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Success isn't about doing things better...

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Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
never? what an individual opines as "better" has nothing to do with the definition of success. e.g. the accomplishment of an aim

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
I dunno to be honest.

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@divegeester said
I dunno to be honest.
If you should find yourself able to either

[A] express this better, or

[B] express a better thing

...let us know, and we'll gauge your success.

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
It goes without saying that some things are more worth doing than others, but everyone who is able can and should make a contribution to the general weal. I know Donald Trump thinks he's better than a garbage collector, but if garbage collectors didn't collect garbage, Donald would be very unhappy sitting on his mountain of self-made waste.

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@moonbus said
It goes without saying that some things are more worth doing than others, but everyone who is able can and should make a contribution to the general weal. I know Donald Trump thinks he's better than a garbage collector, but if garbage collectors didn't collect garbage, Donald would be very unhappy sitting on his mountain of self-made waste.
One can presume that your post received a thumb down (probably from the queen of Thumbs) because you dared to make a thoughtful contribution to FMF’s thread, and not because someone thought your post needed :

[A] expressing a little better, or

[B] dumping to express a better thing

My post above got a red thumb for both being made by me, and being crap.

I shall give your post a deserving thumb up.

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@fmf said
If you should find yourself able to either

[A] express this better, or

[B] express a better thing

...let us know, and we'll gauge your success.
I now feel under duress to produce something.

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@moonbus said
It goes without saying that some things are more worth doing than others, but everyone who is able can and should make a contribution to the general weal. I know Donald Trump thinks he's better than a garbage collector, but if garbage collectors didn't collect garbage, Donald would be very unhappy sitting on his mountain of self-made waste.
I have thumbed your post up too but not anonymously.

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@anitya said
never? what an individual opines as "better" has nothing to do with the definition of success. e.g. the accomplishment of an aim
While what you say is true, success is also in the eye of the beholder and not just in the eye of the person achieving [or not achieving, as the case may be] certain targets.

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
In my opinion it is quite clear that success is to reach a goal.

The validity of said goal is not in the scope of the definition of "success".

If however your goal is to lead a morally good life, then "doing better things" is directly the same as "doing things (her: choosing life goals) better".

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
Define "better" πŸ€”

...and define "things" πŸ€”

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@very-musty said
Define "better" πŸ€”

...and define "things" πŸ€”
ut-oh, FMF won’t be pleased with that crappy effort!

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@very-musty said
Define "better"

...and define "things"
No. Just type some stuff where your own definitions of them underpin it.

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@ponderable said
In my opinion it is quite clear that success is to reach a goal.
The validity of said goal is not in the scope of the definition of "success".
I think the evaluation and/or perception of success can be subjective and not necessarily empirical when it comes to observers or to the people impacted by someone's efforts to be successful.

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@fmf said
Success isn't about doing things better; it's about doing better things.

To what extent [or when] does this hold true in everyday life?
It's all about priorities. Avoiding disasters is a kind of success, I would say.

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