We have unlimited power within us all
All frustrations and failures lay the foundation for a new way of living
What precedes all actions is decision
It is in our moments of decision that shape our destiny
Never settle for less than you can be
Concentration of power: focus all of your resources on mastering a single area in your life
Controlled focus can help us break through anything
How can I take immediate control in my life?
What can I do today that can really make a difference and shape my destiny?
What can I do today that can really make a difference and shape my destiny?
How can I expand, learn, and grow and share that knowledge in a meaningful and enjoyable way?
Each of us has a talent, gift, our own bit of genius just waiting to be tapped
The best use of our life is to invest it in something that will outlast it. Contribute in a way that will live on long after we are gone
Life is a gift, an opportunity, and the responsibility to give something back by becoming more
Man is born to live, not to prepare to live
Man is not a creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creature of man
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped
The most powerful way to change our lives is to take action
The difference in results that people reduce come down to what they have done differently than others in the same situations
Any action is a cause set in motion and its effect builds on past effects to move us in a new direction
If we want to control our destiny and our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions
Decide who you are going to be in life
Decide what results you are committed to
Decide what results you are committed to and who you are committed to becoming
Set standards for what you consider to be acceptable behavior for yourself
Live your life at the highest level no matter what the circumstances are
I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward
Making a true decision means cutting off any other possibility. There is no other possibility that you will do what you don't want
Decide what to focus on in each moment of your life
That decision about focus is shaping how you think, how you feel, and what you do
What does this mean to me?
What should I do now?
Set a plan so you can make quality decisions along the way
Process for achieving success. 1. Clearly decide what you want. What is it that you are absolutely committed to achieving? 2. Take action. Take massive action to make it happen. 3. Notice what is working and what is not working. 4. When things aren't working, change your approach continuously until it does work and you achieve what you truly want
You must continue to perservere
6 Keys to harness the power of decision: 1. Remember the true power of making decisions. It's a tool you can use in any moment to change your entire life. A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken new action, if there is no new action, you haven't really decided. 2. Realize the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment, a true decision. Make them quickly, just decide. Action needs to flow from it. Never leave the scene of a new decision without taking a specific action toward its realization. 3. Make decisions often. The more decisions you make the better you are going to get. Muscles get stronger with use and so do your decision making muscles. Unleash your power by making decisions right now that you have been putting off. 4. Learn from your decisions. Ask yourself, what is good about this? 5. Stay committed to your decisions. Be flexible in your approach. Decide who you want to be in life but be open to alternate routes. Don't become rigid in your approach. Cultivate the art of flexibility. 6. Enjoy making decisions. In any moment, a decision you make can change the course of your life forever
A truly committed decision is the force that changes your life
The secret to success is to learn how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you are in control of your life. If you dont, life controls you
Everything we do we do for a reason which steams out of our need to avoid pain or out of our desire to gain pleasure
Pain and pleasure control every decision in our entire life
Procrastination means putting off the pain
If we want to control our destiny and our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions
Most things require us to break through short term pain to allow for long term pleasure
It isn't actual pain that drives us but our fear of what we think will lead to pain
We aren't driven by reality but by our perception of reality
The way to take action is to change what you link pain and pleasure to
We can learn to condition our mind, bodies and emotions to link pain and pleasure to whatever we choose
That is the secret to changing all our decisions all our actions and all our results
The belief that becomes true to me is that which allows me the best use of my strength and the best means of putting my virtues into action
The power of beliefs is unlimited. They can create or destroy
We are what we think. All of what we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts we make our world
Beliefs are what make the difference between a lifetime of joyous contribution and one of misery and devestation
Believe in your capabilities to learn to change to adapt to expand
Belief is a feeling of certainty about what something means It's a feeling supported by references
all personal breakthroughs begin with a change in our beliefs
Take time to be quiet and get a sense of it things are going well
If you aren't happy right now, is what you are doing right now working towards happiness?
Question every single thing people take for granted
Choose the beliefs that empower you
There is nothing training cannot do
You can change anything in your life instantly with the right strategy
Every change happens in a moment
In order to change our feelings or behaviors, we need to link pain to the old ones and pleasures to the new ones
Believe that you can change right now
We are responsible for our own change
Master steps to change: 1. Decide what you really want and what is preventing you from having it right now. You get what you focus on in life so if you keep focusing on what you don't want, you will get more of it. Change what you are focusing on. Decide what you do want. The reason why we don't change is we link more pain to making the change than staying where we are. 2. Get leverage on yourself. Get yourself to associate massive pain to not changing now and massive pleasure with changing right now. Change is not a question of capability it is a question of motivation. Create change right now. Find strong enough reasons to make the change right now. 3. Interrupt the living pattern. If we keep doing the same thing we won't change. 4. Create a new empowering alternative. Model people who have turned things around for themselves. 5. Condition the new pattern until it is consistent. Rehurse the change. Make it feel good to you with incredible intensity. Set short term goals and reward yourself. 6. Test the new pattern. Your new pattern needs to provide the same satisfaction but in a new and empowering way. Make sure your new pattern falls inline with your core values and beliefs. Make certain that you link the old behavior with pain. Link pleasure with the new pattern. Is your new pattern inline with your goals and the person you want to become?
Nothing happens until first a dream
Don't get caught up in making a living rather than designing a life
If we want to discover the unlimited possibilities within us, we need to find a goal big enough to challenge us to push beyond our limits and discover our true potential
Set goals that inspire you
Put yourself into a state of absolute faith
Write down everything you want to achieve in your life that relates to your own personal growth
Your life doesn't change by listening, your life changes by action
Go through it and give yourself a timeline for each and every goal
Goals are dreams with a deadline
Choose your most important goal that will bring you the most happiness. That you will wake up early for and keep you up late
Write a paragraph about why you are committed to achieving this goal within one year. What will you gain by achieving it? What will you miss out on if you don't achieve it?
Set career, professional, and economic goals
Write down your toys and adventure goals. What do you want to build, create or purchase? What do you want to do and where do you want to go?
Remember to set a timeline
Write down your contribution goals. This is your opportunity to leave a mark. Come up with something that would inspire you
Twice a day, you must rehearse feeling the achieving these highly valued goals
Create more and more emotional joy