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(tīng)過(guò)那個(gè)經(jīng)典的命題，“先有雞還是先有蛋？”雞是蛋孵出來(lái)的，但是蛋又是雞生下來(lái)的，就這兩個(gè)論點(diǎn)引發(fā)了無(wú)休無(wú)止的爭(zhēng)論。

我提出了一個(gè)同樣會(huì)讓你困擾的具有爭(zhēng)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(gè)論點(diǎn)是用來(lái)證明誰(shuí)產(chǎn)生了誰(shuí)。成功來(lái)源于內(nèi)在，成功讓我們得知人類(lèi)潛能的真實(shí)價(jià)值。

我有幾個(gè)很有說(shuō)服力的理由來(lái)證明是幸福帶來(lái)了成功。

樂(lè)觀是成功的母親：我們都知道樂(lè)觀帶來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)成功的態(tài)度和堅(jiān)定不移的信念。在人類(lèi)歷史上，沒(méi)有一個(gè)悲觀的人曾攀登上成功的高峰。幸福是樂(lè)觀的原動(dòng)力。沒(méi)有幸福，樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度就會(huì)胎死腹中。

一切都取決于我自己的想法：成功來(lái)源于自我肯定。我有著一個(gè)堅(jiān)定的信念，那就是當(dāng)我熱愛(ài)我所做的工作時(shí)，成功自然而然就來(lái)了。當(dāng)心情很樂(lè)觀開(kāi)朗時(shí)，會(huì)產(chǎn)生自尊，自尊會(huì)引發(fā)對(duì)成功無(wú)休止的追求。

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

我幸福，所以我健康：幸福會(huì)給生活注入樂(lè)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(zhuān)注于追求成功了。

保持自信：我注意到在陽(yáng)光底下使我更有心情和意愿來(lái)追求我的目標(biāo)。同樣地，擁有幸福，我從我的技能和對(duì)暫時(shí)失敗的恢復(fù)力中得到了許多自信來(lái)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(duì)既定目標(biāo)所付出的持久努力來(lái)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(wú)界限：幸福感帶來(lái)充滿創(chuàng)造力的視野追求無(wú)止盡的成就感。我的成功只會(huì)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(guò)的超越我想象的高度。

活在當(dāng)下：全身心享受每時(shí)每刻帶來(lái)幸福感，這在我們所參與的活動(dòng)中將有所體現(xiàn)。當(dāng)我的思緒既不沉溺在過(guò)去的失敗中、也不沉浸在對(duì)將來(lái)的幻想中時(shí)，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(dòng)的偉大領(lǐng)袖。

我們對(duì)成功和幸福的深刻見(jiàn)解將會(huì)決定我們的命運(yùn)。你可能會(huì)只專(zhuān)注于成功，犧牲了幸福，你認(rèn)為幸福會(huì)隨著成功而來(lái)。那被證明是錯(cuò)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(huì)帶來(lái)幸福，對(duì)你的成功至關(guān)重要。

你可能會(huì)有不一樣的見(jiàn)解。如果是這樣的話，我很想聽(tīng)聽(tīng)為什么你認(rèn)為幸福來(lái)源于成功？