Quotes About Fulfillment

They have discovered their Element—the place where the things you love to do and the things that you are good at come together. The

The quest for your Element is really a two-way journey. It is an inward journey to explore what lies within you; it is an outward journey to explore opportunities in the world around you.

One of the most basic reasons for thinking that it's too late to be who you are truly capable of being is the belief that life is linear.

The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.

use the term the Element to describe the place where the things we love to do and the things we are good at come together.

But it is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are. The decision to play it safe, to take the path of least resistance, can seem irresistible, particularly if you have your own doubts and fears about the alternatives.

No sabremos lo que podemos llegar a ser hasta que no sepamos lo que somos capaces de hacer.

las personas que fundamentalmente aman lo que hacen no piensan en ello como si fuera un trabajo en el sentido habitual de la palabra. Lo hacen porque quieren y porque al hacerlo están en su Elemento.

Businesses everywhere say they need people who are creative and can think independently. But the argument is not just about business. It's about having lives with purpose and meaning in and beyond whatever work we do.

Musicians love the sounds they make, natural writers love words, dancers love movement, mathematicians love numbers, entrepreneurs love making deals, great teachers love teaching. This is why people who fundamentally love what they do don't think of it as work in the ordinary sense of the word. They do it because they want to and because, when they do, they are in their Element.

Todas las empresas afirman que necesitan personas creativas y capaces de pensar por sí mismas, pero esta afirmación no se refiere solo al mundo empresarial. Significa que buscan gente cuya vida tenga un objetivo y un significado dentro y fuera del trabajo.

The features are aptitude and passion. The conditions are attitude and opportunity. The sequence goes something like this: I get it; I love it; I want it; Where is it?

An organization with a staff that's fully engaged is far more likely to succeed than one with a large portion of its workforce detached, cynical and uninspired.

To make the Element available to everyone, we need to acknowledge that each person's intelligence is distinct from the intelligence of every other person on the planet, that everyone has a unique way of getting in the zone, and a unique way of finding the Element.

los tres alcanzaron el éxito y la satisfacción personal tras descubrir aquello que, de forma natural, se les da bien y les entusiasma.

La pasión tiene que ver con todo aquello que alimenta la energía espiritual, en lugar de consumirla.

El Elemento tiene dos características principales, y hay dos condiciones para estar en él. Las características son: capacidad y vocación. Las condiciones son: actitud y oportunidad. La secuencia es más o menos así: lo entiendo; me encanta; lo quiero; ¿dónde está?

All kinds of experiences can make you feel good for a time: your favorite food, chocolate, partying, a great book, music that you love, watching your favorite baseball team win a game or having an intimate evening with your lover. You can make your own list. But when the hormones subside and the morning breaks, you may still feel as unfulfilled deep down as you did before the party started. You may be happy for a time, but sustained happiness depends on having a deeper sense of fulfillment.

Being in your Element is about connecting with and dwelling in the positive feelings that express and fulfill your own spiritual energies. One way of discovering the roots of these feelings, and of finding your Element, is through the practices of mindfulness. These practices draw on the principles and techniques of meditation that I suggested in chapter one.

Weil argues that emotional well-being is just as important as physical well-being and that we need to create the conditions that allow us to be happy through circumstances within our control. "Happiness arises spontaneously from sources within us," he says. "Seeking it outside ourselves is counterproductive.

Along the way, I've lost track of the numbers of people I've met who have no real sense of what their individual talents and passions are. They don't enjoy what they are doing now but they have no idea what actually would fulfill them.

For most of us the problem isn't that we aim too high and fail - it's just the opposite - we aim too low and succeed.

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play. This turns possible underachievers into happy warriors.

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.