>The best frequently don’t rise to the top True, but in life, there are people who do things because they have to do things, and then there are people who do t

>The best frequently don’t rise to the top True, but in life, there are people who do things because they have to do things, and then there are people who do things because they want to do things... Highly spiritually advanced people (and I don't claim to be one of them -- far from!) -- no longer do things for a reward -- that's because to them, the act of doing and the reward for the doing -- are one in the same... That is, because they live life at such a high level of self-expression -- they have unified action and reward. For them, there is no time delay between the action and the reward... To use a analogy borrowed from psychology, think of this as having attained "Self-Actualization" in Maslow's "hierarchy of needs"... People at that level -- no longer worry too much about rewards... If they compete with anyone for any prize, for any reward -- then they only compete with themselves, their past selves, that is, with their past achievements, to see what more can be accomplished -- to see what more can be learned or experienced next... They truly exemplify Bruce Lee's time honored quote: “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -Bruce Lee