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PostPosted: Sat,02,Aug,2008,7,36,pm    Post subject: Character Counts: Moving beyond success to significance If a post contains some illegal issues you may abuse on it - just click Abuse and fill the form Reply with quote
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So, in a way, it surprises me how deeply many of them respond when I talk about the difference between success and significance. Invariably, I see knowing nods when I describe Alfred Nobel’s disillusionment when he read his own obituary that was printed by mistake after his brother died. Although it was complimentary, describing him as a brilliant chemist who made a fortune as the inventor of dynamite, he was struck by how hollow and inconsequential his accomplishments seemed as the summation of one’s life. Determined to leave a more worthy legacy, he established the Nobel Prizes to acknowledge great human achievements.



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PostPosted: Sat,02,Aug,2008,9,29,pm    Post subject: If a post contains some illegal issues you may abuse on it - just click Abuse and fill the form Reply with quote
And he has permanently rolled over in his grave after this last year...... Laughing



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