"Success matters because it teaches you to look to yourself, rather than others, for your happiness and validation. As a winner you always know you’ll get things done and take care of yourself regardless of circumstances. Your self-generated independence enables you to support others unconditionally without reciprocal expectation."
-- Jeffrey Spencer
"I would also write down my fears and look at them. When fears stay stuck inside your head, your imagination can go wild, torturing you with all the various negative possibilities and outcomes. But when you write them down, you clarify exactly what you are afraid of, and soon the power they hold over you will fade."
-- Blake Mycoskie
"Living a life of purpose is important not just to me or to a few others like me. It’s important to all of us, because we all have at least one thing (probably more) that we feel we just have to do before we die. And I’m not talking about bucket-list items like “ride in a hot air balloon.” I’m talking about living in a way that makes a difference. I’m talking about knowing our lives matter and make an impact on the world in a positive way, that our existences mean something."
-- Joshua Beckerr
"We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it…. Life is long if you know how to use it."
—- Seneca, “On The Shortness of Life”
"The Law of Attraction, uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in your thoughts and materialize them into reality. The results of positive thoughts are always positive consequences. The same holds true for negative thoughts; always leading to bad outcomes."
-- Flavain Mwasi
"But what really makes a difference is what happens beyond that. A snowball effect turns into what is known as a “self-fulfilling prophecy”, which basically means that as you pay way more attention to the things that are in line with what you want, and ignore things that are not, you create more chances to actually get what you want. Your brain cannot relay every little bit of information to the conscious mind, so it chooses to relay the important pieces, namely the ones you have thought about the most."
-- Lukas Schwekendiek
"The best way to train your brain to think differently is by changing your behavior. Do hard things--and keep doing them even when you think you can't. You'll prove to yourself that you're stronger than you think. Establish healthy daily habits as well. Practice gratitude, exercise, get plenty of sleep, and eat a healthy diet so your brain and your body can be at their best. Seek out people who inspire you to be your best. And create an environment that supports your efforts to build a healthy lifestyle."
-- Emil Baltman
"It trains your brain to focus on positive things and makes you think of what you already have in your life as opposed to what you do not. It keeps you grounded in your personal life so you are less focused on what others are doing with theirs, which is a huge waste of time and won’t help you get any closer to your personal goals."
-- Nela Canovic
"It’s also important when you set goals to make them difficult, while still being realistic. You want to challenge yourself and set the bar high, because challenges really get the motivational juices flowing, while avoiding goals that are more or less impossible. Remember that if you set the bar too low, you may achieve your goal but are unlikely to surpass it—most people tend to slack off once they’ve reached their original target. Nobody sets out with the goal of losing five pounds and ends up somehow losing twenty.
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson
