I came across a great post the other day by Jeff Cornwall over at Entrepreneurial Mind Blog in which he makes the following statement:

We seem to create folk heroes out of entrepreneurs who expend Herculean efforts to achieve success in their businesses.

And while this is good to a point, if entrepreneurial success comes
at the expense of our marriages, our families, our faith, and our
friendships, it is a hollow victory.

I have to say I couldn’t agree more with him. If you let the world
decide what the measure of success is, you’ll almost certainly get a
distorted view. In my estimation, if you make millions in your
business, and lose your spouse and / or children, there’s no way you
can truly consider yourself a success. I think any measure of success
has to include the ability to balance and positively maintain all
aspects of your life. Failure in any area of your life taints whatever
success you might have experienced in any other area. Truly successful
people demonstrate a remarkable ability to keep all the balls in the air.