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How to identify your secret wealth
The myth of King Midas illustrates well how identifying your secret wealth is important. Because of his kindness and ambition towards a god, he was given one wish that would become true. He chose to have everything he touched turn into gold, soon after he realized that it included food and his loved ones, thus condemning him to a life of starvation and solitude. If he were to know better, he would have identified what were positive values in his life and what were negative.
On one hand, he was kind towards the god and towards his vassals. That sense of responsibility towards them and the balanced reign is not something to take for granted. There are some other values that might be seen in this story; maybe he was trying to look after his family and kingdom, that might be the reason behind his lust for gold.
On the other hand, seeing what his greed brought is a clear example of how important identifying one’s fortitudes and weak points is. The ambition brought him down in the same way that it has brought other rulers. For example, when Hitler attempted to conquest Russia. It had already taken hold of most of Europe but that was not enough to quench his thirst.
It is possible to identify one’s secret wealth by going through trial and error as history’s actors have but it is hardly productive to surrender an empire to know whether you are smart, ambitious, benevolent or tyranic. A better way to approach this is to examine every day problems we have faced, specially those where a clear-cut answer cannot be found. By doing so we can see how we weight in different values and where we stand. Those values and the skills that come with them are our ultimate secret wealth.
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On one hand, he was kind towards the god and towards his vassals. That sense of responsibility towards them and the balanced reign is not something to take for granted. There are some other values that might be seen in this story; maybe he was trying to look after his family and kingdom, that might be the reason behind his lust for gold.
On the other hand, seeing what his greed brought is a clear example of how important identifying one’s fortitudes and weak points is. The ambition brought him down in the same way that it has brought other rulers. For example, when Hitler attempted to conquest Russia. It had already taken hold of most of Europe but that was not enough to quench his thirst.
It is possible to identify one’s secret wealth by going through trial and error as history’s actors have but it is hardly productive to surrender an empire to know whether you are smart, ambitious, benevolent or tyranic. A better way to approach this is to examine every day problems we have faced, specially those where a clear-cut answer cannot be found. By doing so we can see how we weight in different values and where we stand. Those values and the skills that come with them are our ultimate secret wealth.
If you want to read more, please visit http://www.christlewisbooks.com
Your Secret Wealth
There are talents that give people an edge over others. Examples vary depending on the field they can be intellectually gifted, they can have stamina to run a marathon or fast-twitch muscle that helps them to outrun their competition on the 100 meters. This describes gifted people and we were not all that lucky, but it is not always a blessing, sometimes it stops us from becoming the best we can be as we rely heavily on that edge to defeat others. Bottom-line, hard work beats talent every time. That is the secret wealth we all have and we can take advantage of.
Hard work means that when others are slacking, you are busy building yourself and your skills. It makes sense that for every minute you go a bit further than your competition and it accumulates over time to become a sizeable advantage. Successful people were not always the fittest for the post, what they lacked in talent, they made up on effort. A good example is FDR, even though he was disabled by poliomyelitis, he still ran and won the race for president. He carefully studied the audience, never let anyone see his crippled walking and was prepared for the smallest of contingencies. He knew that it would take all of him to defeat the opposition and he was ready to make the sacrifice.
It is sometimes better known as work ethics, focusing on diligence and hard work. It is mostly taught at home since an early age but it can also be a habit acquired in adulthood. It is just a matter of setting clear goals, working towards them and not making excuses for our shortfalls. It is normal in society to make excuses, but they can stop us from reaching our goals. Ultimately, hard work yields better results, even if we fail on the first time, if we trust the process and have a robust work ethics we will eventually come up on top and reach our goals.
If you want to read more, please visit http://www.christlewisbooks.com
Hard work means that when others are slacking, you are busy building yourself and your skills. It makes sense that for every minute you go a bit further than your competition and it accumulates over time to become a sizeable advantage. Successful people were not always the fittest for the post, what they lacked in talent, they made up on effort. A good example is FDR, even though he was disabled by poliomyelitis, he still ran and won the race for president. He carefully studied the audience, never let anyone see his crippled walking and was prepared for the smallest of contingencies. He knew that it would take all of him to defeat the opposition and he was ready to make the sacrifice.
It is sometimes better known as work ethics, focusing on diligence and hard work. It is mostly taught at home since an early age but it can also be a habit acquired in adulthood. It is just a matter of setting clear goals, working towards them and not making excuses for our shortfalls. It is normal in society to make excuses, but they can stop us from reaching our goals. Ultimately, hard work yields better results, even if we fail on the first time, if we trust the process and have a robust work ethics we will eventually come up on top and reach our goals.
If you want to read more, please visit http://www.christlewisbooks.com
