“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
– Francis de Sales
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
– Francis de Sales
I had the right people around me at the right times to avoid the “summer melt.” Summer melt is a term that refers to a phenomenon where every year, many students who have overcome daunting obstacles in high school receive good news — they’ve been accepted to college, and often they have been awarded enough money to attend, but they don’t show up to start classes.
I was treated to a great lesson on influence recently at a conference I attended. Justin Elam’s message was one he has been sharing for a while now about how to equip others by asking questions vs. providing ready answers. The outline of his talk started with this Strauss quote: “The wise man doesn’t give the right answers. He poses the right questions.”
After you’ve achieved success, what comes next? Source: The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life | Aspen Ideas Festival https://youtu.be/PertBYAnQok
Having contrarians in your daily life, at your dinner table and in your community can be maddening at times…but can we and should we try to live without them?