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THE THREE LEVELS OF THINKING<br />
THE POWER OF PURPOSE<br />
http://www.enotalone.com/article/5958.html<br />
by Peter S. Temes, PhD<br />
The Power of Purpose begins with a simple but remarkable statement: "The more you focus on<br />
helping others, the more you will succeed in reaching your own goals." Peter S. Temes builds on<br />
this fundamental insight to share a simple plan for living with the truest and most enduring kind of<br />
happiness.<br />
At the heart of The Power of Purpose are the "three levels of thinking." At the first level, we ask,<br />
Who am I? and What do I want? At the second level, we ask, Who do other people think I am?<br />
<strong>How</strong> do I look to them? But the real magic happens when we hit the third level, forgetting about<br />
ourselves and asking the questions that lend a powerful sense of purpose to our lives: <strong>How</strong> do<br />
others look to themselves? <strong>How</strong> can I help others become the people they want to be?<br />
<strong>To</strong> help us along the way, Temes, who teaches humanities at Columbia University, draws on the<br />
wisdom of great thinkers including Aristotle, Søren Kierkegaard, and Abraham Lincoln; the life<br />
lessons of great achievers ranging from Mother Teresa to Michael Jordan; and home truths he's<br />
gathered from his parents, his grandparents, and his three children. From all these sources and<br />
from his own life of great personal accomplishment, Temes identifies the essential knowledge that<br />
brings people happiness and success. He cites Aristotle's notion that happiness is not a<br />
psychological state but a moral one, resulting from doing good in the world. Temes also believes<br />
in the pivotal importance of trust and team-building in every area of life, from the family to the<br />
workplace to the street corner.<br />
The Power of Purpose is a map for finding the confidence and power, the opportunities and<br />
occasions, and — most important — the techniques and strategies for centring your relationships<br />
and work on helping others. It is a book with a point of view: the clearest path to your own success<br />
and happiness lies in helping others get to where they want to go.<br />
Make the leap from asking, "who am I, and what do I want?" to asking that most powerful<br />
question of all — "how do others see themselves, and how can I help them feel stronger and more<br />
successful?"<br />
Games are played in all kinds of places — sports stadiums, backyards, offices, classrooms,<br />
kitchens, and dining rooms. But games are won in only one place — in the mind of the winning<br />
player. That's why Michael Jordan was consistently better than the tallest player in the National<br />
Basketball Association every year he played — having better physical tools to work with was not<br />
enough to beat a player like Jordan, thinking at a higher level. That's why some salespeople<br />
consistently sell more — of the same stuff to the same people — than the rest of their colleagues.<br />
That's why David slew Goliath, and that's why your personal path for your success begins right<br />
between your ears.<br />
Here's the fact: how we think is the key to how we live. It's the key to your happiness, the key to<br />
your personal goodness, and the key to your success.<br />
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