If you answered yes to these questions, I would like to urge you to take a deeper look into the meaning of success.

I do not know who first said it, nor can I remember who said it to me, but I was once told “we spend our entire lives chasing after wealth and our last days wishing we could trade it all in for a longer life.”

Imagine if you had a billion dollars sitting in your bank. As you sit in your dream house looking at your bank balance, you think about that small island you just bought and the trip you took on your private jet to get there.

Now, as you sit there, imagine that you have no family to help with your money. Imagine you have no friends or spouse. No significant other. It is just you and the television. Not only this, but you are so hideously disfigured, that no one will even allow you to approach.

Do you still feel like the incredible success you initially did when you were reviewing your assets?

As we set our goals, we should not just consider how much money we would like to make. We should ponder who we want to be tomorrow. We should ask ourselves where we want to be financially, and also socially, spiritually, romantically, etc. We should strive to live in 3-D.

Our lives should not be straight lines from cradle to grave. Nor should they be simple circles in which we follow the pattern of life. Our lives should be three dimensional, like a great, big, vibrant ball (pun intended).

We should picture ourselves in the twilight of our lives. Who would we like to be at that moment? The favorite grandparent? The faithful spouse? The neighbor who everyone comes to check up on?

Money is great. Everyone should have some, but if you hope to live a life without regret, money should be the least of all your treasures.