Ari says:

[reformedvesper]

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

Comments

[supersam5]

wise man... aristotle!

[reformedvesper]

great pressure though.. excellence is certainly not in its pajamas eating cereal at 11 am :)

[arunshanbhag]

reminds me of the book "A River Runs Through It." Norman Maclean believes "all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy." practice, practice, practice.

*guilt*

[reformedvesper]

never read the book. saw the movie, but that was only because my coll roomate lurved brad pitt...

[zarqa]

I like. In fact it seems that most things we attribute to character or personality or genetics are really just a matter of modifying behavior and establishing good habits. Easier said than done, but lucky us, there is a school of therapy that is driven by that very idea: http://www.rebt.org/

On the other hand if it's all about habits, then where does self-examination and improvement fit in? It seems that if we are to become more excellent then it is necessary to allow ourselves to go in the other direction every now and then too.

[reformedvesper]

if its all about habits and not about imagined innate genius that blossoms then i am totally screwed and doomed to failure..

thanks for the rebt link..