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August 24 - September 4, 2020
Opportunity is in the eye of the beholder.
If you tend to focus on the particular events in your life, try to put things into perspective.
Washington Irving once commented, "Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them."
Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort.
a few negative experiences don't make for failure.
If you can change the way you see failure, you gain the strength to keep running the race.
Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress.
Tell yourself "I'm not a failure. I failed at doing something." There's a big difference.
Psychologist Martin E. Seligman believes we have two choices when we fail: We can internalize or externalize our failure.
People who personalize failure see a problem as a hole they're permanently stuck in. But achievers see any predicament as temporary.
If you want to succeed, don't let any single incident color your view of yourself.
The greater the feat you desire to achieve, the greater the mental preparation required for overcoming obstacles and persevering over the long haul.
You have to approach each day with reasonable expectations and not get your feelings hurt when everything doesn't turn out perfectly.
Psychologist Simone Caruthers says, "Life is a series of outcomes. Sometimes the outcome is what you want. Great. Figure out what you did right. Sometimes the outcome is what you don't want. Great. Figure out what you did so you don't do it again."4
Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, "A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
Being content doesn't mean being satisfied with a bad situation. It simply means having a good attitude as you work your way out of it.
Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?
"Something my parents never did was to allow me to feel sorry for myself, or to take advantage of people because of my handicap," observes Roger.4
someone who is unable to get over previous hurts and failures is held hostage by the past.
Expect to experience 3-9 turning points or "significant changes" in your life.
Just think, today may be your day to turn the hurts of your past into a breakthrough for the future.
Don't allow anything from your personal history to keep holding you hostage.
To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday's hurts, tragedies, and baggage.
