Does success have to involve wealth, power, and a network of lackeys?
I don't think so.. I know a few homeless people that don't have shit (not even a semi-stable or better network of lackeys) and seem perfectly content with that.
Extreme example, sure, but is that success?
As for Steve Covey's example -- I didn't start thinking about other people until I got myself together (more or less). After that, I pretty much can imagine doing whatever I want to do. I can get along with people, get what I need from them, but the best part is never needing anything from them. (I still will "ask for help" just so people don't think I don't like them. being "helped" allows me to repay favors, and thus establish a network of favor-doers that know I'm not only an asshole, but an OK human being as well.) This wouldn't have happened, had I not sat down one day and come up with a way to document my every action and consequence of that action throughout the rest of my life, I don't think I'd be quite as chipper and confident as I am now. It's a modest confidence, mind you, but with great hopes for the future.
@ Charlatan - Well yeah, sometimes you're born with 10 toes and 10 fingers. Sometimes you get run over by a car when you're 11, and are paralyzed from the waist down. I imagine there are atleast a few individuals that have nothing but their minds and their breath -- that are also plenty successful. I dare say, however, that the difficulty of life is something anyone has to get over, and isn't really a factor in determining your ability to succeed unless the difficulty is in relation to the mind in any way, at which point things could very well be impossible to achieve.
Last edited by WinchesterAA; 03-27-2010 at 08:24 AM..
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