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in plugging the hole in their soul.
would he write? What would you write about yourself if you were the engraver of your own gravestone?
Also ask yourself if you are pleased with how you relate with other people
outmatched
It’s like you have an amazing private jet fitted with all those little tweaks that make it exceptional but ultimately have no clear plan for its use. You are never sure where to go with it. Ultimately, as enviable and phenomenal this jet may be, it will only end up being a money drain. Have in mind that this very machine would be wondrous and extremely fast and efficient if you had clear destinations for it. Think of your body and brain as the private jet, and your life goals as the destinations.
Umm!
accomplish
“The only limits you have are the limits you believe” - Wayne Dyer
umm! at times
Anybody who tries to place hard and fast rules about how you should be and live your life is really just being quite frankly, ridiculous. You should aim to live life on your terms; aim to live life without any limits.
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question should help you tremendously here. You already have a clear image of what a successful person looks like. It is now time to see how you compare to that image. If the successful person has a trim physique, how does your own body compare? How does your wardrobe compare? How does your relationship with your family members compare? How does your bank account compare?
This is a very important step; you could know exactly what the problem is, but you are only halfway home if you cannot figure out how to confront and destroy the problem.
what does laziness mean to you? Your definition of being lazy could be working 8 hour days, instead of your preferred 14 hours. Be specific.
There was a time I used work for 12-13 hours and thought I was lazy.
Some successful people have admitted to drawing up vivid imagery of their favorite animal, or spirit animal, before tackling challenging jobs or addressing huge crowds. This could work for you as well.
I have elephant and wolf on my mind!
No matter your current stage in life, you have opportunities. What most of us fail to understand, is that we are flooded with opportunities.
hmmmm
short term and long-term fixes that you could implement to make your financials look up?
All you need to do is ponder broadly and exercise patience when writing down your solutions. Eventually, the ideas will come. List down as many of them as possible, and then pare them down so that you are only left with the most applicable solutions to work with.
They say that no man is an island.
What does that mean?
If you don’t take action, you will not change and your life will remain the same.
Yes
"Ideas are shit, Execution matters"
even with a lack of money; they are brilliant thinkers, eloquent in nature,
well put together and capable of coming up with great ideas and analysis, but they can never seem to rise above their stage in life and exploit their advantages?
The best point to start at is the 6-month point. Look at it this way; 6 months is actually quite a long time. 6 months is around 24 weeks; 24 weeks is 180 days. If you focus properly for 180 days, then you could get a lot done in 180 days. Ask yourself what you want to have achieved in that span of time and write it down in bold.
What is it that you want to achieve in 3 months? 3 months will mean 90 days- what would you like to have achieved in 90 days? Of course, your 3-month goal should be relative to your 6-month goal.
Success is really nothing more than the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.
This means that any person who knows what they are doing and where they are going is a success. - Earl Nightingale
It is habits which decide the quality of the person and by extension, the quality of the person’s life.
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It could be any part of life; if you are consistent in reading books daily it is obvious that you would be more knowledgeable than most of the people in your group.
To effectively build new habits, it is necessary to destroy some old ones. If you want to develop the habit of promptness and respect for time, then you need to break the habits of procrastination and slothfulness.
If you want to build a habit of waking up at the crack of dawn and working through the morning, then you need to break the habit of sleeping late.
Basically, it is necessary to have something motivational in place to remind you to stick to your plan and keep working even
Have you seen boxers and martial arts fighters carrying photographs of family members who mean the world to them, and add to their motivation, to the ring? This allows them to add to their psychological edge- even when they are in trouble; battered, hurt and exhausted, these ‘photographs’ help prop them up and keep them going even when they want to quit.
slacker mentality onto your routine,
At the end, it is about happiness. It is always about happiness. We set goals and targets just so we feel accomplished, successful and worthy.
One-month goals should add up to form 3-month goals, which in turn add up to form 6-month goals; 6-month goals will add up to yearly goals, etc.
A monthly mini-goal represents a milestone, as does a 6-month mini-goal. It is important that you have some celebrations planned out for every milestone that you meet.
this book defines success as the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. It does not say that success is the complete realization of a worthy ideal.
It is important that you have someone dear to you join in your celebrations. This gives the whole event more magnitude. It adds substance and relevance to the event and confirms to you that indeed, your efforts were worthy, and your success, no matter how small, is nothing to scoff at.
You have unique tastes, mannerisms, goals and objectives; a unique background, a way of doing things and so much more.
