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Remember, the person who asks for what he wants at least has a chance of getting what he wants. The person who does not ask has no chance.
The Aladdin Factor,
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Somerset Maugham: “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
Powerful quote about the power of asking for a better.
Ask yourself questions like, Who ultimately benefits from the products and services my company offers?
What difference do my daily efforts make?
Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic,
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Epictetus and Confucius.
People to read. Philosophers
poems of the wisest poets, such as Alfred Lord Tennyson, Emily Dickinson and John Keats, and the novels of Leo Tolstoy, Hermann Hesse and the Brontës.
Poems to read
Letters from a Stoic, Seneca The Message of a Master, John McDonald Meditations, Marcus Aurelius The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin University of Success, Og Mandino The Magic of Believing, Claude Bristol Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Joseph Murphy As a Man Thinketh, James Allen Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill Life Is Tremendous, Charlie Tremendous Jones
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“The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.”
Great quote
“I will put this source of all human power, potential and purpose inside the hearts of every man, woman and child on the planet, for they will never think to look there.”
God hid the supreme power.
Are you using the best within you to its fullest capacity? If not, you are not only doing yourself a disservice, you are doing the world, and all those within it who could benefit from your unique talents, a disservice.
“The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him and which worthily used will be a gift also to his race.”
Even the weakest have a potential power.
Go on a News Fast
Before you start reading the morning paper, have a purpose in mind.
If you set goals, the actions you take will be based on your life’s mission rather than on your day-to-day moods.
goal-setting works is that it keeps you alert to opportunities.
clearly defined goals commit you to a course of action.
You are only as rich, whether materially or spiritually, as your dreams.
John Dryden observed, “We first make our habits and then our habits make us,”
“We first make our habits and then our habits make us,”
Quote anout habits
when you bear a grudge against someone, it is almost as if you carry that person around on your back with you. He drains you of your energy, enthusiasm and peace of mind. But the moment you forgive him, you get him off your back and you can move on with the rest of your life.
Realizing that for every greasy lunch you have, you will suffer a corresponding reduction in your level of motivation and effectiveness is the first step to developing more disciplined eating habits.
The Juiceman’s Power of Juicing by Jay Kordich.
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Create a Pure Environment
Helen Keller said, “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”
a first-class environment is an investment, not an expense.
Over the coming weeks, take steps to make the environment you work and live in a better one.
Get a Coach
One of the most effective ways to improve your personal and professional effectiveness and to rise to a new level of excellence is to find a mentor to coach you.
A mini-vacation begins with closing the door of your office, holding all calls and relaxing in your chair.
Once you feel deeply at peace, begin to imagine you are at your favorite vacation spot.
Volunteering affords you the chance to help others and pay back the debt owed to those who have helped you.
One of the things I have done in my own life is to create what I call a Hero List, that is, a list of one hundred men and women I would most like to meet before I die.
The time to start building your legacy is today, not ten years from today when you “have more time,” because we both know that time will never arrive.
expresses what you aim to leave when you die.
Legacy Statement
“There is nothing in the world more valuable than friendship. Those who banish it from their lives remove as it were the sun from the earth, because of all of nature’s gifts, it is the most beautiful and the most pleasing.”
Great quote on Friendship
person with three great friends is a rich person indeed.
To build deeper friendships, you must be willing to move out of your comfort zone, break the ice with people you might not kno...
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The Artist’s Way
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The French mathematician Blaise Pascal wrote, “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”
most of our miseries do stem from the fact that we have lost sight of the importance of being silent, for even a short period, every day of our lives.
Meditation is a method to train your mind to function the way it was designed to function.
Meditation will make you a far better parent, life partner, busi-nessperson and friend.
Having a living funeral will reconnect you to the fact that time is a priceless commodity and the best time to live a richer, wiser and more fulfilling life is now.
If you are not as fulfilled or as happy or as prosperous or as peaceful as you know you could be, stop blaming your parents or the economy or your boss and take full responsibility for your circumstances.
George Bernard Shaw said, “The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”
Powerful quote
Acquire skills no one else has. Read books no one else is reading. Think thoughts no one else is thinking.
To get more from life, you need to be more in life.
To live a richer, more rewarding life, it is essential that you run your own race.
