Wellness Quotient

Robin Sharma says there is only a incermental difference between a millionaire and an average individual  in terms of happiness. Infact he goes on to say that many a milionaire’s are less happy than an average individual.

However every one in this world hankers after money and other materialistic pleasures in the hope of increasing their happiness. However many a times we have heard people say that they are “not happy” and if you ask them what happiness means, they suddenly wake up and don’t know what it really is.

It is said that man is a social animal. He cannot survive in loneliness and needs to be in the company of fellow human beings for his survival. He is in constant company of his family members, lives most of his waking hours in the company of his office colleagues and socialises with his close circle of friends in the society ocassionally. For him to be happy he needs to be happy on all this front so that he has a well rounded happiness. This is what I call as “wellness quotient”

Well than what really is the wellness quotient.

It reflects the state of happiness on these fronts :

•          Personal
•          Social
•          Professional

A person may be very happy/sucessful one or many of these fronts. Its rare to find a person who is happy / sucessful on all these fronts or equally happy / successful on all these fronts.

Personal

•          Health
•          Self esteem / self confidence
•          Value / Character
•          Relationship with
•                    Parents
•                   Spouse
•                   Children
•         Education

Social

•          Number of friends
•          Circle of influence (type of friends)
•          Relationship with friends
•          Reputation
•          Status in society

Professional

•  Advancement in career
•  Position
•  Wealth creation
•  Influence
• Job itself (doing what you like)

WELLNES QUOTIENT

 There are many instances in history where we have found people who are highly successful in Professional life but have fared very poorly in their personal life and have ended their life in tragic circumstances. There are very many people who are extremely happy and contented in their personal life but not so successful in their professional life. There are very many instances where in we have heard that “he is a tiger at home but a mouse in public” – it means he has a very strained relationship at home but a very successful relationship in the society / professional life. 

One needs to learn to balance on all these fronts and its not going to be easy. However what could help is that we are aware of our well-being on all these fronts and consciously working towards building a well rounded happiness and building a good “wellness quotient”. 

“Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants