Its In Everyone Of Us

I find it quite funny when people derive 'meaning' from a word that was invented to capture just that. How well a word is defined, depends on the insights people had at that time. And you can't make flower and eggs from a cake..

Analysing the origin of the word intelligence is not the same as explaining intelligence. As far as genius is concerned - I find the following indicators fairly accurate:

The fourth Secret to an Excellent Life: Optimism- nothing works without it!

For the past few articles, we’ve been talking about the behaviours and traits that create excellent lives, and although one is no more important than another nothing works without optimism. Successful people expect to win, they expect favourable outcomes, they visualise the results they want IN ADVANCE, and they fully expect reality to match what they have imagined.

The Third Secret to an Excellent Life: The Feedom of Self-Discipline!

Self Discipline, now that doesn’t sound like to much fun and the idea of writing about it isn’t to attractive either. However, after studying people I consider to have excellent lives, who are very successful in all areas personal and professional, I can’t avoid the truth: Successful people do what needs doing. They keep their commitments. They do the hard things and always finish what they start. People who seem to be less successful avoid doing the things more successful people do.

The Second Secret to an Excellent Life: Imagination Rules the World!

This is the second of 10 articles looking at the "Secrets of an Excellent Life ". In the first article I talked about Integrity, the first essential for creating total Excellence.

Excellent lives "flow" with seamless consistency. People who create excellent lives are able move from work to home, or any other area of life without missing a beat. Their surroundings, their reading, their hobbies, their conversation and their relationships reflect who they are, what they believe and what they value in life. With truly successful people, "What you see, really is what you get."

The First Secret to an Excellent Life: Integrity and Depth of Character

I know it's a cliché, but I chose the title, "Secret to an Excellent Life" for this series of articles because I wanted to look at the things other people know and DO, every day. And, I wanted to look at the things that have prevented so many ambitious, hardworking and talented people from achieving the same kinds of results.