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For example, do you remember choosing your religion? Or how you got your ideas about love, money, or the way life works? Most of us don’t. Many of our most formative rules about how to live come through others.
“The people making you feel guilty for going your own way and choosing your own life are simply saying, ‘Look at me. I’m better than you because my chains are bigger.’ It takes courage to break those chains and define your own life.”
You cannot take criticism. It’s all because of one thing: You have low self-esteem.”
YOUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray. This book is a beautiful and somewhat humorous look at how to live with and love the opposite sex. 2.YOUR FRIENDSHIPS. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I read this book seven times before I turned twenty; an amazing book for anyone. 3.YOUR ADVENTURES. Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson. This book inspires you to live a life of adventure and to have fun while pursuing big goals. 4.YOUR ENVIRONMENT. The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz, PhD. This book inspires you to upgrade your
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combine the right foods in the right order for your body’s “chemistry lab.” 6.YOUR INTELLECTUAL LIFE. What better way to optimize your intellectual life than by upgrading your learning systems, learning to speed-learn and improve your memory? I recommend courses by Jim Kwik. 7.YOUR SKILLS. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a great book on finding fast hacks to developing unique skills. 8.YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch is the best book I’ve read on spiritual growth. But a close tie is Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, which was Steve
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books I’ve come across. 11.YOUR FAMILY LIFE. I believe the root cause of most family issues is the lack of self-love, so I suggest The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz. 12.YOUR COMMUNITY LIFE. Delivering Happiness by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is an inspirational read...
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And I came to the conclusion that the way we define success, centered only on the two metrics of money and power, is just a very inadequate way to define life. It’s like trying to sit on a two-legged stool—sooner or later, we topple over. And that’s when I came up with this idea of the third metric of success, which consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving.
Have big goals—but don’t tie your happiness to your goals. You must be happy before you attain them.
Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man.
But long-term happiness and fulfillment come from something more—the need to contribute, grow, and do meaningful things. While this state may bring you temporary happiness, it won’t bring you long-term fulfillment.
your life today, you must remember this lesson: Your happiness cannot be tied to your goals. You must be happy even before you attain them.
We shouldn’t do things so we can be happy. We should be happy so we can do things.
I’ve observed that almost all of the extraordinary people I’ve met or read about have one thing in common: They have a vision for their future.
The people behind the program discovered holding onto grudges and anger is the single biggest factor suppressing alpha waves.
Often what we really fear is not losing the other but losing that part of ourselves that this someone or something makes us feel. This happens when we attach our sense of self-worth and happiness to someone or something outside of ourselves.
when you make your feelings of love and fulfillment come from an internal
reservoir and not from the other person or the goal, you become much stronger. In fact, you may discover that you can love better and pursue your goals with much more ease. But it starts with a feeling within.
Extraordinary minds do not need to seek validation from outside opinion or through the attainment of goals. Instead, they are truly at peace with themselves and the world around them. They live fearlessly—immune to criticism or praise and fueled by their own inner happiness and self-love.
“I will always have the most amazing and beautiful human experiences.”
am always learning and growing.”
I will always be surrounded by love. 2.I will always have the most amazing and beautiful human experiences.
will always be learning and growing. They are all directly within my own power.
Therefore, accept praise and criticism as nothing more than someone else’s expressions of their models of reality.
“Live life as though everything is rigged in your favor.”
It could be that our problems are nothing more than
hike through life: “Hey, you’re on the wrong path. Check out the view from this angle.”
Behind every problem, there’s a question trying
to ask itself. Behind every question, there’s an answer trying to reveal itself. Behind every answer, there’s an action trying to take place. And behind every action, there’s a way of life trying to be born.
Is your company a humanity-plus or a humanity-minus company?
Humanity-minus companies are often businesses that exist solely for a profit motive. There’s nothing wrong with this, but it’s harder to get excited about your company’s mission when it’s
not adding any value to the world, or worse, if the company is selling harmful products like junk food or is engaged in unsustainable practices like fossil fuels.
You don’t have to save the world. Just don’t mess it up for the next generation.
Recall a time when you
experienced Heaven on Earth. What was happening? The second question is: Imagine you have a magic wand and with it you can create Heaven on Earth. What is Heaven on Earth for you? And now the final question: What simple, easy, concrete step(s) will you take in the next twenty-four hours to make Heaven on Earth real?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
Often we look for love from others but fail to truly love ourselves.
