How to Become a Well Rounded Person (Optimal Living)

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 14 July 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Listen to episode 76 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Be a Well Rounded Person. Edited and adapted from Essays on Work and Culture by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Wherever you may find your place and whatever work may come to your hand, you must always be aware of the larger movement of life which encloses your special task. You must have the consciousness of that central power from which all activities are inadequate manifestations. You must remain open to the whole range of human interests, and never escape the conviction that life is a unity under all its complexities; that all activities stand vitally related to each other; that truth, beauty, knowledge, and character must be harmonized and blended in every real and adequate development of the human spirit. To the growth of every flower, the earth, sun, and atmosphere must contribute. In the making of an individual, all the rich forces of nature and civilization must have place.... Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the inspirational living podcast, brought to you in part by Book of Zen,
0:17.5	makers of inspirational fashion and gift ideas.
0:20.9	Visit them online at book of Zen.com.
0:24.2	Today's podcast has been edited and adapted from
0:27.2	Essays on Work and Culture
0:29.9	by Hamilton Wright Maybe, published in 1898.
0:43.3	Thank you. in 1898. A complete well-rounded person is so uncommon that when they appear they are looked upon with suspicion
0:52.3	as if there must be something wrong with them.
0:56.4	If a person is content to deal vigorously with business affairs and then leaves art, religion,
1:04.0	and science to the enjoyment or enlightenment of others, they are accepted as strong, sound, and wise.
1:12.9	But let them add to practical knowledge,
1:17.0	a love of poetry,
1:18.7	and some skill in the practice of it.
1:21.8	Let them be not only honest and trustworthy,
1:24.9	but genuinely spiritual.
1:32.3	Let them be not only keenly observant of financial markets, but devoted to the study of some science,
1:35.3	and we are left with the impression that their interests are somehow superficial.
1:42.3	It is written apparently in the modern and especially in the American consciousness
1:49.0	that a person can do but one thing well.
1:52.0	If he or she attempts more than one thing, they betray the weakness of versatility.
1:59.0	If this view of life is sound, then we are born to imperfect development
2:05.2	and must struggle with fate. We may have natural aptitudes of many kinds. We may have a passionate
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