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#success
L'imperfetta meraviglia (Andrea De Carlo)
Il lusso come prova del successo
D’altra parte quasi tutte le altre cosiddette star che lui conosce spendono enormi quantità di denaro per fare cose che addirittura detestano, tipo comprarsi case su isole tropicali dove soffrono il clima o in città dove vivono da reclusi, collezionare opere d’arte di cui non…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
Two centuries of success literature
I was also deeply immersed in an in-depth study of the success literature published in the United States since 1776. I was reading or scanning literally hundreds of books, articles, and essays in fields such as self-improvement, popular psychology, and self-help. At my…
The character ethic
In stark contrast, almost all the literature in the first 150 years or so focused on what could be called the Character Ethic as the foundation of success—things like integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty, and the…
The personality ethic
But shortly after World War 1 the basic view of success shifted from the Character Ethic to what we might call the Personality Ethic. Success became more a function of personality, of public image, of attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques, that lubricate the processes…
Personality skills are secondary, not primary
I am not suggesting that elements of the Personality Ethic—personality growth, communication skill training, and education in the field of influence strategies and positive thinking—are not beneficial, in fact sometimes essential for success. I believe they are. But these are…
Focusing on technique is like cramming
To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school.
Principles are self-evident
Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental. They’re essentially unarguable because they are self-evident. One way to quickly grasp the self-evident nature of principles is to simply consider the absurdity…
Success is on the far side of failure
“Success,” said IBM founder T. J. Watson, “is on the far side of failure.”
Begin with the end in mind
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. It’s incredibly easy to get caught…
Busy without being effective
It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy—very busy—without being very effective.
Victories that turn out empty
People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things
Realizing too late what mattered
they suddenly realize were far
What we lost was worth more
more valuable to them.
Real success is victory over self
He records that he was almost loathe to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that real success is success with self. It’s not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.
Villa Metaphora (Andrea De Carlo)
Senza scrupoli non si arriva in cima
Essere considerato uno dei tre più grandi chef al mondo non gli dà neanche una parvenza di serenità; al contrario, gli suscita uno stato di apprensione costante per il suo status, lo fa sentire minacciato dai suoi colleghi e perfino dal suo sous-chef, appena il sous-chef mostra…