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Dont Seek Success; Seek Self-Actualization
2008-04-15来源:
"You make a living by what you get.
You make a life by what you give."So said Winston Churchill. Cooperation and giving is better for you than competition and taking.Competitors do not see it this way. To them, making money is an overriding goal so they and their families can live in "style." In the name of money they run in the rat race. When they win and become CEO rats, they wonder why they are depressed and unhappy with their lives.The reason is simple. They do not have a larger purpose. There is no meaning in the work they do. They are not being helpful to people. They are not givers, but takers. They are not cooperators but competitors.Cooperators have a vision to serve other people. If they help others by doing what they love to do they eventually reach self-actualization.Self-actualization is the highest need in Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
I only try to dance better than myself."Instead of traveling in the fast lane, travel in your own private lane.Self-actualization brings people contentment and Happiness. Self-actualization comes easily to cooperators and with difficulty to competitors.Cooperators may affect not only their own lives and the lives of their family members, they have an impact on the world. Yes, they do. Most of us are skeptical about this because we feel helpless compared to the great leaders and shakers of the world. But Margaret Mead cheers us on:"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."Be a cooperator. Do what you love. Serve others. Reach self-actualization. Make life better for you as well as for the world.About The AuthorPaul Siegel is the author of "WE DON'T AGREE, BUT... How to Live in an Age of Terrorism," from which the a
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