But it is not an all-time truth. Sacrificing money and time is all right. But for professional success, you need not invariably sacrifice your family life (which also is an important aspect of one’s life). There has to be an ‘efficient work-life-balance’ based on win-win position- not necessarily at the cost of family pleasures. Right priorities are to be decided at the right time

Our Ex-president Abul Kalam Azad & also Chetan Bhagat (author) has brought home this point quite forcefully.

Of course there has to be passion for what you do always, which is different from doing onething at the cost of the other. What is important is your ingenuity at striking a real ‘work-life-balance’, which is very much possible. In my professional life, I have seen umpteen number of people rising in the hierarchy by enjoying to the fullest – both their personal and professional lives, without ignoring calls/ demands of the either.

This is however my personal take on the subject, which is re-inforced by my experience of more than three decades.