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Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper job for not being creative. He went bankrupt because of a failed cartoon distribution deal. He lost his star character, Lucky Rabbit, because of a poorly written contract. His distributor hired his animators. No matter. He never quit.
Work hard. Make money. Succeed. But don’t sell your soul. Don’t cheat. All the money in the world is meaningless if you feel empty inside. Do the right thing and be patient. Success is going to follow you.
Don’t say: I will be successful.
Say: I am successful.
No matter how you feel, no matter where you are in your life cycle, no matter what you have or don’t, repeat all day: I am successful.
No matter how successful you are, stay down to earth. Stay approachable. Stay accessible. Stay easy to talk to. Stay humble. Stay striving. Stay succeeding.
Read it aloud, now, until you believe it.
I love what I do
I don’t compare
I don’t blame others
I follow up
I finish what I start
I keep my promises
I am responsible for my life.
Rome wasn't built in a day...
but they were laying bricks every hour. Nothing impressive about laying a brick. Nobody is going to applaud you for it. But laying a brick every hour, every day, year after year - that's how you build an empire.
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Nobody is born to shrink down. You came to this planet to grow, to blossom, to succeed. Quit complaining. Figure out what you want. Get on it. And, never stop.
You have 37 trillion cells in your body, 50,000 of which will die, replaced by the time you finish reading this sentence. In a day, your heart pumps 100,000 times. That’s 3 million liters of your blood pumped in a year. It’s magical to be alive. So what are you complaining about?
Money will buy you the best bed in the world but money won’t buy you a good night’s sleep. Often, the most precious things in life are things that money can’t buy.
You are not your school. You are not your clothes. You are not where you live. You are not the toys you have. You are not a success. You are not a failure. You are a miracle. As long as you are alive, all possibilities are open. Never give up.
At least once a month, choose to learn something new. Learn another language. Study history. Do an online course. Develop a new skill. Pick a new book. Write. More you stretch your mind, more opportunities you find. Keep learning, keep striving, keep succeeding.
Never cheat, even if nobody is looking. The day you cheat is the day you lose. When you cheat, you will never be able to truly enjoy even a moment of your success. Nothing worthwhile comes easy. Take the right path even if it’s the longer path.
Little kids don’t eat much, don’t do drugs, don’t drink protein shakes or caffeinated drinks, yet they have so much energy, joy and enthusiasm for life. Because they have not yet learnt to complain, gossip, blame and compare.
How an average person spends time:
Comparing
Complaining
Blaming
Lamenting
Gossiping
Living in the past
Worrying
Postponing
How a successful person spends time:
Reading
Learning
Focusing on their goals
Doing what’s in their control
Being responsible for their life
Don’t run away from your problems. Problems are a sign of things happening in your life. Tackle them. Learn from them. Deal with them. Solve them. No problems, no success.
Mozart was dirt poor. Henry Ford had no capital. Walt Disney was fired for not being creative. Albert Einstein was a lowly clerk. Pablo Picasso was depressed. Thomas Edison kept failing. Vincent van Gogh could not sell any of his paintings. Yet they never quit. Nor will you.
Nobody can give you wisdom. All those painful experiences of your life, those doors that slam on your face, all those moments of discomfort, of frustration, of stress, of tension, that’s what gives you wisdom.
Don’t break promises you make. If you are not serious about meeting a commitment, keep your mouth shut. Your words have power. And, your actions shape your life.
Japanese have a saying: each day is a lifetime. You wake up in the morning newly born. As you pass through the day, you age, you gain experience, you learn. What you do today, how you do it, shapes your whole life. Live each day, each minute fully as if it matters.
Don’t waste your precious time and energy chasing get-rich-quick schemes. There are no shortcuts to great success. Set goals. Focus on your strengths. Work hard. Save. Be humble. Keep learning. Prepare to fail. Pick yourself, keep going. And, never quit.
Stop thinking there is someone more capable or better than you. There is no success in comparison. Be clear about what you want. Focus obsessively on your goals. Work hard. And, never quit.
Reason you are not happy is because you don’t love yourself. So you try to become like someone else. But you are already great. If you want to succeed, accept yourself.
Take a piece of paper. Write down the amount of money you want to make. Don’t be shy. Make it an outrageous sum. Write down the date by which you are going to make it. Believe in you that you can make it. Keep that piece of paper in your pocket. And then action, action, action.
Time is not money. Time is far more valuable than money. You can always make more money when you run out of money. You can’t get more time when you run out of time. If you want to succeed, value your time.
Working hard is good. Working smart is good. Working hard AND smart is magic. Smart people aren’t born smart. Learning makes you smart. Never stop learning.
Nobody is born with a clear idea of their strengths. You have to figure it out yourself, action by action, through trial and error, through doing and failing. And, once you find what you are good at, you are unstoppable.
Read aloud, now.
I am committed to my dreams
I am passionate about my future
I don’t care about the past
I don’t complain
I don’t blame
I live forward
I work hard
I have faith
I don’t quit.
As long as you keep expecting someone or something to solve your problems, you are going to keep getting disappointed. Everything you need is in you. Start. Now.
Most powerful computer in the universe is sitting in your head, more than 86 billion cells at work every second, waiting for your instructions. Either you drive your mind. Or your mind drives you.