What you like or dislike, desire or not,
and act upon or not, must not fluctuate by the time of the day, or the day of
the week, or the month of the year. That
is the sign of a strong intellect. Your
intellect is different from your intelligence, it is the reservoir of your
accumulated wisdom. It is your intellect and not your intelligence, will-power
or discipline that makes you a stable, focused, and therefore, a more effective
individual.
Our society and schools have no program for
the development of this thing that we might call intellect. Super successful people have a stronger intellect than others.
They remain steadfast yet flexible enough to make course corrections
when faced with unexpected opportunities or challenges.
How do they do that? Where does this come from? Is it a
personality issue? Can it be changed or developed ? These are some very good
questions.
If you think about it, fundamental to it
all is the concept of "Self Awareness" which is also a function of
your intellect. That's why I also like to refer to it as the "third
eye". An individual that practices active self-awareness activates his/her
"third eye" and channels all the wisdom contained therein. Without
self awareness your likes and dislikes will sway like trees in the winds of
external forces that are constantly changing, resulting in inconsistent
actions, while we all know that even rocks change shape from water that falls
on them with consistency.
Who are you is a very good question to
ask. But we are not taught that at all.
It is all our own input, and trial and error processing of external information
and expectations. Nothing about self
discovery. But sustaining peak performance is impossible without true insights
into who we are.
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