Tag: Understand

Should We Judge People By Their Peak Of Excellence?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Peak of Excellence

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”- Henry Ward Beecher

When you see successful people, do not compare yourself to them. Because you do not know where they are coming from; you don’t know where they are; and you don’t even know where they are going. Do not compare yourself to them. Instead of comparing yourself to them, why not try to understand where they are coming from. To put it simply, instead of trying to imitate them, why not learn from them?

Here is a question for you:

Should we judge people at their peak of excellence?

Neil Postman Quotes On Changing Ourselves

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes, Personal Development, Personal Growth
Body Of Water
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“You cannot learn a new form of conduct without changing yourself.”- Neil Postman

“There is no escaping from ourselves.”– Neil Postman

“All our knowledge results from questions, which is another way of saying that question- asking is our most important intellectual tool.”- Neil Postman

“… people … use language in order to conduct their lives, and to control their lives, and to understand their lives.”– Neil Postman

“We behave in response to our judgements rather than to that which is being judged.”- Neil Postman

“People and things are processes. Judgements convert them into fixed states.”- Neil Postman

“A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.”- Neil Postman

“What are the relationships between new ideas and change?”- Neil Postman