Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill 1874 – 1965 Most people I encounter have a common goal: they want more success in life. Of course, success means different things to different people, but typically, they want some combination of the following: more money, love, fame, attention, time, power, or possessions; better health; and fewer struggles. When we see someone who has achieved a certain level of success, we often attribute that success to either exceptional talent or luck, such as being born into a privileged family or having …
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Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin 1706 – 1790 Have you ever considered what your time is worth — and more importantly, what you might do to increase the value of your time? We like to talk about equality. Well, this is one area of life where we’re all equal. We all get the same amount of time each day. But if you could measure how time is used, you’d find extreme differences in the ways we spend and value our time. Think about how you …
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For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment. Viktor Frankl 1905 – 1997 How do you measure success? Before I answer that question, I’d like you to spend a minute or so thinking about it. What’s your definition of success? For a lot of people, there’s only one measure: money. And in some cases, money is a perfectly adequate measure of success. But in my …
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