There is no key, no mantra to have a successful life. There are just few simple steps that lead to a successful and happy life.

Honesty

“Honesty is the best policy”

Honesty is necessary for real happiness. Dishonesty sometimes may bring wealth and influence, but it can never make a person happy. At no point in his lifewilla dishonest person be able to free himself from the consequences of his actions. Fear of being caught and punished for his dishonest acts haunts him, and he is never totally free from it. Hence he will never be truly happy and content.

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Self discipline

“With self-discipline most anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Self discipline has great significance in our life. It can be described as a quality that makes a person conduct his life in an orderly and successful manner. We should adopt it naturally from the very beginning so that we may choose and develop a way to lead a successful and happy life. It is the discipline which guarantees progress, prosperity and success. Self discipline is the key to all progress and promotion.

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Health

“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” -Elbert Hubbard

A healthy mind and body are also an essential prerequisite for happiness. A sick man can never hope to be happy. His diseases will take away from him, the enjoyment if sight, sound, taste and touch. Haunted by fears regarding his health, such people fear life. They took at it as a burden. A proper diet and a tension free existence can definitely make a man healthy and happy.

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Action

“Life is action not contemplation”

Above all the most important thing that a person should do to make his life better is ‘Action’. A wise person said ‘Life is action not contemplation’. It says that thoughts alone are not enough to change the realities of our world. It is action that paves the way for development and enrichment of the life. To say that all great humans of the world were contemplators or workers would be wrong. They were a little of both. They did not hesitate to accept the challenges that came their way, neither did they feel ashamed to dream an impossible dream. They were the one who dared to make castles in the air and create these castles, in reality.