”YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
REACH YOUR ARÊTE —EXCELLENCE— GROWING BEYOND
YOUR CURRENT LIMITED BELIEFS.”
”YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
REACH YOUR ARÊTE —EXCELLENCE— GROWING BEYOND
YOUR CURRENT LIMITED BELIEFS.”
Learn how to…
Dive into the complexities of arête—excellence—and learn to achieve it in all areas of life.
Develop a stronger identity and belief in yourself.
Discover your inner desires and take action.
Build your own path to success with small, easy changes.
Understand why aesthetics in life is so important.
Learn the importance of recording your ideas.
Explore the wisdom of Socrates, da Vinci, Duke Ellington, Virginia Woolf, and of course, the daring Evel Knievel.
Understand why probing childhood memories helps you build a better future.
Expand your habits.
And most importantly, how to put these ideas into practice in real life.
…and much more.
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“As I read Dr. Sweet’s book “Sweet Success,” I entered into an exciting adventure to expanding the arête in my life. I discovered a new sense of abundant life and further enjoyment in the learning process.”
—Richard Blake, Vine Voice
…explore your limiting beliefs, realize your ambitions, reach your potential, and build arête into your life. To get a feeling of what I do, check one of my books, read one of my musings, or watch my YouTube channel.
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Split Infinity Forward, David Sweet's newest book of poetry, follows both chronologically and logically his previous book, Pop Rocks, which firmly established him as a unique poetic voice.In Split Infinity Forward, the reader is invited to come along as an intimate and comrade and move through the curiosity and irony of the everyday and end in the infinite.
“Life is short, and Art is long,” so begins Hippocrates “Aphorisms,” which could be the greatest take away from his complete body of work.
Mrs. Eastman introduced me to The Odyssey in tenth grade. She handed us the classic Fitzgerald translation. The exciting twists and turns of the plot enticed me. I felt enthralled with Odysseus’s adventures with the sirens, slipping past Polyphemus, the bone crunching Cyclops who was blinded by Nobody, his swimming between Charybdis and man eating Scylla.
In a marathon, at kilometer 30, there is a phenomenon called "the wall." At this wall, the body, which stores enough sugars to keep going for about 30 kilometers, stops moving. Runners who have completed more than a few marathons, at certain times in their career, experience this wall. Paula Radcliffe, who holds the world record for the fastest marathon run by a woman, hit the wall in the 2004 Olympics. She faded, and then stopped, slumping down on the pavement next to the spectators, crying. Hitting that wall is not a pretty sight.
After a few years, Orestes returns. He kills his mom and step-dad and becomes king.
They all live happily ever after.
The Greeks, however, ask what is honorable and civilized. Who are we as a people and what actions reflect civility and honor. Is the agency in ourselves or in the hands of fate and the gods?
I swear by Apollo the god of poetry and song, Dionysus, the god of theatre and wine (we will need lots of wine), and Athena (because she is very cool), that I will read the Great Books to the best of my ability and seek out teachers and hold them in esteem. I
As anyone who has read the eleven-volumes of Will Durant history will note, time and again, societies through decadence and apathy consistently decompose from within before they are conquered by an invading force.
Businesses do the same.
Speaking a company this week on expanding their Japan operations. “I know we are looking for a unicorn,” she said, “hiring someone who is Japanese national, great English, and 35 years old.”
I would argue that this company, like so many others, aren’t searching for a unicorn, but are actually getting ready to fall into the same trap that so many others fall into.
So what are those traps?
I woke up and started scrolling. On the toilet, I started looking at my Apple watch: first, messages then email. Was there a text or anything on Messenger? A complaint email and a note to send more information, which I mull over as I brew a Nespresso. Coffee in hand, I plop down to write—but first—grab my phone.