“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
-- Bruce Lee
How many times has the struggle not been worth the results? Take the path that gives when you push against it. Keep your power, you’ll need it along the way.
“Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one’s better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.” – Maxwell Maltz
Talent is only a part of success, if you have less skills and more courage, you may find yourself at the top.
"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble." — Frank Tyger
Learning to listen, rather than having to give an opinion is a very important thing to do. You don’t learn when you’re doing the talking.
“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” -- John Burroughs
Taking a calculated risk is the key to life. Those who have succeeded often talk about a moment in their lives when they took a leap of faith. They listened to their instincts and the invisible door of success opened.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
-- Buddha
This sounds so easy and yet it is the most challenging of all lessons: accept yourself. What you don’t acknowledge you have no power over. When you embrace what you would like to change, it is transformed.
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame someone else.” -- James Ray
When you don’t take responsibility for where you are, you can’t learn from what has happened to you and you weaken your position and your possibilities for the future.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ~Peter F. Drucker
Most people don’t know how to listen; they are more concerned with what they can say, rather than what they can hear. When you learn to really listen, then you’ll realize what isn’t said, and you’ll have the whole picture.
Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don’t look at what makes you different as a negative; it’s the source of your genius. Honor it and have faith in your individuality and you will feel empowered.
“Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.” ― Erma Bombeck
The fastest way to loose valuable time in manifesting your dreams is to worry about what others are doing or thinking. Keep your mind on your own path.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When you are too attached to seeing something or someone the way you want it or them to be, it clouds your judgment and perceptions. Aim for detachment and objectivity and your insight into life will grow.
“The most difficult battle you ever fight is the battle to be unique in a world that will marshal its every force to keep you the same. -- James Bryant Conant
You are unique; you have something special to offer the world. But you must value that uniqueness more than the praise and validation you get from others in order for it to manifest.
“The only difference between a rich person and poor person is how they use their time.”
-- Norman Vincent Peale
What do you do with your time? Do you use it to advance your goals, to truly relax or do you just respond to others and life without direction?
