Are you one of those people who has boundless energy regardless of what other people are doing?

Or are you one of those people whose energy diminishes when other people fail to perform up to your expectations?

It seems to me that many people fall into these two categories, these two polar-opposite categories. Of course, the self-help gurus talk about the first type when they describe the successful people, the leaders, the people who accomplished incredible things during their lifetimes.

Indomitable - that's perhaps one of the best words to describe these high-energy/high-sustained-energy people.

It seems to me self-reliance weakens or slips away from time to time. Even for the strongest and most-successful people -  even for people who get books written about them – self-reliance must slip away, at least from time to time. You may not know it has slipped away because some successful people develop the ability to show their ‘game face’ even while their stomachs and minds are churning with stress and worry.

When self-reliance slips away, that’s not failure. It is part of being human. The important things are: how long it takes to return and how fully it returns.

Resilient – When self-reliance slips away then returns quickly and fully, we see resilience in action. Perhaps, we have greater respect for the people who slip and fall then get back up, wipe themselves off, and press on with renewed vigour?

Self-reliant signals the above things. It signals people who are comfortable relying upon themselves and not relying upon what other people do. Self-reliance signals people who accept the obligation of inspiring their own actions and, of more importance, it signals people who are accountable for inspiring the energies that fuel their own actions.

"Relying Upon" ... Whom ... Why not self?

"Influencing" ... Whom ... Why not self?

Footnote:

The words in blue font were added this week. The words in black font were first posted August 11, 2014.