"The height of a man's success is gauged by his self - mastery; the depth of his failure by his self - abandonment." - Da Vinci

When I think about the different paths in life, and what can make a person successful, I think of the path of self - mastery as the most important of them all. Each one of us have moral agency, we are agents unto ourselves, and have the ability to act and not be acted upon. When someone says I couldn't help my self, I think, do you know what your saying? If this is true than no one is truly free. It's like when someone says they fell out of love, as if love is not a choice and being in love has no barring on the people involved it just kinda happens.

This is in it's self false and a bit foolish. Each of us everyday have the ability to choose right or wrong, good or bad. Ultimately it is up to us. When I look at myself as I choose my path in business, I have some rules and standers I will not break and always follow. If I choose to break these rules, I can not say this is how the business world is I didn't have a choice. I will always have a choice. My success in life will be in who I am and what I have become,