List of Virtues « David Satterlee

Benjamin Franklin’s Goals of Virtue

Temperance
– Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Silence
– Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

Order
– Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Resolution
– Resolve to [...]

Self Improvement – Learning

Self Improvement – A Guide to Learning
Learning is a never-ending process of personal change
Part of the joy of life is the continuous wonder of learning new things. When you integrate new knowledge with what you already know, you build a deep, richly textured fabric of wisdom that can be applied to make life more [...]

Self Improvement – Your Motivation: Know Thy Self

Self Improvement – Know Yourself
If it is to be, it’s up to me!
Jack of Bakersfield, California, endorses the motto: "If it is to be, it’s up to me!"
If you fail to act, things will gradually come apart. Your plow will rust, termites will devour your walls and your distributors will loose interest. It [...]

Self Improvement – Coping with Fear, Risk, and Crisis

Self Improvement – Coping with Fear, Risk, and Crisis
The people keep you going
Most of us are in this business because we respect natural health. Mental health is a key part of our overall (natural) health. A well-recognized sign of strong mental health is creative service to others and freedom from selfishness. Such selfless service [...]

Self Improvement – Getting it Done

Self Improvement – Getting it Done
Commit to goals – visualize the results
What do you want to achieve? Knowing your destination is a crucial step in getting there.
Written goals are best; they have real power. The act of committing your goals to paper forces you to clarify and refine them. Until you write it [...]

Self Improvement – Mastering the Vision Thing

Self Improvement – Mastering the Vision Thing
Personality types – your approach to work
How do you interact with those around you? How do you see yourself? How do you resolve problems? If you understand these things about your personality, you can make more progress with less confusion. You will engage your creative energies consciously and [...]

Book: Strengths Finder 2.0

by Tom Rath
All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths.
In its [...]

Book: Strengths-Based Leadership

By: Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
Source: Amazon.com
From the author of the long-running # 1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams, and the reasons why people follow.
Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic [...]

Ed Diener

Source: Amazon.com
“Ed Diener is the Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois. He received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974, and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 34 years. Dr. Diener was the president of both the International Society [...]

Happiness is the Journey

Source O, The Oprah Magazine
Photo: Lori Adamski-Peek
“You can see it glimmering on the horizon: Happiness. And all you need to get there is to practice X, accomplish Y, and believe in Z.
Wrong, says Ed Diener, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and president of the International Positive Psychology [...]

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