“It is possible that an individual may be successful, largely because he conserves all his powers for individual achievement and does not put any of his energy into the training which will give him the ability to act with others. The individual acts promptly, and we are dazzled by his success while only dimly conscious of the inadequacy of his code.” GivingMayDoeIndividualEnergyAbilitySuccessfulAchievementTrainingConsciousCodeBeing SuccessfulInadequacyIndividual Achievement Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“Any individual decisions can be badly thought through, and yet be successful, or exceedingly well thought through, but be unsuccessful, because the recognized possibility of failure in fact occurs. But over time, more thoughtful decision-making will lead to better overall results, and more thoughtful decision-making can be encouraged by evaluating decisions on how well they were made rather than on outcome.” WellsMadeFactsIndividualDecisionResultsSuccessfulPossibilityOutcomesThoughtfulBeing SuccessfulDecision MakingUnsuccessfulBe Encouraged Author:Robert Rubin
“The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the action generation whose motto is do more but feel less.” FeelsPersonsActionIndividualSuccessfulGenerationsModernCommittedBeing SuccessfulMotto Author:Alexander Lowen