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It's Okay to Be Good and Not Great
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Good Enough
We all are told that greatness is the route to success. But Good is not the enemy of Great.
Going by the epidemic of clinical anxiety, employee burnout, depression, and other stress-related problems we face, we need to ask ourselves if we even know what success means.
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“Success means finding happiness in your work and life, in the here and the now.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Out of the Dream World
Remove the fairy tale, magical thinking from your life, and accept who you are and where you stand. Recognize your circumstances as they are and take appropriate action.
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Patience is Key
If you want long-term changes and improvements in your life, the ones that last, you will have to be patient.
To get true results, you will have to go for the long-haul.
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Being Fully Present
In this age of optimization, we are compelled to do more, to multitask and provide quick results.
The key to happiness is to be fully present in whatever you are doing.
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Being Flawed
Being vulnerable and flawed is a virtue, not something to look down upon.
Social media is full of people showing off their perfect lives, and we fall victim to this constant pressure of being invincible and perfect.
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Tweeting is not Meeting
Texting and emailing are not the same as actually meeting someone.
Allow for more in-person connections instead of virtual ones. Real connections with real people will foster genuine and meaningful relationships.
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True success means feeling content with the unfolding of your life. It's finding happiness in your work and life in the present time and being great all the time.
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Releasing an MVP allows one to get feedback at an early stage, and improve the product later on.
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Obsessive passion
Setting a goal and doing everything possible to pursue it is a great feeling.
However, often it is the very striving to be great that gets in the way of actually being great.
The richer experience
When we are young and insecure, passion or striving often manifest as looking ahead and craving external validation (becoming a champion or lawyer or millionaire or whatever).
If we gain wisdom, the energy of our passion and striving becomes less about achieving the goal and more about where you are on the journey at present. It is about having a richer experience of the present moment. With this as a focus, you are more likely to achieve success.