This may be the best definition of success I've ever come across...
Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's 9 Pillars of Success:
Here are Ralph Waldo Emerson's 9 Pillars of Success:
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote the following passage on his definition of success:
I'd break this down into nine items...
I'd break this down into nine items...
1. To laugh often and much: Laughter keeps us young. Without laughter, you aren't really living!
2. To win the respect of intelligent people: Earning the respect of people you admire (my adaptation on "intelligent people") through the way you live your life.
2. To win the respect of intelligent people: Earning the respect of people you admire (my adaptation on "intelligent people") through the way you live your life.
3. To win the affection of children: Children see through BS. You cannot earn their affection without being kind, genuine, and trustworthy.
4. To earn the appreciation of honest critics: Earning respect of good faith critics through the way you live your life.
4. To earn the appreciation of honest critics: Earning respect of good faith critics through the way you live your life.
5. To endure the betrayal of false friends: Surviving the inevitable betrayals of people you thought were friends. Painful, but impossible to avoid.
6. To appreciate beauty: Expressing gratitude for the tiny daily beauties all around us.
6. To appreciate beauty: Expressing gratitude for the tiny daily beauties all around us.
7. To find the best in others: It's easy to point out the flaws in others, but it's much better to seek out the best in them and focus there.
8. To leave the world a bit better: Taking daily actions to improve the world's condition, whether in a grand or tiny way.
8. To leave the world a bit better: Taking daily actions to improve the world's condition, whether in a grand or tiny way.
9. To know one life has breathed easier because you lived: Acting in the service of others, rather than solely in the service of the self.
So much beauty in these ideas and words.
How are you doing on this definition of success?
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If you enjoyed this, share the first tweet with your friends and follow me @SahilBloom for more.
"When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud: 'If this isn't nice, what is?'" - Kurt Vonnegut, Rice 1998
Life moves fast.
Slow down, pause, and appreciate moments of sweetness.
You'll be glad you did.
Life moves fast.
Slow down, pause, and appreciate moments of sweetness.
You'll be glad you did.
By the way, “honest critics” are worth appreciating.
In a sea of people who rely on bad faith attacks, people who provide good faith criticism or feedback—and show a willingness to change their mind—are to be treasured.
In a sea of people who rely on bad faith attacks, people who provide good faith criticism or feedback—and show a willingness to change their mind—are to be treasured.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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