The issue that highly successful professionals have a miserable personal life is rather debatable. Personal and professional lives of a person may be deemed to be the opposite ends of a weighing scale. It is a responsibility of the person to balance the two essentials of life. Though some may opine that this is an arduous but possible task, I believe that the desire for success drives professionals toward unintentional disregard for family and friends. Below I present to you some arguments to substantiate my stand.
             There are many factors which compel professionals to go for success; one of them being society. The respect given by the society to highly successful professionals adds to this desire. Let me quote an advertisement for a leading car manufacturer--"Respect comes naturally with an ****** ". In this ad, a girl gets her boyfriend to meet her father. The father treats the boy with respect--there is THE car in the background-- thinking that the car belongs to him. Finally, another person comes up and drives the car away. The father then starts treating the boy like dirt. This advertisement sums up the psyche of society as a whole.
             Besides, GenerationX is growing increasingly materialistic. This desire to have all the luxuries of life drives them to earn more money giving rise to what we call the "Double Income" group wherein both the husband and wife have jobs and strive for success. Such families show an increasing tendency toward Divorce. One of the national dailies reported a whopping increase of 13 percent in the divorce rates as compared to 5 percent in 1992. This is especially true in developing countries like India and China which have seen an increase in the living standards brought about by globalization. Countries like Japan and Germany, where cut-throat professionalism thrives, are also witnessing a relatively greater number of divorces.
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