There are two ways to live life
- A life of Primary Greatness
- Primary greatness is who you really are. It is your character, your integrity, and your deepest motives and desires.
- Has its own intrinsic rewards like peace of mind, contribution, and rich and rewarding relationships.
- A life of Secondary Greatness
- Popularity, title, position, fame, fortune
- It will often follow those achieved primary greatness
- Self-absorbed pleasure driven life
Move from a life absorbed with the external trappings of success to a life of deep peace, satisfaction, and wisdom.
Re-source: Re-prioritize
Many of us spend our time doing pointless/trivial things instead of the important things in life?
- This is like, “Rearranging deck chairs while the ship is sinking”
- Putting appearances before reality.
- To care more about image than substance
- To have your priorities backwards
- That is what we do; we put last things first.
- The result is missed goals, failed careers, broken families, bad health, faltering companies, and lost friendships.
How do we make a shift from the obsession of secondary greatness to a focus on primary greatness?
- Integrity
- Contribution
- Priority
- Personal Sacrifice
- Service
- Responsibility
- Loyalty
- Reciprocity
- Diversity
- Continuous Learning
- Renewal
- Teaching to Learn
craving and resource from “Primary Greatness” by Stephen Covey