Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment

The desire to organize closets might seem too quirky and trivial to dignify it by calling it a motive at all, let alone a fundamental human motive. And yet, for Korinne this highly personal micro-motive guided her to a life of authenticity and achievement.

“Wine fulfills my inquisitive mind, because I enjoy figuring out the ‘why,’”

She had always looked forward to the bustle and excitement of working around people who were trying to make a difference. But after toiling at every level of government for more than a decade, she was beginning to realize that the true nature of her motivation might be different from what she had once assumed.

these numbers alone tell us almost nothing about the actual process of developing excellence.

It is an opportunity that can be realized only if you make the commitment to harness your individuality in the pursuit of fulfillment to attain excellence. It is an opportunity that can be realized only if you recognize that your own freedom to pursue fulfillment ultimately depends on you supporting the freedom of others to follow their own winding

The jaggedness of human physiology is the basis for personalized medicine and personalized nutrition.

Alan enjoyed conversing with all manner of patrons at his bar, but he gravitated toward those with whom he could discuss books, the arts, and the pressing events of the day.

But there is a more fundamental benefit from self-engineered passion. It is not only a reliable source of the energy to act, it is a wellspring of personal authenticity. When you embrace the full range of your micro-motives, you are putting a stake in the ground that announces to the world, “This is who I truly am.”

the individual must trust the organization.”