Everything you believe to be an indispensable requirement for success is wrong—at some point or other. If you will be a success, then throw out any concept you may have of absolute truth or 100% dependable reality. Challenge: Give me examples of attributes that are always good or always true:
- Persistence? No, without a time to quit and an exit strategy, persistence can lead to ruin.
- Communication skills? No, there are times when zero communication is best.
- Optimism? No, being an unvarying optimist predisposes you to naivete and trusting deceivers.
How about the absolutely wrong or bad ones such as fear, procrastination or even killing a person? Just think; in every case, there is a time when it is the good and right decision and the counterpart is bad.
Conclusions: 1) Unbending dogma can make you look foolish. There is a time for everything under the sun—a time when the good is bad and the bad is good. 2) There is not secret of success. Stop looking for a guru to make your life or business successful. Yes; study experts, but with caution, as every one of their principles is wrong—at some point or other. To attain success truly, you must first become a success yourself by learning to adapt truth to circumstance.
QUESTIONS: So, doesn’t this philosophy promote situational ethics which is a bad thing? And what about the notion of God and absolute truth?
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