Building the four pillars of happiness/ The Thriving Artist
Self awareness- understanding your strengths, weaknesses,
values and worldview
1. Having an ability to reflect systematically on personal weakness, especially those reflected as habitual tendencies
2. Ability to “overcome oneself and order ones life”
Ingenuity- confidently innovating and adapting to embrace a changing world
(Approaching your challenge in ways predecessors never imagined)
1. Always remain open to new ideas, even in old age
2. Always learning and freely passing on your knowledge
Love- engaging others in a positive loving attitude
1. Profound respect for other people and for all creation
2. Appreciation for oneself as loved and important
3. Honor truth above your ego and ambitions
4. Influence others by example
Heroism- energizing yourself and others through heroic ambitions,
or sheer ambition of your heroic goals.
1.Devote self to excellence
2. Develop daily habit of tuning out everyday distractions in order to reflect
3.Developing a METHOD for considering choices and making decisions