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There are people who make things happen. There are people who watch things happen. And there are people who say, "what happened?"
On an average day, the average person thinks about 60,000 thoughts. Even more startling is the fact that 95% of those thoughts are the same as the ones you thought the day before.
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."
"There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility lies in being superior to your previous self."
(William James said: "the essence of genius is knowing what to overlook.").
As the German poet Johann von Goethe said: "Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
You were exposed to people and beliefs that taught you that some things were beyond your ability. You were told that regular people did not move into the White House and you best focus on making a living and paying the bills because that was what life was really about. So gradually, the spark of a limitless reality died.
"sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a character, sow a character, reap a destiny!"
"Man must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery."
procrastination,
delay pro forward /crast-tomorrow
sloth.
lazy
Will-Power, Raymond De Saint-Laurent writes that "the man of character is one who selects a reasonable objective and never gives up pursuing it so long as he has not reached his goal."
People who once had lofty ambitions about becoming famous and changing the world for the better now crave nothing more than a night with eight hours of good sleep. Our society is paralyzed by its tired citizens who lack the energy to achieve what they need to achieve in order to make their lives memorable.
everything you have ever done in your life, every action you have ever taken has been a direct result of your powerful need to feel good. What you focus on throughout the day,
This is the difference between winners and less developed people. Unsuccessful people see adversity as something that will break them and complain that life is hard. Winners design strategies to benefit from challenges, regroup if they do not work and maintain a burning commitment to succeed at all cost. Winners will always find a way.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. W.W. Ziege
6. Remember the Rule of 21. If you do anything for 21 days in a row, you will have an excellent chance of making it into a habit. There
Remember the spirit of Kaizen: if you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.
Vegetables and dairy products all provide an excellent source of protein and in a much higher quality than that found in meat products. One need only look at the most powerful animals on the planet. The elephant, rhino and gorilla (which has thirty times a man's strength) all survive on vegetables or fruits. Fruits and vegetables will provide you with all the building blocks for first-class protein.
1. The Welcoming Cycle noon - 8 p.m. (Megafoods such as fruits taken in and digested) 2. The Absorption Cycle 8 p.m. - 4 a.m. (the foods are used) 3. The Removal Cycle 4 a.m. - noon (foods are
this key area. The essence of the exercise is to inhale to a count of two, hold your breath for a count of eight and exhale fully to the count of four. To
Wisdom thoroughly learned will never be forgotten. Pythagoras
"As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen.
save 10% of all you make for long-term growth (take this off the pay cheque before you have a chance to spend it). If you can invest $200 a month for the next 30 years at an annual return rate of 15%, you will end up with $1.4 million dollars.
