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Wow thanks, that's interesting. I always thought the common sense was the SWOT terminology. Strengthen your strengths and weaken your weaknesses.

It's better to set one's own criteria for happiness. Can the criteria change? Sure! But, constantly trying to live up to someone else's standards is an easy way to make one unhappy.

Its not said, that it is about the standards of someone else. In the best case the high minimum comes intrinsic, if not why not get inspired by other's standards? I like this quote very much, thanks.

That is indeed a great quote!

Although I’m not quite sure how it relates to the article.

It's the core of what the article is espousing. Greatness is not achieved by a point-wise maximum, but by consistently strong delivery. Said another way, you're "only as strong as the weakest link."

It's very different from what the article is concluding. Knuth's outcome was a "good life", not a "great life".

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