Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.
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On many occasions, the answer to problems in one area of your life will come as a result of making progress somewhere else.
Refuse to waste time being deterred by something you can’t do and focus on something else that you can. Sometimes the rewards for your efforts on one path will help provide you with what you need to go down another.
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Seen in a meme:
“When life shuts a door… Open it again. It’s a door. That’s how they work.”
Yes, doors may work that way, but opportunities don’t.
But that doesn’t mean other opportunities don’t exist.
The key to maximizing one’s potential to meet opportunities is to not passively wait for opportunities to land on one’s lap, and instead, continually be on the lookout for new ones.
And if no opportunities appear to exist, take steps to facilitate their existence. Learn new skills, hone existing ones, and try to view the world from a different angle.
Often, a change of perspective is enough to draw one’s attention to opportunities that were cleverly disguised as something else.
Don’t close yourself off to potential opportunities simply because you don’t see them from your current level of awareness.
Keeping an open mind and believing that opportunities exist — despite one’s ability to immediately see them — is often enough to keep them from going unnoticed.
Those who don’t look for opportunities will have to settle for the rare few that land on their lap.
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Despite expectations and intentions, everyone’s lives are occasionally punctuated with plateaus upon which little appears to happen.
Reaching a plateau in life is simply a sign that in order for things to advance to the next level, either you or something you’re doing must change.
“Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.” — Alvin Toffler
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If one’s thoughts are the medium with which they paint their life, one’s actions are the brushstrokes.
It is the skill with which one is able to direct both their thoughts & actions — and the synergy between the two — that allows one to manifest the kind of life they desire.
The more control a person gains over their self, the more control they gain over their life. The more control a person has over their life, the happier they tend to be.
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Excerpt from: Expiration date
Reminding yourself that every day has value and every day that passes is another day closer to your expiration date can provide the perspective & motivation necessary to help you prioritize your life in a way that reflects the kind of person you truly want to be.
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Use your free time wisely.
What you do in your free time determines what you’ll be doing when you don’t have a choice.
If you’re not using your free time to direct your life where you want it to go, don’t expect to arrive at your desired destination when the rest of your time is spent being told what to do by other people.
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Excerpt from: Setbacks and self-doubt
If you create goals with confidence, but sometimes suffer from self-doubt, realize that it’s a sign that you’re on the right track, not the wrong one.
Because if your aspirations don’t push you beyond your comfort zone, you’re not aiming high enough.
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Excerpt from: The master of your destiny
Don’t sacrifice the kind of life and health you deserve by catering to your short-term comfort over your long-term goals.
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Refuse to be an extraordinary person trapped in an ordinary life.
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