
How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds

The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn't care what we plant ... success ... or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal ... or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety, and so on. But what we plant it must return to us.
Earl Nightingale • How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
Watch your personal pronouns. Keep yourself out of your conversation as much as possible. As with the case of the fishing story, talk about the fish, the beautiful scenery, and your companions, other people you met, a humorous incident or two perhaps, but don't keep saying, " I did this" and "I did that." The purpose of the spee
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we have to define success and here is the best definition I've ever been able to find: "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal."
Earl Nightingale • How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
The other list could be a fun list. It might include the car you want for no good reason except it's the car you happen to want, redecorating your house, getting new furniture, traveling to some special place - perhaps abroad - or buying a new wardrobe. This is a list of things you want just because you want them.
Earl Nightingale • How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
The second group of successful people are those who are goal-oriented. These people have not found a particular river, necessarily, and can be quite happy doing a number of things. It's the goals they set that are important to them,
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I believe that each of us, because of the way our genetic heritage is stacked, has an area of great interest. And it's that area that we should explore with the patience and assiduity of a paleontologist on an important dig where it's a region of great potential. Somewhere within it, we can find that avenue of interest that so perfectly matches our
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You might also ask yourself, How good am I at what I'm presently doing? Do you know all there is to know about your work? Would you call yourself a first-class professional at your work? How would your work stand up against the work of others in your line?
Earl Nightingale • How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
Whenever you discover a strength or talent, think of five possible ways to develop it.
Earl Nightingale • How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
Thus, stress is not necessarily caused by stressor agents; rather, it is caused by the way stressor agents are perceived, interpreted, or appraised in each individual case.