Working really hard to attain a goal that is not personally meaningful may not add up to doing your best. Your best is more than just your effort.
Wisdom Blog
The Value of Achievement
The value of achievement is not simply derived from an external outcome, but lies in the subjective meaningfulness of the activities that pursue and achieve the outcome.
An Action Skill, Not Just an Attitude
Fairness is not simply an abstract idea about a valued kind of treatment, but it is a success skill that needs to be learned and mastered.
How Emotionally Competent Are You?
In thinking about becoming successful, people often neglect the crucial role that developing one’s emotional competence plays.
Don’t Get Left Behind
Personal development is a lifelong challenge. If you don’t consciously develop yourself to keep up with life’s constant changes, your well-being will surely be compromised.
Patience and Success
The key to success often lies in the ability not to give up too soon. To have the patience to persist and persevere.
The Courage to Forgive
Overcoming the powerful temptations to exact revenge often is not recognized for the strength and wisdom it requires.
Emotional Intelligence and Success
There is more to intelligence than meets the eye. It’s not just about knowing facts and information. It’s also about how you can understand and deal with emotions.
Compassion I and Compassion II
Compassion I is recognizing and identifying with pain in others, but Compassion II goes further. It is being moved to help relieve it.
Nothing Comes for Free
If you want to accomplish something, be prepared to pay some price, though it usually will be in some form other than money.