John Wooden would say never mistake activity for achievement. Sometimes we think we're really doing well on a given day. But 'What did you accomplish?' is the question that we should really be asking not 'What did we do?'
I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would. . . but I just can't. " "I don't understand. Why not?" "I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did. . . " "But you're the king. " "That doesn't change a thing. I still do what mother says. She tells everybody that I'm the best boy ever when it comes to that. " Agachak resisted a powerful urge to change this half-wit into a toad or perhaps a jellyfish.