2006-10-23 07:32:58 · 6 answers · asked by JistheRealDeal 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thrive as in not being complacent and settling for status quo. Continually trying to seek self improvement rather than stagnanting or even worse, regressing.
2006-10-23 07:39:16 · update #1
Define "thrive". I have many clients who have no financial means, yet who are repopulating the world at an astonishing rate...
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There is an inverse relationship for many people between success and effort... most people seem to have a state of equilibrium around the "make enough to cover the car payment for a car that gives others the impression that I am doing alright" stage... In other words, there is a sharply diminishing return perceived for the result of additional effort.
In intellectual terms, many people seem to stop after their highest level of education completed: I know people who have rarely opened books since college, and then only romance novels, and not anything that would inspire continued intellectual development. Once some people find the intellectual equilibrium necessary to support the paradigm they have created, they feel it unnecessary to explore avenues that might upset that paradigm. In other words, many will learn only enough to defend their present world-view, and then happily stop for ever.
2006-10-23 07:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Negativity is rampant throughout the world and it's addictive. From as big as wars to as small as someone getting annoyed in a long line at the grocery store. Most people react to it in the way it is given to us. One negative thing leads to another and people pick up on it. It's hard to thrive around negativity unless you consciously try to be positive. Negativity drives you deeper and deeper until you start hitting depression. Then it's a matter of just survival. But...being positive can also be addictive. We would thrive more if we chose to be positive. Thinking in a loving and or friendly way. Thinking in a way that would better us all.
2006-10-23 07:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is just so much routine, it's easy to forget to thrive. For example, where I live I am surrounded by the most stunning, beautiful mountains. You'd think they'd be impossible not to see right? Nope, I'll go for days at time with out looking at them once. It's crazy, I try to make an effort to look at them to remind myself to thrive, and I still forget.
2006-10-23 07:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are stuck in perpetual negative thoughts that say they cannot possibly live they way they want to. That kind of thinking makes people satisfied minimally by merely surviving. They make themselves comfortable in their own unhappiness.
2006-10-23 07:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a firm believer in "But for the grace of God, there go I". We do not know everyone's circumstances and background that made them the way they are. I am sure some people do the stuff to themselves but, others--I'm not so sure.
2006-10-23 08:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone wants to improve themselves-it's human nature-but it's easy to get stuck in a rut and a daily routine and before you know it your ambitions are distant memories.
2006-10-23 07:43:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋