SUCCESS — VARIATIONS ON A THEME 100 YEARS LATER
My friend Ronnie Patton shared these two parallel quotes on success. “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, New York, 1881 “Yes, I know that Emerson quote, and it’s not bad. But he didn’t get all the way to the bottom line. If, in addition to the achievements he listed, a man can also put away about ten million dollars that are beyond the reach of the Federal government, his family, his enemies, and even his closest friends — then he has closed the final circuit of success. Emerson,…
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