Becoming Outstanding

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Jon - SmartWealthyRich

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I really really like to read about self-improvement and personal development, and i try to write posts about this topic from time to time on smartwealthyrich. Well Alex Shalman started this “Becoming an Outstanding person in 12 weeks” series of posts, and i think it’s really worth mentionning and could benefit my readers and visitors (yes you!)

The goal here is to improve ourselves, by focusing on a different “virtue” every week. Simply write in your journal (or on your blog) a new entry every week, and focus on that particular virtue for the whole week. At the end of that week you’ll surely have learned something and forged a habit.

Here are the 12 virtues (remember Benjamin Franklin?) that Alex talks about in his becoming outstanding series:

Week 01 - Temperance

Week 02 - Silence

Week 03 - Order

Week 04 - Resolution

Week 05 - Frugality

Week 06 - Industry

Week 07 - Sincerity

Week 08 - Justice

Week 09 - Moderation

Week 10 - Cleanliness

Week 11 - Tranquility

Week 12 - Chastity

I would like to invite you to give that a try! You have not much to loose, and a lot to gain from doing that exercice! Hey you might end up a being better person after those 12 weeks! :)

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6 Responses to “Becoming Outstanding”

Adam Henningsen // Mar 29, 2007 at 2:02 am

This sounds really fun. I am always looking for ways to improve myself. I ran “The world’s toughest half ironman triathlon” last year because I felt like I needed a physical challenge and a lesson in motivation.

Maybe I will try this one out.
Jonathan-C. Phillips // Mar 29, 2007 at 2:06 am

Toughest Half Ironman Triathlon, yeah that sounds like a challenge! Physical challenge is just as important as mental challenge! I’m actually working on “temperance” now :)
James // Mar 29, 2007 at 8:19 am

I am going to seriously try this out and see what happens. My journal is going to be 12 notepad documents. This is a great list of virtues that anyone can learn a thing or two about:)

What week are you on?
Jonathan-C. Phillips // Mar 29, 2007 at 11:01 am

Hey James! I’m happy you’ll try that out! I’m at week #1 still, but already enjoying the exercice!
Shea // Jul 30, 2007 at 1:07 pm

Good job on the triathlon!
Gorilla Trades // Oct 19, 2007 at 2:49 pm

I think that is a pretty good method, although pretty time consuming. An easier approach to become an outstanding person, is just to be considerate of others and in a lot of instances just use common sense as to what the best path is that will be most beneficial for you and others in any given situation.