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I was not looking for my dreams to
interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
Mistakes are a part of life; you can't
avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that
you don't make the same mistake twice.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin
with a single step.
Chinese proverb
It is difficult but not impossible to
conduct strictly honest business. What is true is that honesty is
incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune.
The greatest revelation of our time is the
discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their
minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
Even if
you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just stand there.
IF
YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING STARTED on
a new or unfamiliar project, here are three psychological
"tricks" that others have used to turn procrastination into
action.
1. Create your own deadline. The pressure of a deadline helps some
people build up the head of steam they need to get under way.
2. Make your intentions public. You're less likely to drag your
feet when you know you've invited others to watch your progress.
3. Promise yourself a reward. This self-induced "carrot"
approach has helped many salespeople to pile into work that they had been
putting off. In considering these three approaches, keep your own
inclinations in mind. Do you work best under pressure? Then establish a
deadline and work to meet it. Do you work best when you have the
enticement of some future gratification? Then use the "reward"
approach. Do you like competition, do you like to bet on yourself? Then
you're best suited for the "publicity" approach. But whatever
you choose, you best get started!
The world only exists in your eyes-your
conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.
Aim for the chopping block. If you
aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through
the wood; aim for the chopping block.
The line between failure and success is so
fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on
the line and do not know it.
The practice of forgiveness is our most
important contribution to the healing of the world.
Yesterday is
not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.
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