Self-Improvement
"Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly." Confucius I had never given serious thought to self-improvement. I had always assumed that all those individuals I saw on the tube reading books with titles like The Power of Positive Thinking or MegaLiving! were troubled souls looking for some sort of prescription to help them get back on track. Now I realise that those who took the time to strengthen themselves were the strongest, and that only by improving oneself can one hope to better the lives of others. I then began to think about all the ways I could improve. I had to start by getting rid of my bad temper [something im still working on]. The more I thought about it, the more potential improvements I saw and the more I realised I had such a chicken mind, as one of my friends puts it, and it became clear that the aspect of my life that I needed to improve was how I read. I began reading extensively and learned a few things, one of which is relevant to our writing tod...