you must be able to delay gratification and and keep going while it is all building

you dont need all the gifts in the world to, you need all the aspects of character while you are putting your gifts too work

share your values and commitments with the ones you love

kids that grow up with deep connections are the ones that grow up secure, and most able to deal with life

the human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else.If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will

Narcissism, giving into external pressures, or chasing an ideal image of themselves will take them in the wrong direction. But humility and secure identify will take them in another, leaving a much different wake. Face the truth about yourself

But when you look at truly successful people long term, they do not make impulsive, rash decisions, they can wait, plan and look at angles.

Perserverance takes courage, stamina, emotional reserves, judgement, creativity, and other aspects of character, but without character, great things do not happen.

Peoples ability to make something work has everything to do with their ability to let go of something that does not work, grieve it, and move on

Orientating oneself and intellectually understanding that life is about problems is one thing. Being equipped to deal with them and resolve them is quite another. This is one reality that requires mature equiptment.

The masses enjoy the "comfort zone" They do whatever is most comfortable, even it its not going to get them to 'profit' whatever that is. But the winners see putting their arms around the problem as their way to the promised land, and their character will allow them to do no less.

People with character, when facing a negative, embrace it, they do the hard work first. They do the hard work before going on holiday.