Have
you ever tried to know what makes a person an above-average individual? What
are the signs of a mindful person? Are you an intellectual one or not? Talking
about others - do you want to find the sincerity and loyalty of people in your
circle? Do you wish to know whom you can trust?
For
all the questions, if there is a 'yes' then, you are reading the right article.
In this article, you will read traits of an honest, loving, and mindful person.
Without wasting any time, let's get straight into it! Following are the traits
of an above-above people:
Controlling own reactions
You,
me, everyone has authority to control their reactions — if they so prefer to
commit to grasping the habit. This principle of reaction and perception is a
core element of stoic doctrine.
We
do not hold what happens most of the time. We cannot handle markets or climate,
traffic, or the behaviors of others. But, we can always control our reactions.
And history’s best understood that is what counts most — that it’s not what
occurs, but our response that confines our dimensions, our outcomes, and our
lives.
Considering happiness a choice
Abraham
Lincoln once said that we are as happy as we can make up our minds to become
so. As garish as it sounds, contentment is a decision, often a daily one, and
yet most people turn it into a conditional compensation.
Money,
career, and success play a role, but when there are CEOs and movie stars who
are miserable, there’s more to happiness than that. Things can only take us so
far. There is an internal aspect, and it is this: to permit yourself to be
happy.
Asking for help
“Do
not be embarrassed to require assistance. Like a fighter storming
a barrier,
you have a task to complete. And if you get injured and need a companion to
pull you up? So what is wrong with that?” — Marcus Aurelius.
Requesting
for help takes courage. Be genuine with yourself and others. It carries a
particular portion of humility to accept this, but it is also an act of power —
Aurelius, as powerful as he was as Rome’s ruler, comprehended this very nicely,
and so can we.
Discovering a purpose in life
- Why are you here?
- What is your purpose?
- Why God created you?
People
who rise above the norm, who achieve their unique form of greatness, know the
answers to those questions. Having an explicit, defined objective, often
documented down as Dale Carnegie did in his more immature years, influences
organizing your effort, fetching your power to endure on something palpable,
invariant, and directed.
Yet
numerous people function hard and go in circles, never having represented and
developed a life they want. It is as Marcus Aurelius recorded in his journal:
“People who struggle all their lives but have no purpose towards thought and
inspiration are wasting their time — even when tough at work.”
Kindness and generosity
Kindness is a characteristic of a great and noble soul and is a trait seen by philosophy as a power rather than a weakness. Not false, weak, coward, egotistical kindness that has many strings attached, but the genuine. The strong and unfettered one that only gives and asks nothing in return from anyone.
Marcus
Aurelius, in his time the most influential person in the known world as the
majesty of Rome, wrote that kindness, as long as it is without taffy or
insincerity, is unconquerable. It is a power to be cherished and nurtured.
Good listening, less talking
Listening
is an excellent skill, and to hear to somebody, to truthfully hear, is the
signature of an above-average individual, for most individuals are not good
listeners even though they think that they are.
As
Epictetus once said, we have two ears and one mouth to listen twice as much as
we speak. To stand apart from the rest, one should become a good listener and
selective speaker. As Tim Denning also said, there is power in talking less.
Taking responsibility for actions
“You
have to create your life by yourself — step after step. And be pleased if each
one attains its goal, as far as it can. No one can hold that from occurring.” —
Marcus Aurelius.
One
of the characteristics of great men is taking responsibility for their lives,
careers, growth, wins, and failures, for their misbehaviors, and everything.
And as Marcus said, only we can build our own lives, only we can make our
fantasies come true.
No
other soul can bring you to where you desire to move. Others can support you.
Yes, but everything starts and ends with your movement. You must accept
responsibility for and prepare a life step by step.
That
means not condemning others or events too. It means not yielding so low as to
play the blame game, which wastes both time and energy. Epictetus once said
that small-minded individuals condemn others, average ones condemn themselves,
but the wise see all blame as stupidity.
Intellectual Humbleness
Our
minds are only as receptive as it is humble. People who think that they know
everything are indeed fools. As Epictetus and many other thinkers taught, a
great individual is the one who accepts the limits of his knowledge and seeks
not to be the right but only simple truth.
Marcus
Aurelius also showed this same scholarly humbleness:
“If
an individual can confirm me mistaken and show me my blunder in any view or
effort, I shall happily learn. I seek the reality, which never damaged anyone:
the harm is to last in one’s self-deception and thoughtlessness.”
Loving and caring
“If
you desired to be loved, love.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A
life without love is vague and hollow. Possessions, victory, strength, stardom
— it all fails if you are in it alone.
Above-average
individuals are loaded with love and care for others and are not scared to
deliver it. So for those we share our lives with, as Marcus Aurelius noted, let
us treat them with love, authentic love. You do not need to be a rich man to be
generous. All you require is love. Therefore, spread true love.
If
you want to know how we can manage stress, click here. For knowing how to fight against daily
criticism, click here. And to know about how we heal,
click here.
Think
and Reflect!
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