Victor Mhangwana

How to succeed through Moral Pleasure Like Mahatma Gandhi

Being morally upright and going to bed with a clear conscience is one of the key pleasures of life. To succeed through moral pleasure  like Mahatma Gandhi, keep your moral compass. Join those who pursue ethical living in the different spheres of their lives. They speak of following their conscience, respecting their community and religious values. These …

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How to Succeed like Michelangelo through Sensory Pleasure

Some people see life through the lens of pleasure and others through the lens of suffering. Life brings both scenarios. To succeed like Michelangelo you must lean towards the lens of pleasure and away from the lens of suffering. To choose the lens of suffering, is to experience the pressure of your problems through the five senses, …

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How You Succeed Like Warren Buffett by Growing Wealth

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There are those who enjoy accumulating wealth, who succeed like Warren Buffett. Some to use it, others to own it. Making money is their secret to enjoying life. They devote a great deal of time and energy accumulating wealth. The succeed like Warren Buffett.  Those who ask the question, when will it be enough? are …

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How to Succeed Like Vinod Khosla Enjoying the Pleasure of Freedom

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Can freedom’s cocktail of social, financial, and spiritual mix lead us to succeed like Vinod Khosla, turn trials into so much fun to offset the pain of failure? Yes, it can.  For all people, being truly free to live their lives as they please is one of the towering pleasures of life. They devote a …

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How to Succeed like Angela Merkel Wielding Pleasure of Power

Is wielding power one of the key pleasures of life, that can be edifying and do good? Yes, power is not always a bad thing, you can succeed like Angela Merkel. She was the German Chancellor for 16 years. People like her have their justifications for pursuing power through politics and other spheres. They speak …

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How to Succeed like Henry Ford through Social Pleasure

Take care of your employees, they will take care of your customers, and your customers will take care of your business. That’s how to succeed like Henry Ford. In this sense Henry Ford was also ahead of his time.  He employed African-Americans, women and disabled people long before it fashionable to do so. He struck …

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How to Succeed like Albert Einstein through Mental Pleasure

What pre-occupies you mentally can turn into an occupation that earns you a living. It was true for Albert Einstein. For him a particular mental gift mattered the most,namely imagination. He said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” If you can find your mental pleasure and you can succeed …

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How to Succeed like Aretha Franklin Enjoying Emotional Pleasure

If you did something that generates deep emotional pleasure for you and others, and made a living from it, you would succeed like Aretha Franklin. That is exactly what she did. She took soul from Gospel music and brought that emotional energy to popular music. As a result, she did more than make a living. …

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Using the 12 Ways to Succeed with Pleasure

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Those lucky enough to do what they love for a living, have 12 ways to succeed because the pleasure in it sustains them. Pleasure has intrinsic motivation that makes them unstoppable. The 12 Ways to Succeed In the previous article, “12 Ways Pleasure can Make You Successful” I introduced you to the dozen categories of …

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Passion to Profit: Pleasurable Work Makes You a Winner

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Pleasurable work awakens passion that can drive productivity and profits up. Many organizations neglect their employees’ other hidden talents, that may not be required in their current role, but which could be even more valuable than what they were hired for. They thus leave value on the table. HIDDEN PASSSIONS THAT COULD GROW PROFITS Up …

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12 Ways Pleasure Can Make You Successful

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As crazy as it may sound, pleasure can make you successful. Mostly, because we are wired to move away from pain and towards pleasure. We do this instinctually. Pleasure and pain rule our lives in ways that we are not always fully aware of. They can explain so much of our thought pattern, decision making …

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