Building Yourself: Putting Your Success Together

Building Yourself
Putting Your Success Together One Piece at a Time

These pages contain the complete 2005 revised text of Building Yourself, public speaking trainer Elliot Essman's guide to living the successful life.

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9.10 Reaching the Higher Self

The perfecting of oneself is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. Confucius (551–479 B.C.)

Paths to inner peace or spiritual enlightenment may differ, but every person has some higher place. You may be a success, but that doesn't mean you must be a non-stop locomotive. You've got to get away now and then, to reflect, to view your life from the outside, to spend time on higher pursuits. Religion, philosophy and meditation are important for some, while others need to carve out time to take a long hike in the woods where they won't hear the telephone. You're unique, and hence uniquely qualified to discover your own path to personal wholeness.

Developing your higher self is one of the keys to living a balanced, happy life. Just as you pay attention to the body's needs if you want to become and remain strong, you also pay attention to the needs of the spirit. As you grow and make progress in life, as you become more fulfilled and open, you'll come to realize that you have many sides. Each side needs some attention. It's all part of being a whole person. And that is truly success.

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