[Tom Vaught]

SUCCESS IN LIFE???

I RAN ACROSS THIS LIST OF THINGS ON THE WEB,
and it was surprising how many of them I agreed with and lived by.

1) Get paid for doing something you love: Everything is lighter and easier if you truly enjoy the thing you spend most of your life doing.

2) Be the GOAT: Strive to be the very best to ever do your job. You will spend 75% of your waking hours working or thinking about work,
so why settle?

3) Serve others: If it’s only about you, you will do the wrong things for the wrong reasons. Life is empty alone.

4) Work morally: Honesty, grace, humility, hard work and honor are the core values of a work-life well-lived.

5) Work smart: Working hard on the wrong or nonessential things is time wasted.

6) Study deeply: Master the tiny details and panoramic context of your profession.

7) Study thyself: Be clear-eyed about your gifts and flaws. It’s the only path to betterment.

8) Fortify thyself: Optimal work performance is impossible without healthy relationships, diet and exercise, and spirituality and mindfulness
outside of it.

9) Savor thy wins: Take time to celebrate aspirations met.

10) Learn from loss: The real good stuff often reveals itself in the most painful moments.

11) The bottom line: When the clock stops, smile confidently — knowing you did it right and well.

12) "Engineers do stuff for reasons"

Tom V.

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