Icing on the Cake

 

Wealth, fame, and power are great hallmarks of success. But by themselves they don’t provide pleasure or happiness. To gain these, you essentially need to work hard and smart. Your life needs to be marked by continuous virtue and accomplishments. To feel strong pleasure and experience deep happiness, you need character and achievement. You need to be in some important sense great. But – there’s no substitute for money, renown, and influence. If you have significant amounts of these three, you add solidly to your pleasure and happiness.