I love another question I see you posed in a response: How do you define who you are?

I would say by the amount of love in my life (which includes the love I give as well as receive).

How do you define who you are?

I would like it said that:

I laughed heartily.
Loved unabashedly.
Was loved by children.
My life’s work assisted others to love and enjoy being on this magnificent planet more!

Thanks for posing the question!

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No doubt there is much wisdom out there, even if it has not been subjected
to peer review. There is a solid place for that. I really enjoy what you
are doing, and was not in any way placing you in the “happy-talk” category.

I'm trying to develop advice for skeptical aspiring lawyers and others who
demand, and rigorously challenge, evidence. That makes the stakes
different, though the objective is the same.

Ted

In lieu of truly scientific data, I can only share my opinions and
experiences – “what works for me” – authentic, even if they are but
anecdotes. On the other hand, there's definitely power in sharing from
experience rather than simply pointing to data. My solution, at least for
now, is to live my life to the best of my ability, to test my ideas and
values, then share what happens.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts – and keeping me honest :)

My definition of success is analogous to Nietzsche's eternal return, which I
was first exposed to in college. I have a quote from him in my post about
success: I don't like to clutter up others' blog comments with links to
mine, but here's a tinyurl – *http://tinyurl.com/yeyg247.

*The research is very clear that having goals and a sense of purpose are of
enormous value in stimulating achievement and increasing the likelihood of
personal satisfaction, but there is surprisingly little rigorous,
peer-reviewed findings about how to identify one's purpose (assuming that
one can). This is, for me, the difficult thing about personal development
– all too often there is a surplus of happy talk and anecdote and
insufficient hard-data support.