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“Only put off until tomorrow
what you are
willing to die
having left undone”
“Life is too short
to be living
somebody else’s
dream.”Hugh Hefner
“When you reach the point
when you believe in yourself absolutely,
the barriers that exist in your external world
will not stop you.As soon as you win the inner battle,
the outer battle seems to take care of itself.”~ Brian Tracy
“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
~ Lao Tzu
Everything you need to accomplish your goals and dreams is already within you. You have all the answers and you know exactly what you need to do.
For a many years I watched myself denying the things that I knew were right and correct in any given moment. I would regularly betray myself, finding anything and everything to distract from doing what I knew clearly in my mind to be exactly what needed to be done.
Listen to your heart and break the cycle of self denial. You only get one ride on this rollercoaster of life.
So sit up front, raise your hands and scream as loud as you can!
The things we fear doing the most are usually the things we most need to do. We all inherently know this to be true. I regularly see myself missing opportunities. I always know exactly what I need to do, but it’s the fear that stops me dead in my tracks. The quote below is a great reminder of just how important it is for us to face our fears head on. To challenge ourselves on a daily basis. To accept the fear and do it anyway.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson
Face your deepest fears and let your light shine bright.
The Six Secret to Success
1. Trust yourself. But what is most important is that you have to dig deep down, dig deep deep down and ask yourself, who do you want to be? Not what but who? Now I’m not talking about what your parents or teachers want, but You. I’m talking about figuring out for yourselves what makes you happy. No matter how crazy it may sound to other people.
2. Break the rules. We have so many rules in life about everything. I said break the rules, not the law. But break the rules. It is impossible to be a maverick, or a true original, if you are too well behaved, and you do not want to break the rules. You have to think outside the box. That is what I believe, after all, what is the point of being on this Earth if all you want to do is be like everyone and avoid trouble. The only way that I ever got any place was by breaking some of the rules.
3. Don’t be afraid to fail. Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail. So, you can’t always win, but don’t be afraid of making decisions. You can’t be paralyzed by fear or failure or you will never push yourself. You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision, and you know that it is the right thing to do and success will come so don’t be afraid to be fail.
4. Don’t listen to the nay-sayers. I mean, how many times have you heard “you can’t do this or you can’t do that and that it’s never been done before?” I love it when someone says it’s never been done before because then when I do it, that means I’m the first one that’s ever done it. So pay no attention to the people that say it can’t be done. I never listen that you can’t. I always listen to myself and say YES YOU CAN.
5. Work your butt off. Leave no stone unturned. Muhammed Ali, one of my great heroes had a great line in the 70’s when he was asked, “how many situps do you do?” He said, “I don’t count my situps, I only start counting when it starts hurting, when I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts, that’s what really makes you a champion.” That’s the way it is with everything. No pain no gain. While you’re out there partying, horsing around. Someone out there at the same time out there, is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that. There’s absolutely no way around hard work. None of my rules of success will work unless you do. I’ve always figured that there are 24 hours in a day, you sleep 6 hours and you have 18 hours left. I know that some of you all say “but I sleep 8 hours or 9 hours” well then just sleep faster I would recommend.
6. Give back. Whatever path that you take in your life, you must always find time in your life to give something back. Give something back to your community, give something back or to your state, or to your country. Let me tell you something, reaching out and helping people will bring you more satisfaction than anything else you have ever done.
Trust yourself, break some rules, don’t listen to the nay-sayers, work like hell, and don’t forget to give something back.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”
Steve Jobs — co-founder of Apple Inc. has died.
Jobs suffered a number of serious health issues over the years. He was 56.
Thank you for everything Steve ~ RIP ~ Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good,
then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long.
Just figure out what’s next.”
“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”
Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar (born 6 November 1926) is an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. He has published over 48 works, including the 2007 book titled God’s Way Is Still the Best Way.[1]
“Money isn’t the most important thing in life,
but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) (properly pronounced Thaw-roe)[1] was an American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
Thoreau’s books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore; while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and “Yankee” love of practical detail.[2] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life’s true essential needs.[2]
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”
He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau’s philosophy of civil disobedience influenced the political thoughts and actions of such later figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha, resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance.[1]
“A man is but the product of his thoughts
what he thinks, he becomes.”
His philosophy was firmly founded upon ahimsa (nonviolence). His philosophy and leadership helped India gain independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
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