Reinvent Yourself

6.“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.” I always think this is the magic equation: persistence + love = abundance.

WHAT IS “IT”? HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO? Whatever area you feel like reading 500 books about. Go to the bookstore and find it. If you get bored three months later go back to the bookstore.

Find the things that bring you meaning. Suffering is always there in this world. But if you have meaning, you will have less despair. You will find your calling.”

“When I ran 50 hotels, hospitality was my main focus. For each hotel, I had the hotel managers come up with five adjectives for what that hotel would be. Maybe the adjectives might be: funky, hip, modern, clean, rock ’n’ roll. “Every employee, even the housekeepers, would keep those adjectives in mind in whatever they did. And, if possible, we even

“This is the struggle of every person: be free or be a slave.”

good heart.”

5.“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

One good thing to start with is to always imagine the obstacles gone. Imagine, ‘If I wasn’t worried about money, would I still make this trip?’ I call this IDEA SUBTRACTION. Subtract the perceived obstacles to an idea and BAM! You find that many more ideas are born from that.

There’s a theory in programming chess computers that applies to other areas of life, including this one. It’s called “conspiracy theory.” If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later. For instance, if you are in love with a girl but she has three kids, is unhappily married