I contacted him by E-mail to get some perspective on making your work work for you (instead of the other way around).

我用电子邮件跟他联系，在如何让工作为你服务(而不是你为工作服务)方面得到一些见解。

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However you happen to define either success or happiness, it's actually the latter that tends to lead to the former - i. e. happiness leads to success - rather than the other way around.

无论你怎样去定义成功和幸福，其实都应该是后者决定前者，即成功源于幸福，而非幸福源于成功。

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