 Napoleon Hill's "one definite purpose"
Cheers,
I'm currently reading Napoleon Hill quotes, the term "one definite purpose" seems to be popping up over and over again. It sounds grand that you should have a purpose and sacrifice anything for it - but wait a second - this "anything" includes your friends, your family, your health, your nightly sleep, your sanity, your life and your soul.
"The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim."
This just seems plain ridiculous to me. Why should you have exactly one purpose to suck you dry? Why not 2-3 with purposes with equal priorities, why not 10-20 purposes with different priorities? Why can't you have a "balanced life, strong on all areas but emphasizing X and Y" as your purpose? Why can't your purpose be life itself? |