Each of us is challenged to make the most of our natural intellectual potential. The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still ... Read More about Being Intellectually Excellent
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Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
When the emotions have us fully immersed in life, and all it has to offer, doors open. You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. ... Read More about Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
Being Proficient – Excelling
To excel is to surpass. Excellence is the state of attainment at which most others are surpassed. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. [attributed to ... Read More about Being Proficient – Excelling
Eliciting the Best
Eliciting the best in ourselves and others expands on the Golden Rule. Act So As to Elicit the Best In Others, and Thereby In Thy Self. [Felix Adler, An Ethical Philosophy of Life, Book III, ... Read More about Eliciting the Best
Rewarding
A reward is something that accrues to someone by accomplishment or recognition. The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm ... Read More about Rewarding
Being Considerate
Considering people in a positive way is a form of honoring them. . . . though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn ... Read More about Being Considerate
Admiring
To admire someone is to see qualities in her that you do not have, or have as much of, in yourself. To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. [attributed to Theophile ... Read More about Admiring
Honoring Uniqueness
No two people are exactly alike. . . . you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. [attributed to Margaret Mead] What you have, what you are - your looks, your personality, your way of ... Read More about Honoring Uniqueness
Honoring Value
We might honor someone’s value by openly appreciating them, praising them, promoting them, or paying them. Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is ... Read More about Honoring Value