Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
And also pleasure within ourselves and our accomplishments, instead of lingering on self-doubt, look at how valuable you are to yourself, your family and your community and build up from there. Smell the lavender and azaleas and feel the color and passion of the evening sunset. look at yourself from afar and realize all your worth is not just your net worth but your networking, friendly-people-based skills and you’re no defeat-til-it-is-complete against the backdrop of your rigors and stressors of your life and enviroment and your power and drive which is what can sustain you through thick and thin til the end, of which you can depend. And always realize you may only be able to depend on yourself, and yet you are the best at that! And at others dependant on you, leads you to possess an inner strength beyond belief.
The only bottom line is YOU!
And also pleasure within ourselves and our accomplishments, instead of lingering on self-doubt, look at how valuable you are to yourself, your family and your community and build up from there. Smell the lavender and azaleas and feel the color and passion of the evening sunset. look at yourself from afar and realize all your worth is not just your net worth but your networking, friendly-people-based skills and you’re no defeat-til-it-is-complete against the backdrop of your rigors and stressors of your life and enviroment and your power and drive which is what can sustain you through thick and thin til the end, of which you can depend. And always realize you may only be able to depend on yourself, and yet you are the best at that! And at others dependant on you, leads you to possess an inner strength beyond belief.
The only bottom line is YOU!