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What can help us succeed in life?
What is virtuous training?

Virtuous training is the force that pushes us, helps us, to act better, with the aim of deserving the esteem of those we esteem.

This is the counterpart of the natural inclination of ease, which we mentioned in the question What is difficult to overcome to succeed in life. Moreover, as faced with the injunctions to be a “good...“ or a “good...“ that we saw in this other question, we can be tempted to respond to virtuous training by pretending, and in this case, the effect is negative.

To succeed in life, we mainly have two resources which are our own will and virtuous training. In the absence of virtuous training, it is very difficult not to become discouraged, so it is desirable to modify one's inner circle if necessary to include people whose actions generate virtuous training.

Finally, let us note that being in a social environment where virtuous training is exercised is one of the main sources of happiness.

Deepen

Read Hector Malot, or watch Little House on the Prairie.