INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS INTELLIGENT ACHIEVEMENT?

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

—Albert Einstein

Achievement is about value. It's about attaining value through effort and skill.

The question is, what do you currently value?

What are you working to attain?

Have you been taught to value your job title or your relationship with some other person above all else? Have you been convinced that the most valuable things in life are your paycheck, the number of people who say “hello” to you at the office, and the number of people who say “I need you” at home?

Or, have you become so passive in what you value that you let anyone and anything into your life, as long as whatever you let in allows you to ...

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