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“Write down your goals, make plans to achieve them, and work on your plans every single day.”
The most common answer given by successful people is that they think about what they want—and how to get it—most of the time. Unsuccessful, unhappy people think and talk about what they don’t want most of the time. They talk about their problems and worries and who is to blame for their situation most of the time.
When you are absolutely clear about your goal, you do not even have to know how to achieve it. By simply deciding exactly what you want, you will begin to move unerringly toward your goal, and your goal will start to move unerringly toward you.
create a wonderful life full of health, happiness, and prosperity,
percent of graduates who had clear, written goals when they left Harvard were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97 percent of graduates all together.
Happiness Requires Goals
You feel truly happy only when you are making progress, step-by-step, toward something that is important to you.
Goals give you that sense of meaning and purpose, a clear sense of direction. As you move toward your goals you feel happier and stronger. You feel more energized and effective. You feel more competent and confident in yourself and your abilities.
Goal setting is so powerful that the very act of thinking about your goals makes you happy,
You should develop a laser-like focus so that you are always thinking and talking about what you want rather than what you don’t want. You must resolve, from this moment forward, to become a goal-seeking organism,
I suddenly realized that everything that would happen to me for the rest of my life was going to be up to me. No one else was ever going to help me. No one was coming to the rescue.
“If you really knew how little others think about you, you would be insulted.”
To keep your mind positive, refuse to criticize, complain about, or condemn other people for anything. Every time you criticize someone else, complain about something you don’t like, or condemn someone else for something that he or she has done or not done, you trigger feelings of negativity and anger within yourself. And you are the one who suffers.
see yourself as a company with a stock that trades on the market. Could people invest in your stock and be confident that it will continue to grow in value and profitability in the months and years ahead?
almost every human problem can be resolved by returning to your values. Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, “In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?”
In psychology, your level of self-esteem determines your level of happiness. Self-esteem is defined as “how much you like yourself.”
“You do not believe what you see; you see what you already believe.”
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
you become what you think about most of the time. What is it then that leaders think about most of the time? The answer is that leaders think about the future and where they are going and what they can do to get there.
“We greatly overestimate what we can accomplish in one year. But we greatly underestimate what we can accomplish in five years.”
Remember, the very best days of your life lie ahead. The happiest moments you will ever experience are still to come. The highest income you will ever earn is going to materialize in the months and years ahead. The future is going to be better than anything that may have happened in your past. There are no limits.
do something every day that moves you toward your goal.
It turns out that almost all people who “don’t care about money” are broke
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Some of the wealthiest, most successful men and women in America, and throughout the world, did poorly in school.
“How do you eat an elephant?” and the answer, “One bite at a time.” This is the same way that you become absolutely excellent at what you do. You move to the top one step, one skill, one small improvement at a time.
“The very best direction to ride a horse is in the direction it is going.” The very best way to develop yourself is in the direction of your natural talents and interests.
Identify Your Special Talents
“Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first.”
The more you practice, the more confidence you will develop,
Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning. Read, listen to audio programs, attend courses and seminars, and then put what you learn into action as quickly as you can.
1. Is there anything that I am doing that you would like me to do more of? 2. Is there anything that I am doing that you would like me to do less of? 3. Is there anything that I am not doing that you would like me to start doing? 4. Is there anything that I am doing that you would like me to stop doing altogether?
How does a child spell the word “love”? The answer is “T-I-M-E.”
“Fake it until you make it.”
twenty minutes after you begin eating, your “appestat” turns off, and you are no longer hungry?
The Person You “See” Is the Person You Will “Be”
Every time you complete a task of any kind, your brain releases a small quantity of endorphins. These natural morphine-like compounds give you a sense of well-being and elation. They make you feel happy and peaceful. They stimulate your creativity and improve your personality. They are nature’s “wonder drug.”
successful people fail far more often than unsuccessful people.
The primary antidotes to doubt and fear are courage and confidence. The higher your levels of courage and confidence, the lower will be your levels of fear and doubt and the less effect these negative emotions will have on your performance and behavior.
the person who knows the most people is usually the person who, like cream, rises to the top.
Get Around the Right People
plan every week in advance, preferably the Sunday before the workweek begins. Plan every day in advance, preferably the night before.
successful people are always working on tasks of high value. Unsuccessful people are always killing time on tasks of low value.
Each day, open up your notebook and write down a list of your ten to fifteen most important goals,
Just as physical exercise in the morning warms up your body, reviewing your goals in the morning warms up your mind and prepares you to be at your very best throughout the day.
Your superconscious mind operates best when you are in a mental state of calm, confident, relaxed expectation. Whenever you practice relaxation in solitude, completely letting go of all your cares and sitting quietly or communing with nature, your superconscious mind begins to function.
“men and women begin to become great when they begin to listen to their inner voices.”
Fear can be caused by ignorance. When we have limited information, we may be tense and insecure about the outcome of our actions.
Sometimes you can totally change your attitude toward yourself and your potential by getting a good night’s sleep or taking a vacation long enough to completely recharge your mental and emotional batteries.
“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.”
