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I think it’s safe to say that most of the next generation understands the problems that face our nation more than our politicians do. They know that the status quo isn’t an option, and that we can’t keep doing what we have been doing and expect it to go away.
Amazing. First time I read this book, I missed this obvious statement. I look around me today and see it is 100% true!
successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do—even when it doesn’t look like it makes any difference.
The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the failure curve is blame. The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the success curve is responsibility.
You’ve heard the expression, “Be careful what you wish for—you just might get it.” But it’s not even a question of wishing: take care with what you think. Because what you think, multiplied by action plus time, will create what you get.
Step onto the upper curve, the path of success, and in time, you will put any area of life on track—your health, your finances, your relationships, your family life, your career, your spiritual health, your sense of accomplishment and fulfillment and purpose. And it will be less time than you might think.
The first time you give up, it’s painful. The second time it’s still painful but now it feels a little familiar, and there is some comfort in familiarity: it is the silent sleepy comfort of carbon monoxide.
Lesson: Don't give up!
Tell your five closest friends about your biggest ambition, and watch how many of them squirm. Why? Because showing them your want (desire) also makes them more acutely aware of their want (lack).
Being contrary for contrary’s sake is just another type of conformity: you’re still a slave to the majority, only expressed in oppositional terms.
Chances are good that when you step out onto the path of mastery, you will step out alone.
If your relationship with someone has a theme of blame and feeds on the past, it’s disempowering. If it has a theme of responsibility, self-reflection, and change and feels like something moving into the future, it’s empowering.
There are days when I wake up and I’m in a funk. I might not even know why, but life feels heavy and depressing, and I just don’t want to get out of bed. When this happens, the first thing I do is take inventory of my blessings. (According to positive psychologists, a habit of gratitude is one of the most common traits in consistently happier people.)
