Nine-time grand slam champion Monica Seles once ruled women's tennis. At 16, Seles became the youngest woman ever to win the French Open and in a two-year stretch, she won seven out of nine grand slam tennis championships. Many thought she was destined to be the best women's tennis player in history.
In positive psychology, flourishing is living within an optimal range of human functioning, one that connotes goodness, generativity, growth, and resilience.. Flourishing is the opposite of both pathology and languishing, which are described as living a life that feels hollow and empty. Flourishing is a positive psychology concept which is a measure of overall life well-being and is viewed as important to the idea of happiness. Many components and concepts contribute to the overall concept of flourishing and the benefits of a life that can be characterized as flourishing.
I want to dominate, I want to be the best, I want to thrive. The difference between these mindsets are relatively straightforward. Surviving is doing what is necessary to live. Thriving is not being satisfied just surviving, but reaching above this to make continual progress. A thriving mindset is defined by continually challenging oneself. To be a better person. To be a better spouse, parent, child and friend, being more understanding, more supportive or just being there more. Challenging yourself to have a better career, being more fulfilled, being more rewarded or just being happier.