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All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief. You must feel deep in your gut that not only has this belief cost you pain in the past, but it's costing you in the present and, ultimately, can only bring you pain in the future. Then you must associate tremendous pleasure to the idea of adopting a new, empowering belief.
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Learn to convert the discomfort of discipline into the satisfaction of personal growth.
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There's always a way - if you're committed.
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I can't give other people what I've not experienced to some extent myself. It sharpens your game and also, like any athlete, you're more fit because you have to be. You're getting ready because you have a reason to.
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People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.
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Life isn't about getting more. It's about becoming more.
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It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
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Leaders focus on what they can control, what they have, and what they want.
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The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
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If you can do one thing you thought was utterly impossible, it causes you to rethink your beliefs. Life is both subtler and more complex than some of us like to believe. So if you haven't done so already, review your beliefs and decide which ones you might change now and what you would change those beliefs to.
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Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
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You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static result to be achieved. If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve all your outcomes, you have to think of success as a process, a way of life, a habit of mind, a strategy for life.
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Don't ever speak publicly about anything that you're not passionate about and that you don't actually believe you have something truly unique about it to deliver.
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Change is automatic, Progress is Not!
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You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever, the very next person who you stand behind in line or sit next to on an aeroplane, the very next phone call you make or receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn could be the one single thing that causes the floodgates to open, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.
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Don't labor forever over the question of how or if you can do it. Studies have shown that the most successful people make decisions rapidly because they are clear on their values and what they really want for their lives.
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The way to expand our lives is to model the lives of those people who are already succeeding.
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Every form of power comes down to language. In law, there's all kinds of words you don't know if you're not a lawyer and that gives them power. In business, it's the same thing.
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Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?
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To me, money is a vehicle; it's a tool. I could use it as a weapon to destroy things or money can create-you can create an opportunity, you can create a charity, you can create things for your family, you can go do something for your family that nobody else would ever do. You can create educational opportunities, you can feed people overseas. And there's a tremendous leverage with money, or you can destroy people with it.
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If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you're right. Whenever you are certain about it, you will support it. Remember that.
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I naturally end up looking for things to be grateful for. It doesn't mean I don't sometimes feel angry or fearful but because I'm wired for positive emotions, net, I end up treating others and myself better.
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Whatever people do, they do for a reason and they think that it meets their needs....by their perception.
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The most successful people in the world are people who were rejected more than anybody else.