, I share my thoughts on success—what it means to me, how I define it, and why I felt compelled to write this book.
"Before moving on to the rules themselves, it is important to clarify what success actually means.
What does success mean to me?
It means being healthy. It means being surrounded by people you love, and who love you in return. It means spending quality time. It means being financially independent. It means having free time for socializing and creating. It means looking good. It means being in a position to help the people around you.
For someone else, success may mean something different. The goal of this book is not to define success for you. That would be dishonest. Your definition of success must be your own.
While searching for the best way to achieve success, I came across many authors who usually define a few main pillars of a successful life. Most often, these are four or five pillars, and they almost always include health, money, social life… This approach is not incorrect. In fact, I found some of these ideas quite useful.
What I do not like is the strict separation of life into isolated areas.
In real life, everything is connected. There is no clear boundary between money, health, and social life. Do you want to be socially active? That is very difficult if you are not healthy and do not have enough money. Do you want healthy nutrition and quality rest? You need money for that. Do you want to earn a lot of money? Not if you are unhealthy and socially unfulfilled.
All of this is intertwined within one dimension that makes everything even more complicated: time.
For example, if I work more in order to earn more money, that can negatively affect my health and I have less time for social life.
Because of this, I tried to find a different solution. What if I focus on living by a set of rules—principles that are not overly complicated, but designed specifically for men my age? What if I try to follow these simple rules every day, while also learning to enjoy the path toward success?
The point of my approach is not to reach success first and then start enjoying life. The point is to live a fulfilled life while striving for success—through discipline and clearly defined priorities.
By doing this, you avoid the constant feeling of uncertainty: the doubt about whether you are on the right path and whether what you are doing even makes sense. Because, success is the result of many small, often unglamorous decisions made consistently over time. It is built, not discovered. It does not come from motivation, inspiration, or sudden breakthroughs. It comes from structure and discipline applied daily.
Eventually, once when you reach your own defined standards of success, that achievement will simply be an additional bonus to a life that is already fulfilled."
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