Principles

Here's something that I thought was very profound, and surprised Wharton MBA's when they completed the task.  Shouldn't take longer than 10-15 min.  Click the bottom link and scroll to Chapter 1 and do the Six Lives Exercise (maybe 5-10 pages into chapter 1).  Basically you read 6 different lives of people and you rank them in order of your own definition of success.  You'll find out a little bit about your own values if you continue reading a couple pages after the exercise.  The book is called Springboard: Launching your Personal Search for Success by Shell.  The read was alright, I think this exercise is the best part of the book.

 http://books.google.com/books?id=3wcGUDQo3V4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=springboard+shell&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LBRKUuufM4nc4AOl7IH4Aw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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I realize most people won't do this, so here's the part I thought was most interesting.  A majority of Wharton MBA's pick a stone mason's life.  He likes his job, has a small house in Iceland or something.  He gets to use his creativity and has a few children.  Don't remember details of the children, but I think one of them is successful, one is not.  And basically, if that's their definition of success, why are they leading such different lives?  Why are they on paths to become hedge fund managers, CEO's and consultants?