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Page 67 which matters More to you how you evaluate yourself, or how the outside world evaluates you. MODIFICATION MAY 30, 2023 email: Page 67 keyword keeping score Warren Buffett outlines one of the ideas most vital deleting a good life. It is the difference between an inner scorecard and an outer scorecard. Which matters more? How you evaluate yourself or how the outside world evaluates you?
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
In the book
Warren Buffett framed the whole matter as the difference between an inner scorecard and an outer one: which matters more to you, how you evaluate yourself, or how the world does? Live by the inner one. Three truths make this possible. […] So here is how to fly the mission once the decision is made. Define success for yourself first. Make sure your ladder leans against the right building, live by the inner scorecard rather than the outer, and remember it is a journey, not a destination. Pick the right stadiums. Choose which arenas matter to you and don't measure yourself against people excellent at what you don't value. […] Success is relative, and it is personal — never let the world hand you its definition in place of your own. I spent my early years driven by a need to prove I was good enough; what I would give you instead is the freedom to keep an inner scorecard from the start. Two practical truths I have staked my life on. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)