What would you do if you weren’t afraid?(thinkarete.themanifesto.)

thinkarete.themanifesto.
What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
OK...
So...uh...what exactly are you waiting for?
This isn’t a dress rehearsal...
Wake up!
Here’s the deal: What we can be, we MUST be.
Period.
There’s no getting around that one.
So, turn off your TV. Put down your drink. Get off
the medication.
Quit numbing yourself. The pain’s not going away.
Not until you thinkarete.
“thinkarete“?
Yep.
Gandhi got it. Einstein got it. Mother Theresa got it.
Tiger gets it. Gates gets it. Oprah gets it.
The Greeks got it.
Get this: Guys like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle said
that if you want happiness you better live with
areté−−a word that literally means virtue or
excellence but has a deeper meaning...something closer
to “constantly striving to reach your highest
potential.“
areté.
How beautiful is that? It was one of the highest
ideals of Greek culture.
It should be one of ours.
Tragically, it’s not.
We seem to be more interested in resumes, accolades
and 401k’s.
Speaking of retirement...
Who came up with that? Work like crazy doing
something were not passionate about so we can
accumulate enough money to pay the bills from our
stress−caused illnesses while we complain about what
we should have done when we were still young.
Hmmm...can’t quite figure that one out. Seems like it
makes a bit more sense to go ahead and dare to live
now...
Why not thinkarete?
Live to your highest potential−−moment to moment to
moment.
Not in the mood?
Fine. Then live with regret, anxiety, and
disillusionment.
Your call.
Think about it. When do we feel most alive?
Exactly. When we’re being ourselves−−our highest
selves.
You want happiness?
thinkarete.
Dream. Grow. Stretch yourself.
Rip off the tie. Jump out of the cubicle.
Dream. Think. Dare to be crazy.
What are you waiting for?
thinkarete.
Are you crazy enough to think you can change the
world?
Good.
Now go out and do it.
Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create.
Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable.
Act impeccably. Breathe.
Be you. Be different. Get paid to do what you love.
Dance in your underwear on your way to work...
Why not?
Ditch the tie. Escape the cube. Leave the 8−5. Trash
the resume.
Ignore the critics. And the cynics. Burn the
corporate ladders. Laugh at the ceilings.
Quit the bitching. Open your mind. End the laziness.
Overcome the fear. Transcend the conditioning...
Why not?
Move the world.
Change the world.
Push the human race forward.
Whatever you call it, go out and do it.
When?
Now.
Not when you have enough money or once you do this
or do that. That’s nonsense.
It’s not gonna be easy, but go out and live your
dream. Now.
You deserve it.
And, if that doesn’t move you: The world deserves it.
thinkarete.
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